THE recent correspondence in the County Times, regarding people crossing the border from England into Wales, shows how difficult it is for Wales to pursue different policies from England.
One car load from Rotherham got all the way to Pembrokeshire before being stopped and of course some people were not stopped at all.
The border between Wales and England is 160 miles long.
It is crossed by over 80 A and B roads and over a hundred unclassified roads.
It runs through farms and fields, villages and at one point through a building. It is crossed every day by people travelling to work, for markets, for entertainment and to access health care.
The independent Wales movement envisage an independent Wales within the EU.
For this to happen Wales would have to levy a tariff on certain goods entering from England. If we can’t keep out a few travellers looking for a beach, how will we keep out determined smugglers.
Bill Johnson,
Welshpool
Labour for a United Britain
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