Post-Brexit border checks forecasted to cost almost £5 billion | LBC

James O'Brien wonders why 'we are paying billions of pounds to make lives harder for British businesses to do business', deeming it an 'act of utter insanity'.
It comes as the National Audit Office (NAO) cautioned on Monday that a post-Brexit border control system intended to "take control" of Britain's borders lacks a clear timetable for completion.
The public spending watchdog highlighted that repeated alterations and postponements to the government's key scheme for implementing full import controls from the EU were causing uncertainty for businesses and additional costs for both the government and ports.
This warning comes as the £5 billion Brexit border checks system still awaits a definitive launch schedule.
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[@willumwhitmore9419]

In a year's time the Conservatives will be blaming Labour for this.

[@whackeryounis]

And explaining how awesome brexit was working until they were unjustly kicked out of office

[@firefox5926]

what do you mean ? i thought they already were lol

[@user-ol6rd7pl5t]

They haven't finished blaming the EU for everything yet & they've still got Covid, the war in Ukraine, immigrants, the sick & disabled & a long list of other scapegoats to use to pass on the blame for their own incompetency.

[@raymondwebb4179]

Ites planned that way,

[@Mar-enfrance]

And these overwhelming numbers who support the Conservatives and will still voute for them. I can't find the words or logic to name this situation.

[@MoebiusUK]

_" I don't know if anybody thought it would get as bad as this"_ Actually, we did ... and it's going to get a whole lot worse.

[@jmolofsson]

Yeah! The point where I have been mistaken is the quality of government and ministers. But the rest has so far been essentially as guessed, albeit somewhat slower. I had for instance expected that Take Back Control would have meant border checks once the transition period was over.

[@chatham43]

@Moe So what are you all moaning about then? Are you never satisfied?

[@Willywin]

As bad as what? I dont know where you live but I see no 'bad' from leaving the EU. I see more job opportunities, I see less reliance on agency workers (mainly EU nationals seeking work as there was none in the EU) and more permanent employees. What is lacking is the will of the political class and the civil service class to grasp with gusto the advantages of being freed from EU bureaucracy, red tape and wasteful duplication... I mean why the need for TWO EU Parliaments except for a a change in the call girls and rent boys the EU politicians get to choose from. Lets be honest we still have a remoaner Parliament aggrieved they had to do the will of the people.

[@peterspowage5752]

We still have a remainer parliament? Strange that, the Tory MP's must have lied when they signed a pledge to support Johnson's getting brexit done. Either that or they've now changed there minds about brexit. They evidently don't live where you do. Can you still get unicorns in Cloud Cuckoo Land?

[@turnipofentropy4674]

Voting the Conservatives out at the next election somehow doesn't seem enough for me. I want to see the cheerleaders of Brexit in prison.

[@GoalSquad666]

Labour won't be much better. It's actually an observable fact, all the places run by a Labour government where the most restrictive during Covid and still introducing bills to reduce freedoms. Digital ID in Australia for example, Melbourne or actually Victoria during the lockdowns. Look at the madness in Wales, where police was charging people sitting in their own garden aso.

[@stephan5673]

I'm a cheerleader for Brexit. Best vote we ever made.

[@joanormrod4893]

I agree. But as they're all wealthy the results of Brexit won't affect them.

[@pipins3616]

What about all the people who had a democratic vote

[@peterburnett1661]

Stephan5673, Tell us a benefit of Brexit.

[@punditgi]

Another Tory scandal! 😮

[@ecohipster7724]

it is the tory scandal and will be the death of the tory party...

[@RazorMouth]

​​@@ecohipster7724unfortunately it won't. England is still very conservative. They're representative of the population.

[@carlbland68]

@@ecohipster7724 18 million idiots beleived cameron a doris lol its karma lol

[@vullings1968]

​@@RazorMouthBut there should be a learning curve, shouldn't it? Please tell me that there is, and the UK electorate will not again fall for a politician that offers simple solutions and shiny beads.

[@RazorMouth]

@@vullings1968 haven't learned in decades so no, as I said, they're representative of the population. That means democracy is working. That said, there is now a massive majority to apply to join the EU so a referendum should be called. It will take years to join anyway as the UK isn't currently eligible due to its political structures. Might as well get the ball rolling.

