THIRD day of chaos at Dover: Anti-Brexit police chief and insistence on passport stamps is blamed

Holidaymakers and hauliers have been warned of a third day of traffic chaos at Dover with huge queues of cars pictured waiting to reach border checks this morning.

Tens of thousands of exasperated families endured seven-hour delays trying to enter the port yesterday, with reports of some sleeping in their vehicles on the roadside overnight.

Extra post-Brexit border checks and French authorities’ understaffing of checkpoints in Dover have been blamed for the hold-ups.

The fiasco began early on Friday when French border officials operated just six of their 12 booths at Dover. 

All of the booths were manned yesterday, but significant delays remained in trying to reach border checks at the Kent port.

There were hopes the situation would improve today, with the port claiming that traffic was once again ‘flowing normally’ in the early hours.

But the Kent Resilience Forum, which is responsible for coordinating the county’s response and recovery to emergencies, has warned that Sunday will…