Sal Paradise wrote:
You are scaremongering classic "Project Fear remainer" - what do you honestly think is going happen - nothing will move until all the paperwork is changed/switched to the same paperwork as is used for non-EU cargo i.e. months - stop making stuff up. Goods will move freely from day one disruption will be minimal because of the impact on the normal commercial infrastructure of any other situation.
OK. Tell us all about what you know about bringing goods into the country from outside the EU and from inside it.
Tell us where the standage areas for inspection and clearance are in Dover, where goods wait whilst they are custom cleared or where they incur demurrage if someone messes up?
On what basis do you claim "goods will move freely". Is this a guess or have you any clue or experience? Or (and I'm being kind because I'm sure the detail is really beyond you) are you suggesting our opening gambit under World Trade Association rules is to disregard WTO requirements for imposing import duties and inspection regimes and just fling our border open? At the very least you can be certain this won't be the case in Calais where they will follow the rules which define the single market.
