Duzzy Funlop posted:

In case you've been missing it, the combination of the UK's lockdown and imposed-quarantine by the EU has triggered a logistical nightmare. Thousands of trucks cannot leave the country, the M2 to Dover is basically a parking lot, an airfield has been repurposed as an actual parking lot, truckers have been rioting on the docks, demanding to leave, it's a complete and utter shitshow.


Bonus:

https://twitter.com/matthewchampion/status/1341357568606744577

orange juche posted:

They can't even blame the loving politicians, it was a popular vote, the politicians are just bumbling along executing what the will of the average Briton is.

Platystemon posted:

The average Briton isn’t blameless, let’s not leave the politicians out of this. They sowed and nurtured dragon’s teeth. The referendum was a game of chicken to boost their careers.

mrmcd posted:

GBBO 2023 Season is just 6 sundowning british grans and 1 aloof fit mum trying to hammer hardtack into something edible and frosting with reduced beetroot juice. Immediately vote the viewing public favourite season because "ayy we eh finnaly got rid of dem foreigners and poofs."

quote:

Germany's Lufthansa is airlifting fresh fruit and vegetables to the UK on Wednesday as firms seek to beat the lorry chaos at sea ports

The airline said it is carrying 80 tonnes of food from Frankfurt to Doncaster Sheffield Airport for grocers including Tesco and Sainsbury's.

Almost 3,000 lorries remain stuck in Kent despite moves to re-start cross-Channel access from Dover.

There are concerns that testing drivers for Covid could delay food supplies.

France shut its border with the UK on Sunday for 48 hours to stop the spread of a new variant of the coronavirus found in the UK.

"Lufthansa Cargo is currently examining whether additional special cargo flights can be offered during the next days. We are also checking if a regular flight might be possible," a spokeswoman told the BBC.

"This could be with a freighter, but we are also examining if we could use passenger aircraft for freight flights only," she added.

Lufthansa said the delivery, sent by freight firm Venus International Transport, was destined for Tesco, Sainbury's, the Co-op and Aldi.

orange juche posted:

Fuckin UKPOL thread is lit tho


https://twitter.com/Ottojizzmark/status/1341498146984251392?s=20

also Lufthansa is taking pity on the plight of the starving Brit


it's the reverse Berlin Airlift

orange juche posted:

I feel really bad for the lorry drivers though, a lot of them are EU citizens and are trapped on that cold shitheap rock with the Brexiters, and the Brits haven't even seen fit to provide them with sanitary facilities, or food and water.

ThisIsJohnWayne posted:

On Christmas Eve.


Wars have started for less lol. Good thing they're an integral member of the EU making any war inconcev... huh.
Oops.

quote:

COVID travel ban: UK Sikhs feed stranded truck drivers
Thousands of Europe-bound trucks are held up in southeastern England amid fears over a new COVID strain.

British Sikhs have delivered chickpea curries and pasta meals for free to hundreds of France-bound truck drivers stranded in the United Kingdom, a widely praised gesture that is rooted in tradition.

Much of Europe, including France, this week banned travellers and freight from the UK after the discovery of a new, more transmissible variant of COVID-19 that is tearing through London and the southeastern county of Kent.

On Tuesday, UK officials said there were 632 trucks stacked up on the M20 motorway in Kent as part of an emergency operation using parts of the motorway to queue trucks travelling towards Europe. There were also 2,188 at the nearby Manston Airport, which is now being used as a giant parking zone.

Responding to the crisis, meanwhile, Sikh groups rallied together to provide hundreds of free meals for the drivers affected.

In Sikh culture, the langar, or community kitchen, is offered by temples, and gives out free meals to people regardless of their faith or background.

Working in tandem, the Sikh community at the Guru Nanak Darbar temple in Gravesend, Kent, and NGO Khalsa Aid delivered some 500 chickpea curries and 300 mushroom and pasta dishes late on Tuesday.


Their efforts won praise on social media, with Twitter users lauding the groups’ “kindness” and “humanity”.

“Whilst some say ‘so what, they are mostly EU drivers anyway’, proper Brits get out and help those in need. Thank you to all who have come to the aid of stranded truckers, you are the best of Britain,” Andy Conway Morris wrote.


Anas Sarwar, a member of the Scottish Parliament, added: “This is kindness. This is humanity. This is Britain.”


Others thanked the Sikh volunteers for the “immeasurable kindness” shown and complimented those who participated as “kind-hearted souls”.

Khalsa Aid said it would resume its charitable work along the M20 on Wednesday.

France has committed to partially lifting the travel ban on Wednesday.

Industry body the Road Haulage Association had raised concerns about the drivers’ welfare, with access to food and water in particularly short supply for those stuck in the snaking queues on the M20, the motorway that will eventually take them to the port of Dover and onwards to France.

SOURCE : AL JAZEERA

ThisIsJohnWayne posted:

On Christmas Eve.


Wars have started for less lol. Good thing they're an integral member of the EU making any war inconcev... huh.
Oops.

piL posted:

1. What wars?

2. Not sure which NATO power is ready to leave NATO by initiating an attack on a NATO member in defense of the rights of truck drivers caught in a political shitslide.
Edit: or I guess which non NATO nation is interested in rolling the dice.

piL posted:

1. What wars?

2. Not sure which NATO power is ready to leave NATO by initiating an attack on a NATO member in defense of the rights of truck drivers caught in a political shitslide.
Edit: or I guess which non NATO nation is interested in rolling the dice.

orange juche posted:

it's the reverse Berlin Airlift

Platystemon posted:

Britain was a money sink for the Romans.

Kesper North posted:

if it goes on long enough, you might see Viking aiders come rescuing up and down the coast of England, distributing piles of cod, herring, literature, IKEA furniture and woolly jumpers.

Kesper North posted:

if it goes on long enough, you might see Viking aiders come rescuing up and down the coast of England, distributing piles of cod, herring, literature, IKEA furniture and woolly jumpers.

orange juche posted:

Britain was a mistake

ThisIsJohnWayne posted:

Only after they agree to eat all the Scandinavian delicacies like salmiak and surstromming and film it.

ThisIsJohnWayne posted:

Only after they agree to eat all the Scandinavian delicacies like salmiak and surstromming and film it.

Platystemon posted:

Kesper North posted:

Rue Britannia?

Fallom posted:

This is basically how the new Assassin’s Creed portrays it

orange juche posted:

There exists elements of the British populace who think a lovely cold rock can be self-sufficient. Britain hasn't been self sufficient since the loving middle ages, that's why they started loving colonies, because Britain is a lovely cold rock that can't grow food for its population.

CBJSprague24 posted:

You know you're a poo poo person when you're trending on Twitter for your final broadcast of the year while dealing with terminal cancer and most of the top Tweets celebrate your illness.

Merry Christmas, Rush.

MazelTovCocktail posted:

https://twitter.com/joebiden/status/1342138967865479169?s=21

Nick Soapdish posted:

When I saw Rush was trending I got very disappointed that old bastard wasn't dead. But then again, tomorrow is a new day and hope springs eternal.

Kesper North posted:

Rue Britannia?

Platystemon posted:

Britannia! Waive the rules!