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UK's no-deal Brexit truck 'war game' prompts scorn
Source: Reuters
WORLD NEWS JANUARY 7, 2019 / 4:11 AM / UPDATED 29 MINUTES AGO
UK's no-deal Brexit truck 'war game' prompts scorn
Toby Melville
4 MIN READ
MANSTON, England (Reuters) - Britain’s government sent a convoy of 87 trucks on a test-run from a little-used airport to the country’s main trading gateway to continental Europe on Monday — a rehearsal for the upheaval of a no-deal Brexit that was mocked as a clumsy waste of money.
Prime Minister Theresa May is trying to force her Brexit deal through parliament. If it is rejected as expected, however, business chiefs and investors fear the world’s fifth-largest economy will leave the European Union without an agreement on their future relationship at 2300 GMT on March 29.
With lawmakers deadlocked, the ultimate destination of the Brexit project remains unclear. Possible outcomes range from another referendum on European Union membership to a disorderly departure with no deal.
May’s government has repeatedly warned that a no deal will lead to severe economic disruption, and Monday’s exercise was part of preparations to ensure essential supplies can keep flowing through Dover, Europe’s busiest ferry port.
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UK's no-deal Brexit truck 'war game' prompts scorn
Toby Melville
4 MIN READ
MANSTON, England (Reuters) - Britain’s government sent a convoy of 87 trucks on a test-run from a little-used airport to the country’s main trading gateway to continental Europe on Monday — a rehearsal for the upheaval of a no-deal Brexit that was mocked as a clumsy waste of money.
Prime Minister Theresa May is trying to force her Brexit deal through parliament. If it is rejected as expected, however, business chiefs and investors fear the world’s fifth-largest economy will leave the European Union without an agreement on their future relationship at 2300 GMT on March 29.
With lawmakers deadlocked, the ultimate destination of the Brexit project remains unclear. Possible outcomes range from another referendum on European Union membership to a disorderly departure with no deal.
May’s government has repeatedly warned that a no deal will lead to severe economic disruption, and Monday’s exercise was part of preparations to ensure essential supplies can keep flowing through Dover, Europe’s busiest ferry port.
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-eu-lorries/uks-no-deal-brexit-truck-war-game-prompts-scorn-idUSKCN1P10O8
Lorries leave disused Manston Airport to attend a test drive to the Port of Dover during a trial of how road will cope in case of a "no-deal" Brexit, Kent, Britain January 7, 2019. REUTERS/Toby Melville
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