Furious Lorry Drivers Stuck For 17 Hours In Dover Queues

[@debasishraychawdhuri]

Your prime minister did not even realize that he was at a party during the lockdown. You can't expect him to take care of these complicated problems; he is a simple man.

[@jimjiminyjaroo300]

You’re not wrong Mr Chawdhuri. It’s a woeful situation.

[@HansLasser]

Well said

[@robertkirk4387]

MAN?🤣😂😁😆

[@BigHenFor]

Such simple men who leave complicated situations behind him like horses leave gongs, should be put out to pasture where they will be productive instead of destructive.

[@rogersadler4989]

only because you frogs keep letting them rubber boats over we have other thing to think about, and it's your lot with the paperwork causing the problem

[@jeant763]

It's a wonder that the lorry drivers are doing these jobs. No facilities either, toilets, showers, rest areas, shops, food or restaurants, office facilities. It's madness, each driver should be get better recognition for this awful job, no family time either.

[@jejrhriktntndkkwnrjriths1510]

They love it

[@jazzx251]

It's shocking - the only possible reason that these heroes put up with it is because they aren't skilled at any other job - they can't leave (literally), even if they want to. And that's what this terrible government is counting on.

[@pistolpete5817]

@@jazzx251 nope we know they need us more its the public who are really going to feel the pinch unfortunatly

[@grtcara8386]

Why do you think Brits don’t want to do it! Happy to sit on their lazy arses taking UC

[@buddha1736]

@@jazzx251 Agreed mate also that’s another reason Conservatives make Welfare a complete nightmare.

[@somefatbugger]

It is so heartening to see the young folk taking up the challenge of good, factual, investigative journalism and holding those that should be, to account. All my best wishes and good luck.

[@CAPTDAVO33]

If only it were accurate and factual, clearly not looked more than a week back in history prior to Brexit or they would have known this has always been an issue 🙄

[@gegwen7440]

Why are there (Dover) maybe these investigative journalists can cover the paperwork and delays that those poor dingy passengers are having to put up with before getting on the buses to the hotels.

[@toonmag50]

It looks like a set up scripted load of bollocks to me, what with the American style flapping arms and increasing timbre etc.

[@RobyTrainStation]

When are they change the stupid 6 week summer holidays? Holidays crammed into 6 weeks when most family’s have cars anyway and holiday company’s Jack there prices up, well it’s the teachers I think not going to give that up even though it’s an outdated perk saying well we mark exams and all that tosh.

[@Ruth-wq7lr]

Project Fear they said. Some of us knew it would be an absolute shitshow from the start and voted accordingly!

[@olmostgudinaf8100]

People: "We don't trust politicians. They are all corrupt." Come 2016... Doctors, nurses, industry experts, business leaders, scientists,...: "Leaving the EU is a bad idea." Politicians: "Vote Leave, it will be fantastic!" People: "Yey, politicians!"

[@missydee6085]

Nah. It's all our fault for not believing enough in those glorious Sunlit Uplands!

[@gary8306]

Hayley's Ruth, you knew nothing dudette, smh babe.

[@monopalle5768]

You can get goods from china, turkey, russia, chile, and the US into the EU no problem..... This is JUST the EU trying to scare you into surrender... It will of coarse be dealt with over time.... LIKE IT WAS with all the other non members.... DO REMEMBER.... Most countries are NOT in the EU, and they do just fine.... The EU, was a plan to save weak nations who CANT compete....

[@olmostgudinaf8100]

@@monopalle5768 Except they do NOT "do just fine". There is a reason everyone tries to get in, and those who can't, because they are too far, try to replicate the same model in their region. Your "we did just fine" myth crashes on at least two points: 1) We did not. Life was pretty shit. You may not have seen it because a) you were too young to know any better and b) your mummy shielded you from the worst. 2) Even if it were true, the world has moved on since you were a wee tot. Life of isolation is worse than it was 40, 20 or even 10 years ago.

[@lenalorne1522]

I do hope the man who gave you the story doesn't lose his job. The story needed to be covered but he should have been allowed to talk off camera. I appeciate the work you do to uncover the truth.

[@khanhnguyen-tt3ff]

Lol you most driver is okay by the mile not hour

[@Neil070]

@@khanhnguyen-tt3ff wot? Lol

[@royhenderson4085]

He would have to sack himself as it's his company!

[@khalidacosta7133]

I very much doubt he would. Most businesses being affected by brexit are happy it's been shown. That driver sat in customs for 4 days? Someone has to pay his wage, the fuel to heat the truck and the truck value lost because it's sat.... and the transport companies don't want to pay it! I run a small business and we have to send/receive from EU. If that was my driver, I would have been happy he spoke out, it's not his fault but the incompetent government.

[@VIRMALINE108]

Im also worried for him. May God protect him!

[@MaximilienRobespierre1]

Wonderful work guys! You are always ahead of the curve on these issues.

[@BylineTV]

Thanks so much!

[@daveogfans413]

Hey Max!

[@JobHuntingAbroad]

Well said Max and wonderful work from you too! You are all amazing...

[@Fredric_Cedrich]

The problem with showing issues like this to the wider public is that the ERG, essentially taken over the Tories, will just say this has happened because we didn’t get a no deal Brexit. And the same idiots who fell for the same lie three times already will fall for it again.

[@RoadRashSpirit]

This is a no deal brexit lol. The ERG got everything they wanted

[@olmostgudinaf8100]

@@RoadRashSpirit We know that and even THEY know that. But they want more. Give the devil a finger...

[@Fredric_Cedrich]

@@RoadRashSpirit well technically no, there’s a border in the Irish Sea & trade is still flowing despite the lack of speed, between the UK & the EU. They’ve got 90% of what they want.

[@1chish]

had to laugh at the ERG bullshit. There were only ever 45 of them tops. You have any idea how many Remainer MPs there were? About 400. And no one fell for lies in the referendum either Pal. You Remainers fall back on that tired old cliche because you lost and cannot understand why. Typical poor losers reaction. Now you want lies? This was a set up by this channel. This 'John' was not even in Dover port but on some parking place. You cannot just wander in to a customs Designated compound. And this took place 4 days after the queues disappeared (on the 22nd). This was NOT due to Brexit as the rules have been in place for a year but due to the normal surge of traffic that happens in late January after Xmas and two ferries in Winter maintenance. Its all on DHB websites. If you want to see further lies you may want to check out how this channel always manages to put the same phrases into each of its films. You are the one falling for lies....

[@ldorman]

@Ben Avery If we had a no-deal Brexit, there would be already molotov cocktails flying between Irelands and the queues would be shorter because no-one would be bothered. The paperwork needed with a no-deal is double as much what is needed now.

[@section8s]

If I had been waiting 4 days I would refuse to ever do deliveries to UK again!

[@dickdick4959]

Man have to work

[@peterheerens3093]

@@dickdick4959 Yes, but it not just the UK suffering from a shortage of lorry drivers .. If he resigns , he'll have another job tomorrow.

[@ronniebibby1283]

@@dickdick4959 no shortage of work on the continent no need to go near the U.K

[@davidtaylor6793]

That is exactly what they are doing both into and out of the UK.

[@bicnarok]

I'd have dumped the truck and got the train home. You have queues going into Switzerland but nothing like this

[@davidowen2859]

Well reported, great job. As a construction company we are told regularly that EU manufacturers are having to be enticed to supply to the UK by offering more money when they have a enough customers in the EU not to have to go through this bollocks. But still the old retired folks due to die soon are happy that they now have Boris making the rules rather than the EU. Go F....ing figure.

[@panchopuskas1]

I'm one of the old arts you're talking and I feel ashamed of what's happening. What a load of shit we're leaving for our kids......

[@brianprangle649]

Don't slag off old folk here's one who voted remain and hates Boris and all his sleazy pals

[@davidowen2859]

@@brianprangle649 Not "slaging" off old folk, I have my own old folk who voted remain and truly completely love Doris and still believe Brexit is going wonderfully. As they are family members I really don't want them to die. But enough already of the good old days. The future belongs to the youth of today and we are not going to build anything with these wankers in charge who talk and talk and talk about a global Britain and build back better all talk all bullshit. No action.

