17hr ferry queue hell

But it's got nothing to do with Brexit, right?

- ADAM ASPINALL and BEN GLAZE

BRITS trying to get away for Easter were mired in travel chaos at Dover this weekend with some stuck in traffic jams for 17 hours.

But despite the gridlock, Home Secretary Suella Braverman insisted it would not be fair to view it as "an adverse effect of Brexit".

She added: "At acute times when there is a lot of pressure crossing the Channel, whether that's on the tunnel or ferries, then I think that there's always going to be a back-up.

"I just urge everybody to be a bit patient while the ferry companies work their way through the backlog.

But Doug Bannister, Port of Dover chief executive, said the extra checks necessary after Brexit were having an impact on queuing times.

He explained: "The difference of living in a post-Brexit environment means that every passport needs to be checked before a vehicle or passenger can pass through to the EU through France, and that happens in Dover. It does make processing more challenging."