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A peculiarity: the "south east" is the area most typically associated with the Conservatives and their voters, who have been in power for the past 9 years and w
by sleavey 7y ago
A peculiarity: the "south east" is the area most typically associated with the Conservatives and their voters, who have been in power for the past 9 years and who have driven most of the Brexit rhetoric. The south east is also nearest the Channel Tunnel and ferry ports to the continent, and so their food, drugs, etc. will suffer the least delay, least spoilage, etc. in the case of a "No Deal" Brexit.
- esotericn 7y agoI think that's over-egging it a bit. You can drive from Dover to almost all of the mainland UK in 8 hours. The Scottish Highlands will take a bit longer. It'll be a problem, but I doubt being close to the port will make a difference.
- martin8412 7y agoI mean.. If the people crossing the border at Dover are as slow as the average person passing the British border, then the backlog will be all the way from Dover to Inverness
- esotericn 7y agoThe backlog relevant for those importing goods would be on the French side?
- onlingyding 7y agoWell they'll also have to put up with 30 miles of lorries as ports are overrun. I'm sure through all the chaos though, people won't connect the dots.
- mft_ 7y ago> the "south east" is the area most typically associated with the Conservatives and their voters No it's not. Look at a political map of England by geography - everywhere is Conservative, apart from areas associated with major cities, their surrounding areas, and a few small patches. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_United_Kingdom_general_election#/media/File%3A2017UKElectionMap.svg https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_United_Kingdom_general_...
- pjc50 7y agoMaps like this are maps of population density above all. Half the population lives on the labour areas, and many of the Scottish seats are huge and empty.
- rusk 7y agoMate you've got that backwards. If indeed as you say they're dependent on stuff coming over the channel then it is they that will be worst affected, come a no deal scenario. If there's no deal, all trade is effectively "smuggling". Sure they can do a dance around it, but trade in that direction will be severely impacted.
- ssijak 7y agoNot that the drugs are distributed through the island with horse carts..