[@buddhahat]

Nobody in their right mind will continue doing deliveries that require them to wait for 4 days, this is going to get much worse for the UK.

[@filmaelculdetomare]

Well... Imagine also the customs agents, having to deal with this 💩

[@Pilotalphapapa]

Don’t tell brexiteers they’ll say you’re remoaner

[@reknakfarg7252]

They will if they get paid for waiting, we will just have to pay more for our goods

[@Tripkikker79]

4 days so far …

[@monopalle5768]

America and China can get their wares through.... YOu guys are the ONLY idiots who cant do your paper work.

[@SkyTechLover]

I hope he won't lose his job for what he did. Respect man.

[@georgecrothers5618]

It wouldn't surprise me if this guy does lose his job.

[@MrAer85]

Well that's one more job for a prisoner.

[@SaturnusDK]

I'm almost positive he doesn't really care if he does. You know how much demand there is for experienced freight forwarders in the UK to handle the increased paperwork load after Brexit? He can walk into any other office and be hired on the spot.

[@Alex-pr6zv]

You shouldnt have to fear reprisals for speaking the truth, not that our PM would know much about that. In Russia yes. In China ok. But surely the UK doesnt aspire to belonging to that elite club.

[@johnking6624]

One thing I'm sure of is that, even if he does lose his job, the desperate shortage of drivers will ensure he has no trouble getting a new job.

[@EbichuTube]

Being a lorry driver is such a hard job, all respect and appreciation to these hard workers

[@dunbardunelm3924]

They AMAZE me. Such a cool and skillful job handling those big rigs. How exhausting to be waiting unnecessarily for any length of time though. The knock on effects of them not getting enough wind-down time must be an additional strain 😟😟.

[@jasonwoods3711]

Thank you , but the hardest part is road users and swallowing all the bull on social media on how hard done by we all are ..

[@scabthecat]

Drivers are not being held hostage in there cabs. Anyone of them could retrain as a roofer. Great job in the winter.

[@scabthecat]

@@jasonwoods3711 You are being used for propaganda purposes. What is causing...? Who is causing the delays? Why no details? Just saying Brexit doesn't wash.

[@Gibbo1]

Thank you, i love the job personally

[@GiancarloPosch]

It would be weird that this is not making the headlines in UK, it is absolutely insane this is not even remotely correctly reported ANYWHERE in the mainstream media

[@acasccseea4434]

they have clamped down on it! it's illegal to interview the people who are complaining, so if the big agencies do it, they'll be punished for breaking the law. it's double think, prime 1984

[@hunsey]

Tory press don't like knocking the Tory party

[@merkvandermeulen3978]

Media are complicit to the Brexit crime, so better keep quiet about it, even if it's poking them in the eye.

[@gdwnet]

It was covered by the BBC, in the Kent section, down towards the bottom.........

[@merkvandermeulen3978]

@@gdwnet Just as effective.

[@peterg957]

This was foreseen and is only going to get worse...

[@stevesrover]

It is.

[@mickeythompson9537]

Who needs experts, eh? Or even common sense.

[@1chish]

It wasn't and it didn't.

[@grahamrudd9183]

@@mickeythompson9537 TOSSER...

[@geppiemockingbird1489]

Wait until there are no queues. Then things have turned really sour.

[@LiveDonkeyDeadLion]

Before we joined the customs union, I worked in customs clearance. None of this surprises me Side note, we were delivering books from France to Heathrow for the 10th anniversary of Concorde and they had to be there at a certain time for when the VIPs were there. One of those VIPs was Thatcher and we could not get them cleared in time. They sat in the trailer waiting for the paperwork to go through and every time something perishable came off a boat, that got priority over the books. I was told that senior government officials ran the customs office to speed it up, but the perishable goods took priority. In the end they told us not to try and deliver them and they finally cleared customs an hour after the event finished. I kinda wish I had taken one of the books when offered

[@boahneelassmal]

literally no-one is suprised... none of the young folk, none of the old folk.... only Folk that is surprised like pikachu are Brexiteers...

[@subocajw]

Those are no new rules. These rules are in place for every third country. They only came in effect on the first of January. The British government new that from the beginning. In some incomprehensible way the UK thought that making their own rules applies only one way…..

[@bobohare4825]

It's doubtful that the government did know. They are a fairly ignorant bunch of people.

[@kc3718]

@@bobohare4825 they only knew how to divvy up the openings it gave them.

[@superpeca]

I am from Serbia, this is how ALL non EU countries drivers are treated ALL the time. This is how both UK and EU deal with us since forever so I think it's a bit hypocritical to make a big deal out of it now especially since you are in this position by choice, a privilege we never had ...

[@nurichniemandsonst9639]

They helped write the rules that are hurting you, and now chose to put themselves in your shoes... damn, if I was you, I'd enjoy seeing it.

[@superpeca]

​@@nurichniemandsonst9639 I don't enjoy when I see ordinary people suffer. Had too much of it growing up in a war torn country, one learns to emphatize. it's just sad to see people starting to care only when they feel it on their own skin. And just to be clear, I don't find the fact that they are suffering hypocritical, but the act of pointing it out only now when it is so close to home and heart...

[@myplan8166]

@@nurichniemandsonst9639 nur du, er nicht.

[@FloatingOnAZephyr]

16.1M people pointed it out in 2016, likely including the customs man in this video. This just reads as gloating whilst decent people try to deal with major issues they never asked for.

[@SobrietyandSolace]

@@nurichniemandsonst9639 Whilst they could gloat, I could also see why the stupidity and hypocrisy of it all is also irritating

[@chrisjrobrts]

Apart from the immediate problems that are caused by these delays, what worries me is how many of these drivers are going to vote with their feet, either by refusing to do international routes, or changing industry entirely.

[@georgebodley8068]

Sooner or later the drivers will get pissed of sitting in a lorry sometimes for days then leave for a more family friendly job

[@fioralbannach6647]

Already happening mate, here in Germany nobody wants to do this job. A lot of countries are having huge issues recruiting drivers; no bloody wonder🤷🏼‍♂️

[@joaquincastello6174]

Well , The will refuse going to the UK , but going from Spain to Finland is just a question of time and not paperwork..... Do you realize how bad Brexit is afeccting common people.???

[@justmythought7658]

Brexiteers: "No queues at the border. Another proof that remainers were wrong." ... One year later ... ;-)

[@piccalillipit9211]

YEP - they keep saying "where are these endless lines of lorries then???" there in dover now mate.

[@nigelcooper878]

Not wrong bare faced liars. Brexit was won on lies.

[@DavidSmith-oy4of]

Project fear...obviously.

[@takeapictureitlllastlonger5768]

Oh well, if theres queues at dover we should rejoin the EU then.....not!!

[@James-cn8lo]

@@takeapictureitlllastlonger5768 So what do you suggest?

[@JamesG2758]

That’s it lad,let the people know the real news,well done.

[@monopalle5768]

No other country has lines... Turks get into EU just FINE..... This is a trick.

[@setyeva0]

@@monopalle5768 Turkey is IN a customs union with the EU.... the UK is NOT, says it all really. Brexit asshats, what a clusterfuk they have made of the UK, and now all they can do is lie, conceal and spin [edit] PS: when Russia does spin it's called propaganda, that's how far the UK has fallen under Bozo and his clown show.

[@ThompsonUK2]

@@setyeva0 I voted leave and I am glad I did! it's the so called asshats from both sides making things difficult it's all political they can make it as easy as it was before. the the 4th Reich (EU) is trying to punish the UK as reason to deter others. Both sides are full of grown ups with childish minds

[@dominicsmith4747]

@@ThompsonUK2 absolutely lee, but you aren't allowed to say things like that lol, someone tried telling me that brexit is solely to blame for the driver shortage last year even though there was a driver shortage 25-30 years ago when my dad was an hgv driver. These online media outlets are just as bad as bbc, sky etc with the editing to make brexit look bad. I'd happily vote leave again.

[@bobohare4825]

@@ThompsonUK2 The EU isn't making anything difficult. Brexiters got exactly what they voted for.

[@williamgoss4691]

As the Reporter said, these horrendous Q’s for lorry drivers to across the channel, from Dover to Europe, these delays of hours and hours and hours, and often days and days of waiting, is exactly what a lot of people predicted. And of course the Gov and Media won’t show it or even acknowledge what’s (not) happening !! (More Inflationary costs for the ordinary Uk consumer !! )

[@simonshotter8960]

Queue. It’s a hard one to spell I know.