[@lasttempoinparis]

Well, looking from the EU all is very laughable in the UK at this point - You paid for border custom that doesn't exist, - You buy land to build HS2 that will never be build, - You pay for a Rwanda scheme when no one has traveled to, - ect. Keep us entertain ! 😂

[@matthewn1805]

Rwanda is worse, if anyone is sent to Rwanda we have to pay for their food and lodging fore the next FIVE years at an estimated cost of £140,000 per person. PLUS we have to accept Rwandan immigrants in return PLUS anyone sent to Rwanda has to be given Rwandan citizenship after which there is nothing stopping them getting on a plane back here AND we cannot then send them there again. Funny the press don't talk about how the current clowns negotiated such an ridiculous scheme.

[@Ines-uw5gi]

It's not funny and only few are laughing!

[@supernoodles91]

We shot ourselves in the foot by voting for austerity, with Brexit we blew our heads off.......

[@shaun906]

great comment

[@hugodrax71]

Austerity produced the ideal climate for Brexit to happen.

[@supernoodles91]

@@hugodrax71 100%

[@Bob-bx2vk]

Heads? Nooo It was the 'nads

[@martee4297]

Austerity lead to Brexit

[@digitalcareline]

It doesn't end - Mr Ineos only wanted Brexit for the total energy market de-regulation he envisaged - He loves Monaco for its taxlessness and loves France for production that can be easily managed and sold into the single market -He wants the Brexit he paid for and not the Brexit reality he bought for all of us.

[@eileencorcoran3057]

So INCOMPETENT the lot of them....GREEDY

[@KM-wl1tp]

I agree - with your comments on the labour party

[@BillDavies-ej6ye]

@@KM-wl1tp Yeah, no Tories in the trough then. Oh, wait...

[@KM-wl1tp]

@@BillDavies-ej6ye I dont support any of them. What you've done there is put 2 and 2 together - and come up with 5

[@user-ol6rd7pl5t]

Self-imposed sanctions, an act of severe self-harm.

[@evolassunglasses4673]

Free trade has hollowed us out. Wake up.

[@icarus877]

Absolutely, no need for these checks or border provisions to be in place. A complete waste of tax payers money.

[@johnrussell3961]

@@icarus877 It was agreed in the TCA.

[@Millie.com232]

Like ‘climate change net zero’ and ‘stopping fossil fuels’ and ‘ tax the rich’ and every other bonkers left wing idea

[@vullings1968]

​@@icarus877 Simples, within Customs Union is no/very few checks. Leave Customs Union is full WTO-checks.

[@user-em6ie2be7x]

My favorite act of Tory Stupidity had to be The Backstop at the Irish border. They jumped head first into Brexit with absolutely no clue how to solve one of it's biggest problems.

[@skunclep1938]

Not just Tory. Never forget how eager Corbyn was to trigger article 50.

[@rb1062]

Oh well, they have their open border, now, don't they? Weirdly enough, they're not happy about thst these days.

[@user-ol6rd7pl5t]

The brexit plan never went any further than protecting tax avoiders and giving the Tories the ability to remove all our rights unhindered by outside influences, it was always about self protection for themselves & removing our protections that we spent 40 years helping to create when we were in the EU.

[@ciaranirvine]

@@rb1062 That's a one hot mess of a take. The Irish (both Dublin and northern nationalists) are quite happy. It's the (minority of) people in Northern Ireland who insist they are BRITISH (and pro-Brexit) that are still complaining - because they DIDN'T want an open border

[@danganbeg7225]

​@@rb1062We can deal with it. Unlike you

[@user-ol6rd7pl5t]

The ostriches haven't got their heads in the sand, they've got them stuck up their own arses.

[@evolassunglasses4673]

The EU is moving populist Right

[@breamoreboy]

That can't be right. How would you hear them speak?

[@JacarandaMusic]

Or each other’s, half the time.

[@johntipeti4597]

never underestimate the stupidity of the public in all western countries to vote against their best interests always.

[@peterparker219]

Fully agree ! Never in the last eighty years people so willfully fell for populism and blatant lies.

