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Is Britain Ready for Brexit?

There are few signs of preparation for a potential hard border on the English Channel, with just 400 days left until the UK formally leaves the European Union.

There are few signs of preparation for a potential hard border on the English Channel, with just 400 days left until the UK formally leaves the European Union.

Nick Robinson reports from Calais, where officials seem perplexed by the lack of readiness to carry out possible customs checks from March 2019. Presenter Manuela Saragosa asks pro-Brexit economist Julian Jessop whether he is concerned by the UK government's apparent lack of contingency planning for the UK crashing out of the EU without any agreement on trade.

(Picture: Trucks queuing up in Dover in 2015, as ferry workers blockaded the port of Calais; Credit: Carl Court/Getty Images)

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