All sectors will converge for a general strike across the country.”
A source told The Loadster: Dependent on length and uptake, a strike could take days to unravel. It coincides with weekend driving restrictions for vehicles over 7.5 tonnes.
Protests against coronavirus pandemic response could bring French ports to a standstill (Image: GETTY)
“Once details are announced, we will review the routes into Europe and see if we can avoid French ports. Traditionally, general strike action in France targets ports and road infrastructure to create maximum disruption and highlight their ‘cause’.
“Just when we thought it could not get worse, with the border and European overland transport situation, we have another potential another blow for UK traders with the EU.”
Digger banned from Northern Ireland entry due to `soil in treads British Prime Minister Boris Johnson in December 2019 driving a Union flag-themed digger, with the words `Get Brexit Done through a fake wall emblazoned with the word `Gridlock while on the General Election campaign trail. Picture by Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire 02 February, 2021 20:32
Seamus Leheny of Logistics UK told Good Morning Ulster last week a business bringing machinery back from Great Britain was barred because `there was soil on the tracks of the digger
THE body overseeing the Northern Ireland Protocol has been asked to consider the strict ban on British soil being brought into Northern Ireland which has seen a digger banned from entry.
She told
City A.M. that the tunnel was not compatible with the Mayor’s environmental targets nor took into account the long-term impact of Covid.
“I don’t see why Sadiq is doubling down on this. He’s just made a fresh commitment that London will be carbon neutral by 2030 and the SIlvertown tunnel will not fulfil that objective.
“We don’t think that the logic for building a new road stacks up. If we want to trigger a shift to cleaner, greener transport, that’s where we should be investing.
“We want it scrapped; we’ve been clear on that. But at the very least, the Mayor should face the facts that circumstances have changed. There should be a review of all the projects in TfL’s portfolio and see what we are going to need in the future.”
AS WE get closer to the end of the first month of Brexit and the new way of doing things in Northern Ireland, retailers want the processes simplified so they can continue to provide for the population just like they used to. Images of empty shelves in supermarkets have been common in January since the UK left the EU. Aodhán Connolly, Director of the Northern Ireland Retail Consortium (NIRC) – that represents a range of retailers across Northern Ireland, including in Fermanagh – believes a simplification of the processes around Brexit will make life a lot easier. There s a very, very clear message that s coming from business, explains Aodhán. The watchword for 2020 was sovereignty , and that s what we heard a lot of. The watchword for 2021 will be simplification .
The industry gave a cautious welcome to the Government advice.
The Northern Ireland Protocol keeps the country in line with EU trade rules and animal products require special certification.
A statement from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said: “Freight volumes into Northern Ireland’s ports are at normal levels for this time of year and there have been no significant queues.
“We have always been clear that as the Northern Ireland Protocol is implemented we would work very closely with industry and DAERA (Stormont’s agriculture department) to improve ways of operating.
“Our new approach to the movement of mixed food loads into Northern Ireland, known as groupage, is more flexible and gives businesses further options as to how they meet the required SPS (sanitary and phytosanitary) checks and we will continue to offer our support to hauliers and suppliers as this beds in.”