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Jack Kessler

DARK SECRETS: Dover chaos shows your passport isn t worth what it used to be | Vintage Vibes

Those images of four-mile, six-hour long queues to get into and through the Port of Dover. They’re not quite the last helicopter out of Saigon, but they tell a story of their own.

The Port has declared a critical incident, blaming French authorities for insufficient border staff. But I’m afraid it also has a lot to do with Brexit. Prior to our exit from the EU, passport control at Dover was more of a vibe check.

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