[tomlong]

This is way off the mark.

It was never obvious what sort of deal would be done between Europe & the UK govt. from the point of the referendum until quite on late on there was discussion of varying degrees of access to the common market and freedom of movement.

Everything was up in the air politically and diplomatically until the last minute for 4 years and then there was a pandemic (no lorry driver training or testing for over a year)

It’s not contentious that the problem is largely of the UKs own making but management incompetence at a company level is probably not to blame in most cases.