New biometric checks at EU border in Dover will cause ‘miles of traffic jams’ – Post-Brexit rules

From an EU perspective having ceased to be a Member the UK is now considered as a ‘Third Country’ and thus treated as any other Third Country. Consequently UK Passports now need to have six months remaining before the expiry date on arrival in the EU and one month remaining after the scheduled departure date….

Two participants each gave a 20 minute presentation of how Brexit has impacted them, this being their Stories of Brexit. In this online event for the European Movement’s Day of Action on 21st May 2021, Rachel Ashley from the music industry and John Vincent from the airline industry outline the problems they face as a…

Operation Yellowhammer In 2019 the Government produced Brexit Worst Case Predictions for a No deal Brexit ‘Reasonable Worst Case Scenario’ for internal use only called ‘Operation Yellowhammer‘. This was leaked to the Sunday Times and the Institute for Government produced a summary. No Preparation The Government chose to produce a ‘Hard Brexit’ with no preparation,…

A North Herts for Europe presentation A Zoom webinar with Jonty Bloom, formerly BBC business and economics correspondent, now freelance journalist and blogger. His blog, Jonty’s Jottings, can be found on https://jonty.substack.com/. He worked in the City before becoming a journalist. Jonty presents a 40-minute review of the ways in which Brexit will impact the…

It is just over one month since the government’s deadline for applying to the EU Settled Status Scheme passed – and EU citizens are already paying the price. Deporting EU citizens In just the last week: It emerged tens of thousands of elderly and vulnerable people are at risk because they didn’t manage to apply…