Dominic Raab admitting he didn’t know how vital Dover is for trade will have you facepalming into next week

Here’s Dominic Raab, the man in charge of Brexit, admitting he didn’t quite understand how important Dover is for trade with the United Kingdom.

Here’s the video clip oh him saying it, which also mentions the “peculiar geographic economic entity that is the United Kingdom” 🙂 pic.twitter.com/jad5AnE54c

— David Vella (@indeox) November 8, 2018

And this is what he said.

‘We want a bespoke arrangement on goods which recognises the peculiar, frankly, geographic economic entity that is the United Kingdom.

‘We are – and I hadn’t quite understood the full extent of this – if you look at the UK and look at how we trade in goods, we are particularly reliant on the Dover-Calais crossing.

‘I don’t think it is a question so much of the risk of major shortages, but I think probably the average consumer might not be aware of the full extent to which the choice of goods that we have in the stores are dependent on one or two very specific trade routes.’

Probably most people realised it, Dominic. Just not you.

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Hi @DominicRaab – would it not have been better if you’d done your homework before backing Leave? (U-turn via @Jack_Blanchard_ ) pic.twitter.com/EZoLRmrO7O

— Will Straw (@wdjstraw) November 8, 2018

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If there are people out there still unsure about whether it would be ok to have a second referendum, this is the actual Brexit Secretary, two years after the first referendum, saying he "hadn't fully understood" that a lot of the country's food arrives in Dover from Calais. https://t.co/ijD8w0kBQs

— Tom Peck (@tompeck) November 8, 2018

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How could it possibly come as a suprise to Dominic Raab that our most important trade gateway is that which is closest geographically to our most important market? https://t.co/kCSMWywsw7

— Brian Cox (@ProfBrianCox) November 8, 2018

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We are being led by absolute fucking morons. Ideological fire in their bellies, two pounds of blancmange in their heads. Useless, stupid, self-pleased donkeys wreaking utter havoc because they’re too arrogant and dumb to realise. Fuck every single one of them. https://t.co/YdCX6GGQ3c

— Chris Addison (@mrchrisaddison) November 8, 2018

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I’m sorry but I have to retweet this once more – it’s so much worse on video. To paraphrase: The UK is peculiar geographically, in that, and I hadn’t quite fully understood the extent of this, it really is very close to France. https://t.co/3kTjMeBXzj

— Brian Cox (@ProfBrianCox) November 8, 2018

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Less than 5 months to go and the Brexit Secretary finally figures out that the Channel is important for importing food pic.twitter.com/3JavlE3dO3

— James Felton (@JimMFelton) November 8, 2018

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https://twitter.com/GaryLineker/status/1060487453914619905