A fake traffic jam on an airfield in Kent is peak Brexit – 14+ hilarious takes
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We now take you live to Manston, where Chris Grayling's no-deal Brexit rehearsal is getting under way. pic.twitter.com/Mu0nXCUmFz
— John H ꙮ (@johnthelutheran) January 7, 2019
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It's not even 9 o'clock on Monday but we'll struggle to distill a better essence of Brexit this week… https://t.co/TkwYSy7aEl
— James O'Brien (@mrjamesob) January 7, 2019
Political sketch writer, Tom Peck, live tweeted the catastrophe. These are some of his highlights.
Right. First day back after Christmas in this perfectly normal country and I'm off to Ramsgate to sketch a Potemkin traffic jam up the A299 at dawn.
— Tom Peck (@tompeck) January 7, 2019
Currently in a traffic jam waiting to get in to the fake traffic jam. pic.twitter.com/k6uM0Dl5nj
— Tom Peck (@tompeck) January 7, 2019
In ten years at the Indy, I've been taught literally how to ride a bike by an Olympic cycling coach. I've entered my dog in Crufts. I've trained as a Wimbledon ball boy. I've never been on an assignment anywhere near as stupid as this. pic.twitter.com/TEHOAxn87x
— Tom Peck (@tompeck) January 7, 2019
Needless to say, this is all the "brainchild", ie orphan, of Chris Grayling. pic.twitter.com/iF0XwqlvgK
— Tom Peck (@tompeck) January 7, 2019
What these trucks represent are whole decades of patiently honed genius, the sheer wonder of Europe wide just-in-time manufacturing supply chains, unquestionably one of mankind's greatest logistical achievements, being smashed to pieces for absolutely nothing. pic.twitter.com/4N7mfO67fJ
— Tom Peck (@tompeck) January 7, 2019
Analysis shows that just a ten minute delay for lorries at the port of Dover will decimate British manufacturing in every corner of the country. These lorries, which are here for no reason, and are not being checked for anything, are now ten minutes late in setting off. pic.twitter.com/xUcEMPeJ0k
— Tom Peck (@tompeck) January 7, 2019
And if you're wondering how the great British public, and their "blitz spirit" will cope with all this, a woman in a Fiat 500 has just slowed down on her way past the lay by where I and other members of the media have gathered, to honk loudly and mouth at us to "fucking fuck off"
— Tom Peck (@tompeck) January 7, 2019
And lo, what should appear uninvited by the TV cameras on the grassy knoll over the A299? "Hi, I'm Charlie Elphicke the MP for Dover. [Just had the whip restored despite serious allegations against me]. Thought I'd introduce myself." pic.twitter.com/lIqWUPaJhW
— Tom Peck (@tompeck) January 7, 2019
Well, then.
We’re with David Schneider on this.
Siri. Show me a thread about a country that’s lost its mind. https://t.co/5pz4GrPZDs
— David Schneider (@davidschneider) January 7, 2019
