Dont Go To Dover Or...

[piggynose]

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/news/eight-hour-delays-dover-security-tightened-085700239.html

[-Talbot-]

they should have put a road Chunnel that would have fecked their port up.



Do you really think that is a sensible idea TW?

[Baldric]

Would a Road Chunnel not need border controls?

[TWR]

No maybe not, I would like to see the port of Calais suffer Financially the same way as they disrupt people's lives, I doubt it will happen, but that's they only way.

[Zacs-Master]

How does Calais suffer financially without Dover doing the same? Or hadn't you thought that far?

[TWR]

Is it dover that causes the problem Zac?

[Zacs-Master]

No. But that's not answering my question is it TWR?

[Baldric]

TWR see link @ 0945

[TWR]

I did see that Baldric but why should we? Regards my reply Zac, does Dover cause the problem?

[Zacs-Master]

I'll ask it again so there's no confusion:
How do we make Calais suffer without doing the same to Dover?

[bhg481]

When you leave GB via Dover there are both French and British border controls on the British side. Because of the problems in Nice the French have increased their security and are checking cars entering France more carefully. Because the French checks are in the port of Dover the delays caused affect traffic on the British side.
By the same token, when travelling from France to UK, both the British and French border controls are in Calais, so any delays caused there would be on French roads.
Until a few years ago all the British checks were done in Dover (coming and going) and all the French checks were done in Calais. A ferry emptying into either port caused delays as all the vehicles had to be checked at once. Checking the vehicles as they arrive at the port spreads out the checking time as the vehicles arrive in dribs and drabs.Changing the system to the current one improved flow through the checks; the curent delays are caused by increasing the checks without increasing the number of people to do them.

[mikey4444]

I have just heard on Radio 4 that this farce is expected to last another 2 days at least !

[jourdain2]

I think that a lot of Calais is already probably suffering. You used to go there, have a meal, go to the supermarket, perhaps stop over - at the very least have a drink and a wander around as you waited for your ferry time to draw closer. I don't think that any of that goes on any more.

I believe that many small businesses, restaurants etc. have gone/are going out of business from what I have read and heard.

[Peter Pedant]

shouldnt that be;........ dont try to go to Dover....

I dont really see why the French are being erm French
and dont see why the French do not realise that the main supply of terrorists is NOT from pink anglosaxons from across the channel

anyway what is wrong with Skeggie or New Brighton ?