[@tabaccount6113]

inflation isn't because of brexit

[@inesdamonteines3985]

No wonder fresh food is tasting like crap lately.

[@HH-hd7nd]

@@tabaccount6113 You should say it as it is: Brexit is not th eonly reason for inflation, but it is the main driving force of inflation.

[@jewulo]

@@tabaccount6113 What is causing the inflation then? Interest rates?

[@arandmorgan]

More people need to see this, I don't think enough people know about this.

[@casteretpollux]

Like and share with friends. It all helps

[@JayJay5244]

The media has been silent about it… that’s why…

[@trappedinbasement]

people just don't give a f about it

[@haloKINGSstudios]

But this is what the people voted for

[@martinwebb1681]

People won't give a shit ... until it affects their pocket personally, then and only then will they start to take notice.

[@user-lo8mm5cy1m]

It's in-humane for the drivers.

[@lupo3414]

Its what UK knowingly voted for. Everyone warned them.

[@paddyandhisguitar2831]

And dangerous when they finally get back on the road

[@mitchconnerandsometimesjlotoo]

@@lupo3414 it's the EU being asses.

[@risingphoenix8072]

@@mitchconnerandsometimesjlotoo I disagree but if so, maybe it’s simply the EU’s turn after years of the UK acting as the A-holes of the European continent. Everything settles over time.

[@mitchconnerandsometimesjlotoo]

@@risingphoenix8072 certainly British government hasn't shown any integrity but neither has EU. Particularly France and the handling of migrants. Shameful.

[@hhhx3]

Great work guys. Showing us what’s actually going on

[@freeplex589]

Doesn’t matter brexit was still worth it

[@asdsdjfasdjxajiosdqw8791]

The ones that need to see it either won't see this, or will but will disregard it regardless.

[@kevinbull9284]

I have lost money as a music teacher through students not being able to get through the knock on traffic jams around the M20. I'm sure I'm not the only one and it's only a tiny fraction of what freight companies must be losing. This is LUDICROUS!

[@risingphoenix8072]

I hope this improves for you soon. Stories like yours are the ones that people really need to hear, how these circumstances affect the day to day living and movement of people. This is arguably bigger than the issue of delayed freight, but freight remains the current focus

[@rogerbarrett9920]

This is the true impact of Johnson's dreadful trade deal. It's been masked by the pandemic but it's already massively damaging our economy.

[@jaguarxj1]

We as a consumers gonna cover these company loses....sad

[@joemcconnell2674]

Well you all listen to Nigel farages lies.

[@ScottyDog345]

Go tellyour k existent fishing industries

[@batcollins3714]

All traffic cameras around Dover blacked out. Checked the notice and it said " AN AGENCY OR FORCE HAS TAKEN CONTROL OF THESE CAMERAS AND THEY ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC" What is going on in Dover??????

[@MultiLimpet]

Ministry of truth

[@canicheenrage]

We can see the queue already appearing on google maps' satellite view, btw.

[@Nilguiri]

A fascist whitewash.

[@ldorman]

@@Nilguiri They blacked out- so it's a blackwash 😁

[@octavianpopescu4776]

Technical difficulties 😀Intentional and permanent technical difficulties 🤣

[@gsxrinfrance5827]

Everyone in logistics knew this would happen after the UK voted to leave the EU...It costs, on average, around £500 per day to stand up a 44 arctic, more if it's running a fridge motor. Two things will happen, 1) the extra standing costs (£500 pd) will be added on to the customers haulage, which will be handed on again to the consumers, bearing in mind the extra cost of documentation which have already put the costs up. 2) you will get the European hauliers and their drivers refusing to deliver to the UK, they won't put up with horrendous delays of 1 or 2 day delays, sat with no facilities. I've been in haulage all my working career, this is like going back to pre-EU days, in the '60's and early '70's, This is an absolute shambles, and without any doubt will get worse. When the European haulier refuse to deliver, then who will do it ? there aren't enough UK hauliers4 to cover UK work, let alone cover the huge amount of European trips...Brexit has been an absolute tragedy for importers, exporters, and haulage operators alike...

[@robroy5248]

the rules arent new, they simply applie to third party countries, and the logistic industry usually does thier repairs and updates injanuary becuase this is the slackest month for hualage, so we are the only change in this, we being the tory ministry of lies,

[@williamgeorgefraser]

Drivers, especially ones from the EU will soon get fed up with this and refuse to do the runs. Then we shall see the real impact of Brexit.

[@Nice0n3]

Oh, I am sure EU drivers will still do the UK run. At 10x the normal price, or higher... And who will pay at the end ... the UK consumer. Hey ho, they all knew what they were voting for...

[@takeapictureitlllastlonger5768]

Oh poop how will i survive without a million different toothbrushes,kettles,toasters to choose form???

[@Nice0n3]

@@takeapictureitlllastlonger5768 Lol. Thinking that's what those lorries transport is quite funny. Guess you are one of the people who love cardboard cutouts on supermarket shelves and month old frozen salad from Australia. :D :D :D What was it again? Oh right, more food banks than McDonalds since the tories took office. Now that is proper management.

[@NoName-cf6hg]

Well done lads , great coverage , glad our ports put on extra sailings do get around this (Ireland)

[@NoName-cf6hg]

Well done lads great to see good coverage of this glad our ports put on extra sailings to get around this mess

[@PapaBrejj]

I was 17 when the 2016 European Union referendum happened. I was 1 year below being legally able to vote on a matter that will and has impacted my entire future. I'm 22 now and still believe that I would've voted to remain if I had been able to. 1 of the main factors was incredibly generational...

[@deafcelt]

Since the referendum 2016, there were 80,000 deceased who voted for Leave 2017. Total of deceased 480,000 (2022). More young people like you want to rejoin the EU. You have to fight harder to get the government to listen.

[@willieckaslike]

Knights and Ladies of the road. I salut you all. Knowing how badly UK treats it's lorry drivers compared with the way they are respected here on the Mainland, you do a fantastic job !

[@Alucard-gt1zf]

These are rules ll non eu country's must follow so stop making yourself look like a hero

[@gertrudlehmann4869]

These poor men. I really feel for them. What an idiocy. And (publically) only lies from officials. Despicable.

[@subjectdelta4813]

I was in my truck there about 21 hours 😒

[@stephengraham1153]

The UK is being run by a mendacious clown, so it's not going to get any better anytime soon.

[@kaz3444]

@@subjectdelta4813 Are you getting paid?

[@subjectdelta4813]

@@kaz3444 yes I was paid luckily 👍

[@andrewolgado6018]

I noticed supermarket prices jumped considerably in the new year, can't be a coincidence

[@batcollins3714]

The commentator said they were "new regulations" He's wrong, those regulations were always there for Third Countries which the UK now has joined through Brexit

[@antred11]

@Dog boy What? WTF do you even mean by "training with other non EU countries"?

[@steviesynapse]

Excellent reporting, well done for bringing this Brexit fact into the public domain. Why aren’t mainstream news agencies covering this???

[@cruxnox3787]

Because there bought and paid for and do what there bosses tell them, there not there to inform you more just influence what you think and keep you all in line....

[@Bobby404]

@@cruxnox3787 Basically that plus my mate Joris Bohnson throws the sickest parties and that covers 95% of the stories.. No room for brexit facts there.

[@cruxnox3787]

@@Bobby404 so true ppl more pissed off about parties than the absolute cluster f#!k that is Brexit.... joker's with blinkers on

[@1chish]

Its total bollocks reporting. The interviews weren't even in bloody Dover and they took place 4 days after the queues disappeared. You need to scrutinise what this channel puts out more carefully. Watch for the same repeated phrases in different films. Its all pre-rehearsed and you fell for it.

[@johnjephcote7636]

This is the Fourth Reich. Everything is going so well...there is no poverty...

[@misswarda78]

All credit to you for keeping alive the art of journalism. The shoddy excuse for media outlets in London all need shutting down unless they can take a lesson from you.

