We told you....

The Guardian published a leaked report from the pen of one Michael Gove on the upcoming chaos at Dover next January.

The “reasonable worse case scenario” is that there will be 7000 trucks and lorries a day queuing, with delays of two days. And this is at least for three months.

But this is not the Government’s fault for not preparing.

It is the hauliers fault for not preparing. Though there is little to prepare with, as the computer systems needed to get the “permit” to get into Kent, and freight clearance to proceed to Dover or the Tunnel are still in consultation, not actually being written yet.

And it is the EU’s fault for not being prepared.

Quite how Gove works this one out is beyond me. They have lorry parks, they have working IT systems.

Also the imposition of the UK having 3rd country status is as a result of international law and WTO rules, not about punishment or anything else. If the EU failed to do this, or the UK for that matter to the EU, then it would be breaking the WTO’s “Most Favoured Nation” regulations and lay the guilty country open to action under WTO rules.

Any country, must treat all other third countries the same. It is really that simple.

I heard it said that this week is when the UK Government realised there are two sides to a border.

The EU has every right to protect it’s SM and CU, and will do so by imposing rules, regulations and checks it feels it needs. Otherwise it undermines itself and the US’ businesses. No matter how much trade the EU loses with the UK, sacrificing the SW and CU would cost more. The German motor industry and Italian Prosecco makers will not ride into town at the last minute to stop this madness.

What was being labelled as “project fear” until a few months ago is now recognised by the Vote Leave Government, its just the buck they are trying to pass.

And Bloomberg also reports: “JPMorgan is moving about 200 billion euros ($230 billion) from the U.K. to Frankfurt as a result of Brexit, a shift that will make it one of the largest banks in Germany”. Something Vote Leave and Michael Gove said would not happen.