[@nialllambert3194]

More specifically, never underestimate the stupidity of the public in eastern England to always vote against their own interests..

[@johnjephcote7636]

If we had the likes of George IV or Louis XVI ruling us the English would be walking around admiring and praising their world-class statesmanship.

[@rbaxter286]

Sorry, but it's BARELY half of the public. Brexit was a 2% difference, as in 2% would have ended in a TIE, just like the US' 2016 election. People need to get a grip and be willing to FIGHT ON! The Tories and MAGAts have learned that lesson and have made it work!!

[@rossmacnab2655]

Scottish voters were less ambiguous,67%-ish voted to remain,No revolution here cos all the young ppl have their phone screen stuck to their eye's thinking about what tastes better, strawberry ice cream or chocolate,smfh🤬

[@globalist1990]

The gammon were actually thinking the eu would collapse without the uk in it... 🤦‍♂️

[@davdonoghue]

We have put ourselves in a hole and we dont know how to stop digging

[@shaun906]

we reached the other side of the planet now were digging at fresh air trying to get air!

[@gameofender4463]

Rather be free and poor than rich and in an undemocratic organisation like the EU.

[@shaun906]

@@gameofender4463you got your wish with the poor bit, and your free to be poor

[@skinless333x2]

@@gameofender4463 Name something that is undemocratic about the EU. I will wait.

[@gameofender4463]

@@skinless333x2 VDL. She isn’t directly elected by the people. Nor does she command any parliamentary party. She was handpicked by the politicians and then approved by the MEPs. At no point was there an actual election to elect her. The politicians made that choice with no approval from the people. An equivalent would be the 50 US governors choosing who they want and congress approving it. With not input from the voters. That’s UNDEMOCRATIC.

[@Nice0n3]

No worries. The UK saves 350 Million a week because of this. Oh wait, that money is already in the NHS... Soooo, this comes from...? Where...?

[@danoneill8751]

Its fine, we'll all just be a little bit poorer, but don't worry, the boomers on pensions who voted for this are triple locked and wont see any fallout. By the time the next generation retire, those in their 50s now, there wont be any pensions left.

[@jamesandrew1750]

So you're against endless state spending?

[@Nice0n3]

@@jamesandrew1750 Simply asking where this money is coming from. Care to explain? I am simply wondering. We know that the massive brexit savings are already in the NHS. So where does this cash come from?

[@hanszieten6288]

@@Nice0n3that money is not in the NHS, it is in the hands of ‘PPE firms’

[@Nice0n3]

@@hanszieten6288 Oh, everyone knows its in the pocket of some tory donor or peer... Its a simple question for the brexiteers watching. Have not gotten an answer so far... Wonder why.

[@richardc6269]

Bottom line, this is what happens when citizens don't pay attention to their government. This never would've happened if people were informed. ✌️

[@vullings1968]

This is what happens if you don't know what you are voting for and go for catchy 3 word slogans with no substance.

[@gameofender4463]

@@vullings1968 People knew what they were voting for. Stop trying to insult voters because they didn’t go your way one time.

[@charlievarley]

@@gameofender4463 What did they vote for then?

[@hugodrax71]

This is the Deliveroo era. So many don't want to be informed anymore, to analyse, to study and question what's happening and what could happen. As long as there's football, Netflix and Uber Eats, all is OK.

[@vullings1968]

@@gameofender4463 Did the British electorate willingly vote for this mess?

[@toxictony4230]

Border checks? I thought the EU would be falling over themselves in the rush to trade with the UK tariff free.

[@johnrussell3961]

They said it was only fair they took the same hit on the cost of exporting as the UK was.

[@Jim1255783]

The border checks are ours, not theirs, because we have to, because of WTO rules.

[@vullings1968]

It is tariff free (for the most part), so it is basically a freetrade agreement. It is not a customs union though, hence the checks.

[@user-bt8cz9nv4x]

@@vullings1968 Great let’s have a free trade agreement with the EU! The problem is that more and more businesses in the EU don’t want to trade with the UK! Maybe we can ask Papua New Guinea to trade shrunken heads with the UK?

