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    Not a bad article although it didn't justify its criticism of civil servants - they're not generally supposed to make policy, after all - see the link in post 914.

    The answer to the question 'will Dover port have enough space for customs clearance' is, assuming we are talking of the Felixstowe/Southampton traditional maritime model: no. As the article seems (to me) to imply, it matters not one jot whether the UK is in a Customs Union, or a Free Trade or a privileged access to the Single Market deal with the EU, or has no deal at all, the default effect on Dover (customs clearance that doesn't apply at present) is the same and the answer is still: no.

    That is why option 1 of the UK government position paper on post-Brexit customs (see post 795) is aimed at having customs clearance take place away from Dover and, equally, away from Calais - by re-joining the Common Transit Convention (which is NOT an EU institution).

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