[@Stealthplateblocker]

Well done for highlighting this. Kids like you are this country’s future, not the sad, fat, bald boomers who brought this shitshow down. Keep up the good work

[@derekbiggs6648]

@stealthplateblocker. I am not fat and I didn't vote brexit. It's for others to decide if I am sad or not.

[@Ad-Lo]

And their response to their mess is fat shaming each other in parliament because of lockdown birthday cake.

[@Ad-Lo]

@@derekbiggs6648 then you aren’t the one being referred to.

[@gordonstrong5232]

My mum is a boomer but she voted remain

[@shutupMaji]

Funnily enough, with the aging demographic in the UK, the vote of the elderly will matter more and more as they make up a larger portion of the population

[@peterhagan8454]

Well done lifting the lid on the stupidity of this gov

[@arghjayem]

They are not the first to lift the lid on the government or Brexit consequences. It’s just been ignored. I mean media like this were telling people that leaving would be dreadful and have serious consequences before we left and before we even had the vote. They were ignored as “project fear”. This is what you get for believing liars, thieves and cheats and elect them into power.

[@martinwebb1681]

@@ScaniaVabis580 ... That's not true all non EU countries have delays with borders ... lorries leaving or entering the EU from Turkey can wait up to 30 hours while paper work is checked.

[@peterhagan8454]

@@arghjayem tory means thug or brigan so yes you are so right

[@stevenalderley9036]

The government lifted the lid on the stupidity of the public originally...by allowing this to be a public vote.

[@irminschembri1081]

EVERY single reasonable commenter here, British and EU citizen alike, has warned in DECEMBER about delays coming in January bc of the next step in the TGA ! I pity the hauliers and drivers who have to deal with such a ............government !

[@HH-hd7nd]

Every reasonable person has warned about that for 5 years now.

[@michaelarchangel1163]

Yes, the one in France, albeit Brussels is its hidden alter ego. Not very well hidden, obviously.

[@davecooper3238]

@@HH-hd7nd True & we were labelled as part of Project Fear.

[@HH-hd7nd]

@Dog boy Name another country you have the same issues trading with? Literally all of them with which you have not signed a trade agreement. It's really astonishing how it is possible that you Brexit fanboys know literally nothing about trade and economics.

[@HH-hd7nd]

@Dog boy Trade agreements - like all other treaties - are always about accepting a common set of rules. However for whatever reason you Brexiteer types do not understand this simple fact, you always confuse your ideas about "sovereignty" with everyone else bending the knee to the British Empire and doing slave labour for the Brits. And like all EU citizen I understand way more about economics, history, politics and treaties than all of you Brexiteers combined. You don't even understand what WTO rules are.

[@thoso1973]

As the economy on the mainland starts rolling again after Covid, a lot of EU based haulers simply won't drive goods to Britain when they instead can drive goods to other EU nations and avoid all these costly delays. A truck + driver that is stuck in a queue for days, isn't earning them a cent, when it could be making a profit anywhere else.

[@Nice0n3]

Nah, they'll just up the price for each run to compensate. And in the end the UK consumer will end up covering that bill. This is what the 17.4 Million voted for after all...

[@Nilguiri]

In the UK, they have removed the COVID restrictions, so expect a new wave worse than all of the previous waves within a couple of weeks and you will all be back to square one. They have learned nothing.

[@jejrhriktntndkkwnrjriths1510]

@@Nilguiri you had 3 jabs on the 3 different parking lots in one day. Relax.

[@everready2903]

A new variant will have the government telling everyone to hide again

[@Nilguiri]

​@@everready2903 And quite rightly. New variants and continued deaths are due to arrogant fools disobeying lockdown, mask and vaccine mandates and putting decent, normal folks at risk.

[@chrisr6794]

What an utterly dismal state of affairs. I feel like I'm never not going to be angry about the UK voting for Brexit. We've shot ourselves in both feet and continue to tell ourselves we're amazing. Madness.

[@monopalle5768]

Most nations are not in the EU. And the EU buys THEIR goods... All the other 1000 roads and ports to the EU are NOT having these UNIQUE problems.... Why is that do you think?

[@workbased683]

Anyone else remember Boris Johnson holding a fish over his head while he said exporting fish without ice packs keeping it fresh would be such a benefit.

[@dr.disaster6235]

Those who are old enough sure remember these long lorry lines back in the early 70's before the UK joined the EU.

[@GorgeDawes]

And that was with considerably lower volumes of cross-Channel trade compared to now and vastly more Customs Officers available!

[@monopalle5768]

No lines anywhere else on the UE borders... Wonder WHY britain is singled out like this?

[@alika3276]

I remember them between Germany/Austria and Austria/Italy. On top the normal holiday traffic. 😂

[@gobinajager7832]

@@monopalle5768 because the WM government decided in their wisdom (being sarcastic now) they didn't have to prepare for brexit. However the EU countries worked as hard as they could to overcome the hurdles of the new trade reality and invested millions to update their ports, customs and ferry lines. That's why there are delays at the brexit borders. And it will get worse.

[@newdawn5212]

Well done lads. Not that it comes as a surprise but people need to be shown that nasty little thing called the truth.

[@alfamonk]

@Dog boy always someone else's fault isn't it?

[@DieFliegeinderSuppe]

@Dog boy We have strict rules if you want to import goods into the EU from outside. Nothing nasty about it, quite the opposite actually. Simbabwe or Mongolia have to follow these rules, so does GB since January. They knew what was coming.

[@sevilnatas]

As reported in a few other independent new sources, the idea that ferries down for maintenance being the cause of these backups is completely false. Every year, in January, they put ferries up for maintenance because the winter, post holidays, is the slowest part of both the car traffic season, but also the lorry or trade traffic season. If there being a shortage of ferries is a reason for the backups, why haven't this happened every January prior? In addition, imagine that this is the slow season for lorry traffic. Can't wait to see what spring will bring, let alone next year's run up to the holidays.

[@arnishturnaround9622]

People in kent should be proud of themselves voting for Brexit when they see this lorry queue they will think to themselves that sovereignty

[@brusselssprouts560]

I was born in Kent and have lived in Kent for almost my entire life (I am 60), and I didn't vote to leave the EU and many others in Kent didn't. Please do not label me or them..

[@arnishturnaround9622]

@@brusselssprouts560 No of course of not maybe a different word would be majority . The only part of Kent people knew what they voted for was Tunbridge Wells. Of course I do feel bad for remainers they have to suffer due to this consequences unfortunate we need to hope we have another referendum and we can join the single market.

[@thomaseck3210]

@@arnishturnaround9622 Not gonna happen with the public mood in the EU and the constant dribble of lies directed at us from your press and your representatives. I am strictly against the UK rejoining the Single Market again. Maybe in another 25 years we can talk about it.

[@conor1077]

@@thomaseck3210 did you think all those truck drivers were actors? What lies are you talking about? Do you think it's better not to report the chaos in Dover and at what point will it dawn on you that brexit is a complete sh1tshow?

[@enkeltrick4715]

@@conor1077 Read again what he wrote and think about what you wrote.

[@bokhans]

Informed people knew this because it’s just like comparing with Switzerland and then imagine something way more complicated and bureaucratic.

[@notreallyhere67]

Well, Switzerland has also worked out deals with the EU so that there aren't these sort of delays on their borders. It also follows a lot of the single market rules & regulations that are set by the EU in order to access the single market.

[@ldorman]

Switzerland is part of Schengen - the UK refused to be part of Schengen. You don't have this queues at the Swizz border.

[@aasphaltmueller5178]

@@ldorman for freight there are some - Schengen is about Persons

[@hugogreen4916]

Indeed. Did you see 3 men in a pub and Kieran the van driver doing their best back in 2015/16 trying to get people to see what would be the future

[@thomasullmann7447]

I've crossed the border between Poland and Ukraine a number of times since 2012. I spoke to lorry drivers there who said it was often six hours of waiting. Maybe the BBC and other news channels should have spent more time there in 2016 to explain what Brextit would actually mean.

[@hugogreen4916]

Back in the noughties it was days

[@AlexJones-ue1ll]

And remember people - THIS is the QUIET time of trade. January is always the lowest amount. Why you think the 2 ferries are in _scheduled_ maintenance? Because this is the time to do it before trade really picks up again!

