Surprise, surprise.
Scuffles broke out in Dover as lorry drivers stranded at the Kent port clashed with police.
Around 5,000 lorries are stuck after France stopped them crossing the Channel due to the new variant of coronavirus in the UK.
They have been lined up on the M20 motorway and at Manston airfield after the French government took action on Sunday night.
A group of drivers began heckling police just after 8am, before a few of them started pushing officers in an apparent attempt to break through their lines.
UK and French governments have reached a deal to reopen the border from today – but lorry drivers must test negative for COVID before they can travel.
Over to the lorry drivers as to why they are so angry.
“They really are incensed by what’s happening and don’t believe government assertions that there is a testing programme under way that would be effective.”
The military and NHS teams are to use quick turnaround tests on the hauliers, who come from across Europe and are desperate to get home.
The Department for Transport said testing started on Wednesday morning, but a group of drivers in Dover said they had so far not seen any taking place.
Just over 5,000 lorries are currently waiting, according to the Department for Transport. That is made up of 3,800 at Manston airfield 15 miles north of Dover, and more than 1,200 on the motorway.
But the Road Haulage Association estimates between 8,000 and 10,000 are stuck in Kent and surrounding areas.
Mr Shapps said the French government had agreed to accept lateral flow tests, which can return results in around 30 minutes, in order to get traffic moving again.
He said enough tests had been sent to Kent for the number of drivers currently waiting.
Who do you believe?
One kind offer has come in though from a Mr Farage who has offered up his gaff at
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The kind offer will stretch on throughout the next couple of decades if a no deal with the EU is the outcome.
And even more generous, due in part that this is based on sincerity, are these wonderful people:
2020 is ending as it began. The right wing establishment lying as ever was and the decent people either suffering or helping to alleviate the suffering of others.
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