[@skinless333x2]

@@vullings1968 Actually it is just if you do as the EU pleases, divert a bit and we slap you with tariffs on it.

[@kevonslims7269]

Not only are the torries denying reality but labour is also tight lipped about the cost of these Brexit checks.

[@vullings1968]

Because Labour can't change it. These checks are a direct consequence of the brexit-path taken in 2019. Labour, even if they were in govt right, can't stop it.

[@stevewebster8527]

Stella Creasy has called it out many times in parliament.

[@kevonslims7269]

@@stevewebster8527 Has starmer or Rainer called it out?

[@jyvben1520]

Already forgotten, EU does not want another Swiss like deal, too much work/bother !

[@johnrussell3961]

The Swiss want talks when they want something. The refuse talks when the EU want something.

[@tablet6109]

As a dutch person I blame radio and television very much for Brexit. For something as important as Brexit the BBC asked people and idiots like Rees Mogg for their opinion. Unfortunately their is a big difference between opinions and facts presented by experts. I followed many experts since 2016 and they gave facts and not opinions, but unfortunately the BBC gave them hardly and airtime. It is a duty of the BBC to give facts, and not opinions

[@johnjephcote7636]

Farage became the know-all expert on Radio4. They seemed to have been intoxicated by him.

[@rb1062]

As a Dutch person, your comment is laughably inaccurate. The British mainstream media was notoriously pro Remain. BBC programmes such as Question Time overloaded their panels with pro Remainers and only one poor Leave supporter fighting his/her corner. On this very station, James O'Brien gave Jacob Rees Mogg a hard time during their interviews. Therefore your comment is based on your wounded feelings rather than the facts you profess to follow. In spite of the overbearing media's pro Remain stance, which was officially proven by the way, I'm very proud that 52% of us stood up to the EU. 52% of us had the guts and self respect to vote for stronger borders and self governance. Your national elections have shown that many of your countrymen are waking up and taking a stand, too. Maybe you could learn something from them instead of spouting inane misinformation about our media coverage.

[@JohnnyinMN]

I still cannot fathom how England thought it could make it on its own without a serious plan. At least the public is finally waking up. You still need a real constitution though.

[@jamesprivet]

And PR.

[@chrispurusha]

“Absolutely nobody is talking about threatening our place in the Single Market” - Daniel Hannan MEP “Only a madman would actually leave the Market” - Owen Paterson MP

[@specialized500]

The Ineos guy is a billioaire and had no idea either . Its mind boggling

[@vullings1968]

Money isn't a guarantee for logic.

[@izzytrue8630]

Not idiots ... crooks!!!

[@rumblepuffgaming9415]

When you don't have solutions to actual issues you have to invent problems you can rally the people against.

[@IMBlakeley]

I expected it to be an utter utter clusterf*ck, the only thing that actually surprised me was how long it took for the wheels to come off.

[@chatham43]

But you're content now That's the main thing!

[@julianshepherd2038]

Who voted for this nonsense? Oh, yeah, England. Indyref2 please.

[@DaGabbaGangsta]

Defo, fed up of getting stuck with these degenerative life forms in Westminster

[@stephan5673]

I voted for it, and I'm very glad I did. Would do it again in a heartbeat.

[@Pierrick2009]

posted from your local weatherspoons?@@stephan5673

[@pandora8478]

@@stephan5673why? What are the positive aspects?

[@Rosskles]

​@@stephan5673 Why did you vote for it?

[@HamishM22]

£5 billion ??? That's worth it as we now can have loud vacuum cleaners , control our immigration 😂, have a speed sign in a tunnel in MPH not KPH , save our fishing industry 😂, save our farming industry😂, and saving the best to last we can have BLUE passports ( that are made abroad). You couldn't stop 😂 if this wasn't so serious.

[@mikkokarjalainen6480]

And scrapping much of the easy retirement plan in Spain. I think some were have to head back to UK even sell their properties since they are no longer allowed to stay...

[@Ribod]

You forgot the pint bottles of wine.😄

[@supernoodles91]

Don't forget according to Mogg (the physical manifestation of a 19th century mill workers nightmare) we would have happier fish........people vote for that fool.

[@vullings1968]

​@@RibodAnd crown stamps on pint glasses.