[@monopalle5768]

You remember living in the EU? How you could EASILY get everything from India, China, and the US ???? Yea, they are not EU members either, and we get all their stuff...... This is a NEW thing the EU has done SOLELY against the brits, to manipulate low information voters into surrender.... It WILL pass, same as it did for Chile, Australia, and all those OTHER non EU nations.... You know..... The BULK of the world!

[@AlexJones-ue1ll]

@@monopalle5768 lol nope.

[@gdwnet]

Every one of those EU based lorry drivers are likely to not want to bring another load to GB. That'll decrease the supplies we get in to the UK which will push up prices and so on. It's a domino effect of failure. The other issue is that the items they are delivering may well be perishable, by the time they deliver them they are out of date and wasted.

[@nickpeterson8659]

Gaia into garbage for greed or glory; now grips our gods and grinds us gory.

[@ldorman]

Also, keep in mind, there is a drivers shortage in the EU as well, so they can easy find other routes to work in. I guess, the only reason they do this, money - probably getting payed much more for a UK delivery then let's say Spain - Poland.

[@goblinwisdom]

Will it have ppl accepting chlorine chicken? Will they accept their values and rights being eroded by the populism that is brexit. Maybe, we pour scorn on ppl that stand up, right? Why? Because Newspapers mock ppl for ' being french' for expressions of dissatisfaction ( that bloody works!) F those ppl.

[@jejrhriktntndkkwnrjriths1510]

You would be surprised how many cannabis seeds banks were based in the Uk. Right now nobody’s going to order the seeds and 40 years of homegrown heritage are going out of the window

[@martinwebb1681]

Also a lorry waiting for two days is not earning its keep for the company ... how long before transport companies decide to refuse to come to the UK ?.

[@hugogreen4916]

It’s not insane , it’s the way it has always been on the borders of the Eu - Hungary Serbia , Poland Ukraine etc etc. Back in 2015 Kieran the van driver took a folkstone retiree and brexiteer to see the Swiss German border in action. The man came away shocked and reflective at first, before he rallied with bulldog spirit, that a) the government wouldn’t let it happen and b) the eu needs the Uk more . Track him down- if he hasn’t already passed on, dreaming of the glorious Brexit that he and his ilk bequeathed to us all

[@johnjephcote7636]

Good man for talking to us. Sounds like everyone else is sxxt scared with pressure from their bosses.

[@bokhans]

The port of Dover manager is a very convinced Tory and Brexiter. Always come out with excuses like he didn’t have a window in his office, or his stationed in London?

[@MultiLimpet]

Party loyalty will get him promoted

[@williamgeorgefraser]

I saw him on TV and he sounds like he is American. Definitely not a UK accent.

[@BartSliggers]

Man didn't realize it was a queue, thought it was a social gathering.

[@_asphobelle6887]

@@BartSliggers Or maybe a work meeting ? 😉

[@mike8631]

Unfortunately, actions have consequences. They did this to themselves.

[@someinteresting]

I don't get it. They had several years to prepare and to make the things smoothly.

[@micko4463]

@@someinteresting The French are using the ports to blackmail Britain for more concessions and our pro EU civil service will do all it can to not find or use a solution, and our weak timid mostly pro EU government will do nothing as we have a global elite nwo/bbb owned PM cabinet and house of lords.

[@Robfnord]

Who is ‘they’?

[@sercanserj7804]

@@micko4463 I think in short you wanted to say the UK is dealing with the consequences of their actions. I fixed it for you

[@sercanserj7804]

@@micko4463 you and the others who act like you are the problem the English have, never take accountability. For once admit we fucked up

[@LordOfLight]

My sympathy, as always, is tempered by the question "but did you vote for Brexit?".

[@Garthdon]

And its going to get worse in July when the second half kicks in at customs. But hey, nothing to see here, Boris got 50p for each of us per year in his amazing trade deals.

[@monopalle5768]

I live in the EU, I can get goods from IRAN at my super market.... Wine from Chile.... BEEF from the US..... Garlic from China..... See what I'm saying here? They are lying to you, to make you surrender to the EU..... ALL other nations can trade with the EU, no problem... Just england being singled out. This is NOT a brexit issue..... This is an extortion issue.

[@Garthdon]

@@monopalle5768 Iran doesn't have a trade deal with the EU. Chile DOES have a trade deal with the EU. China and EU are finalizing a trade deal right now. US were in talks for a trade deal but then put on hold in 2016. The UK doesn't have a trade deal and so follow the same third country rules as Iran, China atm, and the US. The only difference between the UK and the rest is that they have been doing it for years and so know what to do that it is seamless quick for them. The UK had 6 years to plan and tell and place infrastructure to deal with the new rules, and didn't. Hence the long times now. And if the EU was extorting anyone, there would be legal suits everywhere about it from companies themselves. But as there is none, then....

[@alika3276]

Not only, also holiday makers on the passenger line. I remember the "good old times" in europe and we had less cars. 😂😂🚗🚙🚗🚙🚗🚙🚗🚙🚗🚙🚗🚙🚗

[@noelconway2589]

Contrast that with the ferry crossings to Ireland. Approx 18 hours. Driver parks his rig, showers freshens up, has a meal and possibly a few pints, then goes to bed. Wakes several hours later fully rested and ready for a good days driving. Oh and no custom checks . That's what happens in both directions !!

[@chattyrat3354]

80% of the paperwork relating to food and agri products would disappear if the UK agreed to continued alignment to EU SPS standards and signed up to a Swiss style SPS agreement.

[@Tybalt-si9wf]

But that's against the gospel of Brexit. "Thou shall not align yourself with the EU, for they are a big meanie and they are very bad not good."

[@dantae666]

No. We should adapt the regulations to make import from the USA once they get rid of Biden easier also we should increase out import of goods from outside the eu such as beef from Brazil

[@Tybalt-si9wf]

@@dantae666 Why wait? Just lower your standards, get rid of these taxes and quotas, for beef for example, and enjoy. Or do you think Bidens presidency somehow magically defiles US products? Sure, it would be stupid to do so, but then again, the whole Brexit thing is extremely stupid, so what?

[@dantae666]

@@Tybalt-si9wf Biden hates the uk and blocks a trade deal at all costs. We need a republican government to work with

[@Tybalt-si9wf]

@@dantae666 You don't need a trade deal. Just lower taxes unilateral, lower your standards, and there you go. Cheap beef. Or cheap food in general. Whatever you want. Yes, it would be bad for the UK economy, and it'll wipe out most of your agricultural sector, but a proper trade wouldn't be much better. And the UK already sacrificed a lot of it's farmers on the Sacred Altar of Brexit. After all, your High Priest of Brexit was quite frank about it: "frick business". And he delivers. Oh boy, he delivers.

[@torontocitizen6802]

The only reasons to have voted for Brexit was either ignorance or racism - or both.

[@monopalle5768]

Well, welcome to democracy, you fascist! HERE, people can VOTE!

[@torontocitizen6802]

@@monopalle5768 I’m not a fascist. I believe that people should have free and fair elections. I believe that people should take responsibility for their choices too. You don’t like that I called out peoples true motivations for voting against their own best interests. Good thing I believe in freedom of expression too!

[@kc3718]

@@torontocitizen6802 in Truth there were a lot of lies told. Boris is good at that.

[@torontocitizen6802]

@Lee Osborne The adults are discussing Brexit. Move along.

[@Dmiliunas]

Im lithuanian, and this is reasonably normal delays nier Russian borders. UK left EU and become third party, this is the future, This is the way. Enjoy the show.

[@GrahamOCheallaigh]

Many Irish freight companies have opted to not go through the UK because of this. Instead of going Dublin-Hollyhead then Dover-Calais they now go direct to France, longer sail but by far less hassle. Rosslare harbor in Ireland is up 400%. A lot of business the UK is loosing, but hey "get Brexit done"!

[@monopalle5768]

No lines anywhere else on the UE borders... Wonder WHY britain is singled out like this?

[@_asphobelle6887]

@@monopalle5768 Because everyone else know the rules and comply, meanwhile the UK aren't used to there being rules, much less complying...

[@joehoran1437]

These queues are occurring only in the UK because the UK is now a 'third world country' as far as EU customs law is concerned. This whole situation was obvious to anyone remotely connected to the haulage industry BEFORE the Brexit referendum.

