The British government is working with France to unblock the border “as fast as possible,” Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday afternoon. In an effort to stem the spread of a new variant of the CCP virus from the UK, the French government suspended all travel from the UK for 48 hours from 11 p.m. Sunday night (midnight Paris time), including travel linked to goods transport by road, air, sea, or rail. Following the border closure, the UK government came under pressure from retailers, who warned that prolonged suspension of cross-Channel transport would disrupt supplies of fresh produce to UK consumers over the festive period. Talking at a press conference in Downing Street on Monday, Johnson said the UK government was “working with our friends across the Channel to unblock the flow of trade as fast as possible.” Johnson said he had just had a “very good call” with French …