Queues in Kent - Natalie Elphicke

www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJi9-E5A_BQ

Johnson at least can organise a p*ss up! (and what an unfortunate name!)

Am I missing something here?
What name and why is it unfortunate?

Well, if you can't see it- it is not important.

Back to the main point of my post. Are the queues and retape in Kent due to Brexit, or not?

red-tape ...

Kali2

Well, if you can't see it- it is not important.

Back to the main point of my post. Are the queues and retape in Kent due to Brexit, or not?

No - explain please.

Can anybody else perhaps enlighten me?

About whether queues and red tape in Kent are due to Brexit or not? I am sure you can work it out, like the little red hen, all by yourself.

It’s this name business- something lost in translation perhaps?

Of no importance whatsoever. Back to the main question. What is your answer.

Might I suggest Natalie Elle Thick?

Tenuous.
Not sure that’s what OP is getting at.

MayBeMaw

Tenuous.
Not sure that’s what OP is getting at.

What the OP is 'getting at' with regard to the name is irrelevant.

What is relevant is that lorry drivers have been told that a 4 hour wait for clearance at Dover (if they ever get the procedure properly sorted, that is) will be normal and Elphicke is blaming the EU for the big increase in paperwork.

I'm old enough to remember when we were in the EU and there wasn't any paperwork involved. Lorries just went through to the ferries with no checks (apart from passport & booking, I assume)

Perhaps someone needs to explain to Ms Elphicke why the paperwork has suddenly materialised.

It's somewhat on a par with Nadine Dorries thinking it unfair that we would no longer have MEPs when we left the EU.

What the OP is 'getting at' with regard to the name is irrelevant

At last.

MayBeMaw

^What the OP is 'getting at' with regard to the name is irrelevant^

At last.

The OP said words to that effect at 21.26. Perhaps you didn't notice...

MaizieD

MayBeMaw

What the OP is 'getting at' with regard to the name is irrelevant

At last.

The OP said words to that effect at 21.26. Perhaps you didn't notice...

More interested in picking fault with the OP than discussing things that happened at PMQT today #nochangetherethen

But if it's irrelevant why mention it in the OP?

I didn't get it either. Still not sure
People can help their actions but no-one can help their names.
It it is not important.
But an unnecessary distraction.

Josieann

Might I suggest Natalie Elle Thick?

There could be Gransnetters with the surname Elphicke.

Yes, it is an unnecessary distraction from important questions.

MaizieD I'm old enough to remember when we were in the EU and there wasn't any paperwork involved. Lorries just went through to the ferries with no checks (apart from passport & booking, I assume). Perhaps someone needs to explain to Ms Elphicke why the paperwork has suddenly materialised.
Probably the same reason that everything involves huge amounts of red tape now. there seems to be a general trend towards making life compilated with as many rules and regulation as possible, naturally this involves many more forms. For everything.

Callistemon21

Josieann

Might I suggest Natalie Elle Thick?

There could be Gransnetters with the surname Elphicke.

Yes, it is an unnecessary distraction from important questions.

I doubt whether many GNs have the name as it is very unusual. It is a very old Anglo Saxon name bestowed in honour of St. Alphege, Archbishop of Canterbury. I agree it is unimportant and we wouldn't want to go down the ScoobyDo route arguing over a triviality!

I agree it is unimportant and we wouldn't want to go down the ScoobyDo route arguing over a triviality!

But now the thread is going to be all about whether the OP should have made any reference to the name, rather than possible answers to the question. The OP does seem to have got an unnecessary roasting?

Marsha

^I agree it is unimportant and we wouldn't want to go down the ScoobyDo route arguing over a triviality!^

But now the thread is going to be all about whether the OP should have made any reference to the name, rather than possible answers to the question. The OP does seem to have got an unnecessary roasting?

Well observed, Marsha.

It is deliberate.

Well, the op confused me too, for what it's worth!!

And, can we drop the Brexit posts. It's over.

Kali2, there are worldwide problems with manufacture, supplies and distribution - due to the worldwide pandemic - e.g. shortage of staff and containers in China (with lockdowns).

This serious, yet temporary situation far outweighs any hiccups caused by red tape and/or Brexit. (Of course, some people on here have permanent bees in their bonnets - about Brexit being the root of all evil!)

NB my reply was to Callistemon, using the plural personal pronoun "we". I didn't think anyone else would have a clue what we were referring to! It sometimes happens like that on GN.
Apologies to Kali. Back to business with the topic then.