Will a no deal Brexit mean a hard border at St Pancras station?
Thursday, 16th August 2018

Cartoon by John Sadler
• DO any readers know what will happen at St Pancras Station if we crash out of the EU in March and end up with a hard border in Camden?
We have been told in recent weeks by both the ex-Brexit secretary David Davis and Mark Carney, the governor of the Bank of England, that a no-deal Brexit is a very possible scenario.
I remember Friedrichstrasse in Berlin before the wall came down. There was a lot of border infrastructure to prevent smuggling. And there was also a special alcohol shop where East Germans who worked in West Berlin could spend their Deutschmarks.
I can imagine something similar in St Pancras for those who commute from Paris. Inevitably there will be long queues down Euston Road with passengers for the Eurostar having to wait hours while being subjected to the terrible air pollution on that street.
I hope the government and Camden have some proper contingency plans in place.
SALLY GIMSON
Oak Village, NW5