Judging from the news, the British Parliament is spending all of its time discussing separating from the European Union. Right now the British economy is almost totally integrated with Europe in terms of supply and transport. There are no more checks and controls on goods, people, toilet rolls, or components going between the continent and Britain than there are on goods or people moving from California to Oregon. For example, supply trucks from Europe do not need to use custom forms to travel the Eurotunnel. However, if the 4,500 trucks that use it every day need to fill out forms, traffic will slow to a snail's pace.
One area severely impacted will be toilet paper, which is heavily used. The average Englishman consumes 110 toilet rolls a year—two and half time the European average. England is Europe’s biggest importer of toilet paper; it is said that only one day’s supply of toilet paper exists in stock. What will happen if trucks are stalled at the border? British bottoms will have to be wiped with torn-up newspapers as in bygone days.
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