[@monopalle5768]

@@joehoran1437 I agree it was known in advance... But you remember from being a member, how you can infact get ANY amount of Iranian dates, or israeli wine, south african grapes, etc.... Chinese stuff, american stuff.... Its ALL here, in the quantity you want, and british things will be as well... This is just a punishment phase.... It will pass.

[@bokhans]

4 days! Many don’t get paid while the lorry don’t move, I hope this poor driver does!

[@merkvandermeulen3978]

Don't act surprised if in coming months there can't be found any drivers, desperate enough to apply for more trips like this.

[@djsmithe]

The drivers going to the UK will have to be paid by the hour now, not the kilometre. This just started. Can you imagine what it's going to be like 3 months from now?

[@merkvandermeulen3978]

@Gregos UK Repens Is that why they all look so utterly not delighted?

[@davesy6969]

Some are paid by distance and some by the hour. Either way it's bad, when they're not moving those trucks are losing money. This is also happening in Calais trying to get into the UK. I heard customs documentation can run into 700 pages that must be filled out correctly, i also saw a utube video where a driver was taking a load of doughnuts from leeds to munich, he set off only to be recalled because those were cream doughnuts and needed a vet's certificate for customs. He was recalled and had to wait hours for a vet to be called out and a certificate issued (the vet just looked at the doughnuts and gave him a certificate) so he could continue.

[@monopalle5768]

This video is FEAR mongering..... NO other country has ANY problems getting into the EU.... russia, the US, Turks, China, south americans..... We get goods from ALL over the world. The EU is just doing this to try and hurt you.... This DELAY, is an EU construction, and we don't do it to ANYONE else but you..... Its like EXTORTION to get you to surrender.

[@ianaspland1768]

I cannot imagine why any European lorry driver would want to drive into the UK if this is what awaits them. Good one Johnson.

[@joemcconnell2674]

@Dog boy but don't forget it was Johnson and Farage that wanted to leave.

[@dublindutch6346]

@Dog boy name those "stupid rules" please. Serious, i'm curious.

[@vivavideo-videofilmer]

Everybody with some common Sense knew what would happen, EU did not push Britain out of the Union.

[@mikicerise6250]

@@dublindutch6346 You ain't allowed to import curved bananas. They gots to be straight! That's what's causing all this ruckus!

[@gunner678]

I've seen this when I crossed both ways through Dover. This is going to get worse not better. I spoke to the port manager at Calais a few months ago and he confirmed that the freight side is a total mess and it will only get worse.

[@monopalle5768]

All other EU external borders are FINE.... I wonder WHY would the EU single out BRITAIN.... Gee, is it to try and force you to surrender, and rejoin?

[@jukahri]

@@monopalle5768 How could the EU do this though? The UK held all the cards and the EU was supposed to come begging??

[@oscarwilde9525]

@@monopalle5768 Err, this is not the EU's fault. British government decided to leave the CU and therefore has to now follow existing rules that it helped create for third countries. And the delays into Britain are in the hands of British gov to manage. Before Jan 1st it wasn't doing the same amount of checking and lorries into Britain were, I understand, getting into Britain easily.

[@aasphaltmueller5178]

@@monopalle5768 because there is an adequate infrastructure at those borders ? Several kms queing at the Turkish border is quite common, BTW

[@Ruth-wq7lr]

@@monopalle5768 They’re fine precisely because they’re still in the EU!! The U.K. is in trouble because we stupidly left and didn’t bother to make any credible plans to mitigate being a third party country. Not difficult to understand unless you are being deliberately stupid.

[@Dave-zu6sm]

The Tories have ruined the UK. It's time for a change. Proportional representation would destroy them and they know it. If people don't like your policies, change your policies, not the rules.

[@Thisweekin.]

Some manipulation in this video. That "Serbian" driver is actually Polish and tells them he has not even been to see customs yet as just arrived. Doesn't mention any wait time. But I agree. Anything paperwork related in the UK is a mess usually.

[@aljosacebokli]

Ok when he spoke serbo croat I was really impressed

[@sanmiguel4019]

Yeah, he was showing off there!!! lol

[@danielblasco7680]

I don’t like seeing other’s pain. But there’s a bit of a thing watching a country so self esteemed and arrogant sometimes hitting a rock they put by themselves in the middle of their future. You get what you vote

[@LordOfLight]

Hey thanks Daniel. You're right about us being arrogant sometimes - perhaps you could point out a country that doesn't suffer from that particular affliction (Vanuatu?) - but I struggle with your Schadenfreude when so many of us voted AGAINST Brexit. As I recall the vote was around 52% - 48%.

[@5mnz7fg]

I would agree if it weren't for the sake of the remainers.

[@CelesteOnYoutube]

@@fosterffoster5092 So true. People seems to forget that most of the european countries are small to medium and that Europe was made to have a say in the world when you have big players like the US, China or Russia. Maybe the UK should try to negotiate with them to see if they can be more successful than Europe. Being in control also means having to deal with everything... alone.

[@Ruth-wq7lr]

There are millions of us who did not vote for this and are utterly appalled about what’s happening. Even worse we are trapped on a small island with the morons who did vote for it who are behaving like toddlers and refusing to admit that they were conned.

[@nurichniemandsonst9639]

@@Ruth-wq7lr ... you know you could've come to us. A lot of EU countries made it easier for Brits to get settled quickly, they put aside more case workers, they sent letters on what to do to Brits already living here. We would've taken you.

[@waragainstsleepx2517]

I'm glad that towards the end one or two of the drivers pointed out that the public will end up paying the bill for this time-wasting. I would encourage you to labour this point when you cover this issue in future. Many pro-brexit voters will dismiss the idea of drivers having to wait as "not their problem". They need to be made to understand that those 17 hours or 4 days sat waiting, plus meals, accommodation costs etc and then all the work being done by people filling out the paperwork so the drivers can go, plus the transport companies losing revenue for that vehicle being unavailable to make other deliveries is all adding straight onto the costs of their groceries and shopping bills.

[@TheInternetIsDeadToMe]

Nice work John mate. Nice to see someone on the front like sticking his head above the parapet. It’s hard to believe there’s such a disconnect between the people at the frontline and Westminster. Maybe they should get some Tory MP’s making delivery’s so they have some first hand experience of what these guys have to tolerate to keep the whole system operating.

[@Neil070]

You mean actual work? Getting their hands dirty? 😱

[@k.j.hulander2204]

This here is the real reason why BoJo should get the boot. Boozy parties make for better headlines but were, ultimately, inconsequential. This will bear on the entire economy for years and years.

[@Lilylily2368]

The guy in the back seat acting is amazing lol (thumbs up)

[@LDdrums20]

Though this is painful to watch and the burocracy hurts. I'm amazed that all of the truck drivers speak good english.

[@liayoung4534]

English is the main language spoken throughout the EU

[@JimBrodie]

@@destadhouder3689 Globally, English is the modern equivalent of what French was 140 years ago and considered the universal bastard language.

[@liayoung4534]

@@destadhouder3689 I mean the main/one of the main languages used as a common EU wide means of communication. English people are notorious for not speaking other languages, whereas people in mainland Europe on the whole are much better at it. (Therefore Brexit etc nuff said.)

[@juliewake4585]

It’s funny that none of this has been shown in the press. Maybe once they’ve stopped talking about Christmas parties this might be top of the news. Or maybe not.

[@davecooper3238]

The BBC TV news at 6pm today had a reporter in Dover. One of the things he did was interviewed a chap who has run a freight forwarding company for years. He claims that one big cause for hold ups is drivers being sent out with incomplete or wrongly filled in paperwork. This can apparently leave a lorry stuck for hours or even days. It’s the sort of thing I thought may happen. But unfortunately the U.K. voted for it so we only have ourselves to blame.

[@juliewake4585]

@@davecooper3238 yes I did see this.

[@wolfganglemke6312]

Oh yes, we are desperately waiting on the continent for Marmite, Cheddar and Vauxhall 🤣🤣🤣

[@Michiel_de_Jong]

_"It's_ _beginning_ _to_ _look_ _a_ _lot_ _like_ _Brexit."_ Someone should volunteer to serve these truck drivers a hot cup of sovereign tea... and advise them to take back control on their return trip to the UK....

