https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-47182361
The government has axed its no-deal Brexit contract with a ferry company which had no ships, after the Irish company backing the deal pulled out.
Transport Secretary Chris Grayling had faced criticism for the £13.8m deal with Seaborne Freight, which the BBC found had never run a ferry service.
The government said it is in "advanced talks" to find another ferry firm.
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The government was criticised for choosing Seaborne Freight, a company with no ships or trading history, and for leaving too little time to establish the new ferry service before the Brexit deadline of 29 March.
And local politicians in both Ramsgate and Ostend warned that the ports at both ends of the route will not be ready the deadline.
Amazingly, a company with no ships won't be able to run a service between two ports which aren't ready for use.
Okay, now can y'all please do the same with Brexit?
Still no word on which Tory is (by complete coincidence) close friends with Seaborne's owner?
This deal is the perfect metaphor for Brexit, only thing missing is cancelling brexit to make it complete.
No pun intended, but it's like the government really wants us to be dead in the water after all of this. I bet they won't actually put effort into finding a genuine replacement for this and run the clock down.
what could have gone wrong, the government assured everybody that all rules and regulations were followed.
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