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UK to spend £108m on no-deal ferries

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    UK to spend £108m on no-deal ferries

    The UK will spend more than £100m chartering extra ferries to ease "severe congestion" at Dover, in the case of a no-deal Brexit.

    Over the last few months, additional ferry contracts were awarded to French, Dutch and British companies.

    The contingency plans allow for almost 4,000 more lorries a week to come and go from other ports, including Plymouth, Poole, and Portsmouth.

    Lib Dem leader Sir Vince Cable called the move "complete madness".

    "The government has the power to stop "no deal" at any time but instead is spending millions on last minute contracts," he said.

    "The fact that this money is predominantly going to European companies is nothing short of ironic, reducing Britain to a laughing stock on the global stage."

    The Department for Transport (DfT) said the awards were "a small but important element" of its no-deal planning.

    UK to spend GBP108m on no-deal ferries - BBC News


    #2
    No deal is happening.

    Joy.

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      #3
      We could probably mitigate all the disruption by not allowing Irish freight to come through Britain.

      10% of cross channel freight must be going to Ireland.

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        #4
        We have £39bn saved on the divorce, and approx £200mln per week ongoing net savings, bring in on!

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          #5
          I think this was mooted/commented on in the Spectator months ago.

          At last the UK has a poker face on.

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            #6
            Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post
            We have £39bn saved on the divorce, and approx £200mln per week ongoing net savings, bring in on!

            And only £70bn in lost tax revenue for the Exchequer every year!
            Taking a break from contracting

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              #7
              Originally posted by chopper View Post
              And only £70bn in lost tax revenue for the Exchequer every year!
              Not with Korbyn head of the Socialist Republic of Britannia

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                #8
                Originally posted by minestrone View Post
                No deal is happening.

                Joy.
                Still not convinced by this. Parliament has no desire for no deal, can't see them allowing that to happen. There is talk of a tax bill being ambushed to include a 'no, no deal clause'; voting on the tax bill is 7th Jan, so trumps May's stalling tactics.

                January is going to be very interesting
                I am what I drink, and I'm a bitter man

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by Whorty View Post
                  Still not convinced by this. Parliament has no desire for no deal, can't see them allowing that to happen. There is talk of a tax bill being ambushed to include a 'no, no deal clause'; voting on the tax bill is 7th Jan, so trumps May's stalling tactics.

                  January is going to be very interesting
                  This process is like getting a child to use a knife and fork. With you and most of the folk on this sub forum we are still on the spoon doing plane noises....

                  zooomy zoom zoom...

                  European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018

                  “exit day” means 29 March 2019 at 11.00 p.m.

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by Whorty View Post
                    Still not convinced by this. Parliament has no desire for no deal, can't see them allowing that to happen. There is talk of a tax bill being ambushed to include a 'no, no deal clause'; voting on the tax bill is 7th Jan, so trumps May's stalling tactics.

                    January is going to be very interesting
                    Jan and Feb will just be delays. May is delaying.

                    March she will try to twist parliaments arm.

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