[@SpectacularDisaster]

maybe if they voted remain, otherwise reap what you sow

[@ldorman]

@@SpectacularDisaster Considering the majority wasn't British, they didn't vote at all even if they live in the UK.

[@johnjephcote7636]

They need an articulated WVS tea wagon.'Tea and a wad' to serve the length of the queue.

[@flitsertheo]

A few truckloads of portaloos would be welcome too, especially after that tea.

[@snakedoc4960]

I feel sorry for the EU drivers. They didn't chose for this nonsense

[@Tabacish]

Oh, don't worry about them, they'll just refuse UK-EU transports in the future. Worry more how goods is supposed to get into the UK in the future...

[@mehow357]

It works both ways: british goods can't be exported. As for drivers: don't worry about them, they are paid, but guess who will pay for it in increased prices.

[@HH-hd7nd]

@@mehow357 Being a driver myself I can tell you that we don't like to be delayed. First of all - not all of us are payed a certain wage, some are payed per kilometer. Do you really believe they get payed when standing still for hours of even days? And we don't also like to be separated from friends and family longer than necessary. Do yu really believe a driver who has to waid for days will get back home on time? No. He still has to make 2 or 3 other deliveries somewhere in Europe before that happens. So if you usually would be home after 2 weeks of delivering stuff all across Europe now its maybe 3, 4 or 5 weeks, depending on how long the individual driver has to wait. And the worst of it: No one knows if this is the worst scenario already; personally I doubt it, this will get a lot worse.

[@mehow357]

@Dog boy hahahahaha 🤣 suuure 😂 Next time just don't forget to take your pills 🤣

[@HH-hd7nd]

@Dog boy That has nothing to do with the EU, that's just how international trade works - not only with the EU but worldwide. Only because the Brexiteers have no clue about trade or economics doesn't mean that everything will jump back 200 years in time to the days when the Brits "traded" by using Gunboat diplomacy.

[@robertomeara3469]

Irish government was way ahead,rerouted entire shipping routes,bypassing Dover completley,and its working a dream.

[@TheBlackBerryChannel]

Just takes couple hours longer but a easy and quicker way than waiting at Dover or Calais

[@23merlino]

...and don't forget the ports aren't seeing the same level of traffic that they did pre-brexshit ie; a lot of the irish traffic is bypassing britain entirely...

[@Nickbaldeagle02]

Plus it's lower anyway in January. Wait till June.

[@drewg6200]

When people put their emotions first while making decisions, it usually leads to making huge blunders. Anyone who was thinking straight predicted this would happen post Brexit

[@Nickbaldeagle02]

Project fear. These lorry drivers just need to _believe_ in Brexshit.

[@Gibson1976uk]

Anyone who voted Brexit deserve this! those who didn’t, don’t deserve this

[@Gibson1976uk]

@Dog boy yep, Brexit is a screw up! it was voting for the elites

[@StumpyVandal]

Well done lads. Just goes to show how the media at large is totally dropping the ball.

[@hariowen3840]

Unfortunately, the media at large, i.e. mainstream media, is owned by the very billionaires who control the whole 'show'.

[@StumpyVandal]

@Swiss ehren great. Thanks for sharing. You’re not in the UK or the EU and sound like you lack a bit of experience so I’ll take your input under consideration.

[@StumpyVandal]

@Swiss ehren I’m beginning to think maybe you’re not Swiss…. Russian perhaps? You do realise England didn’t leave the EU? The United Kingdom did, which meant that two other nations were dragged out against their will and a third only voted for Brexit because of the retired English living in the country which made the demographic older and more Brexity. Again, I’ll take the views of someone referring to the Brexit debacle using England as a starting point with a bit of a pinch of salt. You might want to go read something educational somewhere. Also, I’m not nor ever have I been British and therefore cannot be labeled a remoaner.

[@StumpyVandal]

@Swiss ehren How old are you? You need to start working on your own political views and stop regurgitating those of your father… You’re not British, you’re Swiss, whatever about the potential advantages (which are few) of Brexit for the British, there’s nothing but trouble for us in the contentant whether you’re in the EU or not.

[@StumpyVandal]

@Dog boy this isn’t punishment. This is what happens when you leave a common market and are treated like a third country. This is exactly what anyone with their fkn head screwed on said would happen until we were blue in the face. This is one of the reasons the common market exists in the first place; to avoid queues and checks at borders. This is why trade agreements exist. This is why Boris leaving deal was seen as a disaster because none of these things were addressed. And this is why a country with enough people that have “had enough of experts” is going down the tubes and doing it’s best to drag the rest of us with it.

[@Tom55data]

Boats are always renovated in January as it is the "quiet" time at the port. Wait for a few weeks when the quiet time ends - then the shit will be proverbial.

[@monopalle5768]

No lines anywhere else on the UE borders... Wonder WHY britain is singled out like this?

[@alanfairbrother890]

So why weren't there queues like this before, bar times there were strikes in france. There was no paper work to be checked as the UK was a member of the EU. Now its not it deliveries have to go through border controls and checks. But hey brexit means brexit and everyone knew they were voting for as brexiteers will tell you.

[@mickm234]

What a place. People are so frightened of losing their jobs, that they can’t speak out. Why are we putting up with this… 😡

[@MIck-M]

Had me completely baffled for about 10 seconds wondering why I could not remember making this comment hehe.

[@garyt123]

Why? Because the British are weak regarding job security. With the EU you were getting stronger, now with Brexit you will all go back to Reese Mogg's 18th century Britain and will be doffing your caps to the Laird within 6 months. Back to Dickensian England with you all!

[@SpirosPagiatakis]

@@garyt123 They will be tugging their forelocks. There will be no money for caps to doff...

[@malcolmwilkinson4449]

Because we tolerate this since from birth we are conditioned to ‘respect our betters’ 😡😡

[@outdatedfarmequipment2702]

One word can change all of that and its called UNIONS.

[@baggaz167]

We need to make sure that we frame this utter shambles for what it is: Boris' terrible Brexit deal. Had we agreed to a deal that allowed us to leave in name only (soft Brexit) this wouldn't have happened. I say this despite not agreeing with Brexit, but feeling that a soft Brexit was the only way to navigate the waters of the slim majority that asked for it without inflicting this level of damage upon the drivers, and the wider public's pockets.

[@phillipgibbon5980]

😂 brexit should of happened under wto terms

[@baggaz167]

@@phillipgibbon5980 you do realise that the 'WTO terms' was not actually a thing, right? There are many countries part of the WTO and all of them had the opportunity to rinse us financially. They could have made any demands they liked before agreeing to let us retake our seat. It wasn't a default thing, only people who are ignorant of the facts actually thought it was ... I take it you knew these things, right? You're not just a moron, right? And you understand that joining the WTO means more paperwork with our biggest trading partners (the EU) which means more waiting at Dover than we're currently seeing? You understand all this, don't you?

[@imbethondion4572]

Quite. Leaving the EU while remaining in the single market would have been the obvious thing to do. It's unfortunate that the hardliners were able to wield so much influence (not helped by the opposition parties trying to cancel the result of the referendum). It's also unfortunate that the UK negotiating team seems to have started off incompetent and got progressively worse as time went on.

[@JohnWilson-yg7ko]

Utter garbage. The whole problem is caused by the French spitting their dummies out. Thanks to the treacherous MPs who want to keep us in the EU, we've had to wait years to finally break free from the corrupt EU. We should have, as promised at the time by Cameron, gone straight to WTO regulations in dealing with the EU.

[@baggaz167]

@@JohnWilson-yg7ko again, WTO terms was not a thing at the time. The WTO is like a bigger version of the EU, insofar as they had an ungodly amount of power to say, "you can't take up a seat in the WTO without doing X for this country in the WTO, Y for this country and Z for this country." What you're saying that Cameron promised is essentially like an ugly guy breaking up with his model girlfriend and saying it doesn't matter, he'll just go shag other women, he doesn't need her. Like, yes, technically he *can* go and shag someone else, but the people he is *likely* to shag probably aren't going to be as pretty, and the ones that are pretty have the ability to say no.

[@19A261]

Just imagine how much this would be costing the delivery companies and more likely UK consumers will be paying for all this mess.

