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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Simon Calder

UNCOVERED: Dover debacle shows the entry exit system needs a tailor made british solution | History Defined

“Invoke Article 9!” Granted, the battle cry does not have the same ring as Churchill’s “We shall never surrender”. But I contend the reference to European Regulation 2016/399 is an appropriate replacement for another Second World War slogan: “Keep calm and carry on.”

On Saturday morning, I watched from East Cliff in Dover what happens when the “border guard in command at the border crossing point” invokes said article.

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