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Port of Dover

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Petera Fri 22-Jul-22 16:27:20

I thought some of you (but probably not all of you) would enjoy this post from Mumsnet today, posted with no apparent irony:

Well I voted for ending freedom of movement to stop foreigners coming here and taking our jobs and living on benefits. I did not vote to make any changes for me going on holiday.

Blossoming Fri 22-Jul-22 16:30:04

Dear Gods! They walk among us …

Grammaretto Fri 22-Jul-22 16:31:09

Indeed most ironic and very sad.

Smudgie Fri 22-Jul-22 16:33:24

Are you sure this isn't the front page of the Daily Mail.? !!grin

Smileless2012 Fri 22-Jul-22 16:46:35

Oh dear hmm.

Luckygirl3 Fri 22-Jul-22 16:49:19

Weep .....

varian Fri 22-Jul-22 17:25:54

Brexit freedoms - freedom to queue for hours instead of driving straight through to the other 27 countries of the EU.

Now we know what it means to be a foreigner.

MaizieD Fri 22-Jul-22 17:28:47

It's not as though no-one warned them... grin

Mamie Fri 22-Jul-22 18:06:29

I read the thread on Mumsnet and it was almost certainly a joke!
I liked
Roses are red
Passports are blue
Now get over there
And sit in the queue.

Whitewavemark2 Fri 22-Jul-22 18:51:24

The government was offered space for the lorries by Manston airport, but it was turned down.

grannydarkhair Fri 22-Jul-22 18:52:11

If you read on through the thread, it becomes apparent that @jgw1 who posted the quote that opens this thread is a master (mistress) of irony.

Urmstongran Fri 22-Jul-22 18:54:51

I’d be very surprised if any of us lent any credence to that post. Surely not?

Whitewavemark2 Fri 22-Jul-22 18:56:46

It is all the fault of the French apparently???

vegansrock Fri 22-Jul-22 18:58:20

It’s all the fault of the French obvs - they’re treating us like a non EU country !!!

Urmstongran Fri 22-Jul-22 19:03:34

Probably make a big difference if the French had turned up for work first thing this morning.

Whitewavemark2 Fri 22-Jul-22 19:06:53

We voted for a hard border with all its consequences, FOM was stopped. You can’t have it all ways. The French are not responsible to make the borders seamless.

Bossyrossy Fri 22-Jul-22 19:16:55

What did the people who voted for Brexit think would happen when they visited an EU country? If they are stuck in the queue at Dover, serves them right. The others who voted to remain have my deepest sympathy.

Urmstongran Fri 22-Jul-22 19:32:20

I’ve very much enjoyed visiting an EU country post Brexit. Not a problem in OR out with the optimum number of staff on duty.

Grammaretto Fri 22-Jul-22 19:32:27

Too late for recriminations. You have made your bed now lie in it! But I am mighty glad I'm not in that hot queue with wailing children and hot dogs

ginny Fri 22-Jul-22 19:47:44

Bossyrossy

What did the people who voted for Brexit think would happen when they visited an EU country? If they are stuck in the queue at Dover, serves them right. The others who voted to remain have my deepest sympathy.

Exactly. It certainly puts me off travelling in the EU.

Blossoming Fri 22-Jul-22 20:03:02

Mamie grin

MaizieD Fri 22-Jul-22 20:20:30

grannydarkhair

If you read on through the thread, it becomes apparent that @jgw1 who posted the quote that opens this thread is a master (mistress) of irony.

If it's the poster I think it is, she is very amusing and so close to the truth that her irony is all the more subtle. grin

Urmstongran Fri 22-Jul-22 20:23:52

All very predictable, all very French!

grannydarkhair Fri 22-Jul-22 21:42:10

MaizieD Yes, I too thought the name was familiar, looked her up and some of her posts about Boris J in various threads are equally good.

RichmondPark1 Fri 22-Jul-22 21:46:36

All very predictable, but some called it Project Fear.