[@martinwebb1681]

Already happening, many items in supermarkets have risen by up to 50p per single item ... that's daylight robbery.

[@monopalle5768]

Just imagine if the EU put these delays on the US, CHina, Russia, Turkey, or ANY OTHER non EU country..... Its ONLY you guys, and its to make you surrender to our will...

[@ouicertes9764]

@@monopalle5768 I don't know in what kind of world you live in, but even if the UK woke up tomorrow wanting to rejoin the EU, a lot of EU members would say no, and the UK doesn't meet the current criteria for being a EU member. How does it work in your delusional world, where there are borders between customs but no paperwork and no checks? Do you think there are no checks in ports between the EU and the US, China... and that goods can just pass through?

[@JerzyFeliksKlein]

at 3:19 the old fella claims he's seen a Serbian driver and then he tries to speak to him. He repeats in broken Serbian "2 days" and the driver who is actually Polish responds that he hasn't been there yet and that he's only going to hand the papers over. The old guy turns around to the camera and says that he usually waits 2 hours for the papers to be returned to him which is simply not what the driver said. It's small things like this that makes you look like propagandists. You need to get you facts right.

[@charlesvanderhoog7056]

How much of this is on English television or radio? ZERO seconds, NOTHING. Thanks to Byline TV there is a chance some crazy little Englishman sees it and comes to his senses although I sincerely doubt that the latter is possible.

[@benhinchliffe7696]

This is just insane, how is this not all over the BBC.....Oh wait

[@michaelarchangel1163]

What are you talking about ? The BBC is more anti-Brexit than that fossil Michael Heseltine and his H O L pal Adonis. Here's a heads up for you, the BBC is crapping itself over threats to the licence fee and keeping its head down, partly because of it but also because a MAJORITY {look the word up} voted to dump the EU, the shitshow that's responsible for the lorry jam, with trumped up impediments to trade facilitation.

[@benhinchliffe7696]

@@michaelarchangel1163 LOL if the MAJORITY voted to crash a car, it would still be a car crash regardless. This isn't the EU, this is exactly the kind of red tape and additional checks people were warned about, but apparently it was all 'project fear' and there 'would be no additional checks'....yeah how's that working out?

[@michaelarchangel1163]

@@benhinchliffe7696 It's working out exactly as expected and the reason the majority voted to leave a draconian organisation. Disruption is the price we're prepared to tolerate. If the EU wants unfettered trade following the current lame attempts to reverse the UK's mandate, it will be welcomed. if it isn't, to use the common parlance, it can do one, as can you and all recalcitrant weasels.

[@benhinchliffe7696]

@@michaelarchangel1163 'Disruption is the price we're prepared to tolerate.' then you're in a minority. As most people who voted Brexit, you know, the MAJORITY wouldn't back it now knowing all the crap that's going on now. You're chasing a dream of the golden years of imperial Britain, which just don't exist anymore in a globalized world. A dream sold to you by a know liar and cheat. So beat your drum and salute all you want as the ship sinks around you.

[@michaelarchangel1163]

@@benhinchliffe7696 Boris Johnson was the means to an end. Nobody cares that he jumped on an anti EU bandwagon, merely to get the keys to Number 10. The 'end' is lack of subjugation, regardless of cost. I'm sorry if that's too much for your brain to assimilate, but of course, you're entitled to your opinion, even though your inconsolability is a great deal sadder than a queue of lorries. Have a good evening.

[@Wendyj55]

I loved it when that bloke said, "I think we should leave Brexit" 😅😅

[@ROLEPLAYA64]

Don't forget - January is traditionally the slowest time of the year for imports/exports. Imagine how much worse it's going to be in just a few weeks. Brexit is, undoubtedly, the greatest act of self harm by any country in history.

[@monopalle5768]

Turkish drivers get into EU just fine, as do loads of other nations, even africa and the middle east... Shipping from china, the us, etc....... They are not EU.... How do you explain that?

[@nurichniemandsonst9639]

@@monopalle5768 They have a better deal because they are more willing to align with the market rules. Duh.

[@Provenom100]

I hope everyone that voted leave feels ashamed of themselves

[@alexmurphy3049]

Like fuck I do. This is your lovely petty European mates who caused this headache

[@gumbi79]

@@alexmurphy3049 aww fucksake and how is that yah dafty ,these rules were always in place for 3rd countrys , and the uk is now one of them so please tell me how its the eu fault for following rules . ohh or should the uk just be allowed to bypass said rules because BRITAIN .... get back tae reading the sun ..

[@paulcarruthers2431]

@@alexmurphy3049 To me Brexit was the loss of free movement 17 million out of 68,207,116 who wanted it. Britain is not great it is just a run down country. Just look at our corrupt government . I still respect you voted for it but I would still pick the EU over england . I was born in the un-united kingdom . There is the odd thing that brexit made better but it has done more harm than good.

[@davidevans916]

Sadly a lot of them are too thick to realise that this is what they voted for.

[@alexmurphy3049]

@@paulcarruthers2431 i don't think Britains been great since the bs invasion of Iraq I don't want my country to be run by incompetent crooks who hide behind the EU rules and regulations. I don't want England to be be controlled by londoners let alone Germans. I want equality. And the rule of localised government. I want small government I want more housing and space and wealth for the local people. I want the old people to have savings that hold there value. I want kids and doleys to have a job to go to. I don't want an endless stream of cheap labour devalueing the poor man's labour. The system is designed for the disgustingly rich and they can fuck off the fleecing fucks

[@baririzqullah5782]

Man, no wonder my Dad once said that "Truck/Lorry driver probably are the most patient people in the world"

[@helendudden9638]

Not quite the success we are led to believe exists. My sympathy to the lorry drivers, not quite the oven ready situation was Brexit

[@andydudley1775]

i wonder how many tory owned companies have all the paper they need to get goods from the uk.

[@raymondwebb4179]

Thankyou. For your report , can you keep doing it up. People like you are the backbone of journalism,

[@monopalle5768]

Remember when you WERE in the EU? How you could EASILY buy things from India, Iran, Turkey, the US, Canada, Chile, CHINA and so on? Well, that's because you CAN trade with the EU... Remember those 1000 roads leading into the EU, how they never had these problems? YEAH. You remember.

[@tombillington8564]

Very sad. It was never project fear, the British public people were warned of this outcome but turned a blind eye. The 2019 could have been the final chance for things to not come out as bad but the British public were convinced that a Labour government would be much more catastrophic than this outcome. £350 million to the NHS, Turkey joining the EU, no there won't be queus at Dover, no we didn't break the rules during a major pandemic. Another sad truth is that people will see this and think that ALL politicians lie thereby decreasing the voting turnout in the next important election/referendum. This could be an opportunity for Britain to turn around and say "y'know what, we can start changing things for the better by going into a little booth and ticking a box". The sad thing is that it won't happen and when the next conservative PM takes their position as leader, we will see another scandal, more corruption and the British public will all sit back and let it happen just because they don't like the idea of a party that COULD represent their best interests. I am very proud of my friends and my family for fighting for what they believe in and shape their country the best way they no how but for the rest of Britain, I am utterly asshamed of how much they want to protect millionaires they have never met. Fifth richest country in the World, what a joke.

[@stephenfowlie742]

And here was us remainers thinking Brexiteers knew what they were voting for, after all they cried it loud enough....not hearing them now tho.

[@takeapictureitlllastlonger5768]

Dont have to say anything...we are out :)

[@stephenfowlie742]

Of your little minds...I agree. I wonder who you are going to blame next time once you realise you are actually worse off for doing so?

[@stephenfowlie742]

@Dog boy Aye, It has nothing to do with leaving the customs and trade union at all or the fact we became a 3rd country does it? Keep telling yourself that.

[@stephenfowlie742]

@DMo86 That's because your living in blissful ignorance.

[@ianl1052]

Why didn't someone warn us about these Brexit consequences? Oh, wait!!!

[@RM-rp6hx]

Not enough attention is being directed at the real perpetrators of this crime - farage, johnson, gove, et al.

[@bernardwilson]

You can't have been sat there all that time, Boris said Brexit was sorted and a conservative and personal achievement, you mean he was lying or misleading us well I am shocked

[@mellotronk]

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