[@peterparker219]

And flushing sewage freely into the rivers and seas.

[@Rael_486]

The can has reached the end of the road. 😢

[@vullings1968]

I am afraid it hasn't... For the Tories, probably. For the UK as a whole the can has too much momentum to stop rolling all at once. You can try to slow it down a bit, but as there will be no next govt that openly wants to reverse brexit, the can will keep rolling on.

[@barneyrubble1964]

End of the road? It got kicked over the cliff and now lies broken and rusting on the rocks below as the waves crash around it.

[@ukulelelab4219]

ratcliffe the man who supported brexit and then moved his tax affairs to Monaco. How dare that man lecture anyone?

[@politics392]

Get the conservatives out

[@markhyde1970]

Absolutely correct , absolute, utter madness. And they STILL deny it!

[@vullings1968]

Not acknowledging a problem, makes it bigger. The snowball might roll on for a while...

[@tat5383]

Yes but the Brexit benefits will definitely be worth waaaaay more than 5 billion a year, won’t it?? Won’t it???? 😂😢😂

[@vullings1968]

Give it 50 years... By then somebody must have thought of a brexit benefit. Probably the possibility to freely join a big block as EU. That wasn't possible before, as UK was already tied down as a member of EU!

[@joanormrod4893]

​@@vullings1968 in 50 years we'll probably be more worried about the climate crisis.

[@habi0187]

​@@joanormrod4893 considering the fact that the conservatives are cheering Rishi for the new North Sea licenses and the lack of public outrage I personally believe that the UK will still deny climate change when London is 10 feet under water.

[@johnjephcote7636]

Our frozen minced shrimps to Howland Island and our Tweed to Fiji.

[@johnjephcote7636]

Our frozen minced shrimps to Howland Island and our Tweed to Fiji.

[@00wheelie00]

A lot of people all over the EU warned exactly for this. You all just decided that we were saying it in our own self interest and just got on with it.

[@davebaz8142]

You’ll find that almost half of us Brits saw that Brexit was going to be a massive failure too.

[@00wheelie00]

@@davebaz8142 Fair enough, I was thinking of the brexiteers when I wrote 'you all'. But I can see that is not clear from how I wrote it.

[@johnnypatterson7512]

Still waiting on that single Brexit benefit.

[@gameofender4463]

Easy. A more accountable and democratic government. The EU isn’t democratic. It’s a joke. Nobody elected VDL and they have the nerve to call her “president”. It’s second-hand democracy.

[@shaun906]

alfresco dining apparently, how when most of our pavements are 4 ft wide i'll never know?

[@chatham43]

@Johnny Or an EU benefit...apart from getting most of our own money back!😂😂😂

[@rb1062]

For a while, we weren't being forcibly jabbed like the rest of the EU. Having to show our medical papers everywhere. We nearly went down that road. If we were part of the EU, we would have had to comply with their draconian restrictions. I was very grateful we were out of the EU, then.

[@matthewstrange3778]

Exports up considerably? Oh, you don't actually want to know positive things about Brexit.

[@JV-ks3eb]

Where's that Politician called Mogg so i can give him my 2 pence.

[@vullings1968]

You sill have that money to spare?

[@AlexGys9]

Smuggy is already insanely rich and you want to give him even more money?

[@jsanders100]

Just think what you could do with 5billion, it’s just off the scale bonkers

[@rb1062]

You could waste it on faulty PPE and unworkable programmes such as Test and Trace.

[@555frontier]

That's enough for an app that nobody uses.

[@chatham43]

Or the trillions spent on Lockdown!

[@hailstone2554]

Like a snowball rolling down the side of a snow covered hill it's growing , and it's getting WORSE AND WORSE , yes project fear really is PROJECT TRUTH .👿👿👿

[@chatham43]

And you're determined to believe it and I respect that determination!

[@hailstone2554]

@@chatham43 OK That's great, now tell me anything that project fear predicted that has is not fact now or about to become fact. 🤔🤔🤔

[@sobelsb]

The first free-trade agreement that introduces barriers in history.

[@markhodge3112]

The first time in the history of the world when to trading groups sat down to agree to make trading arrangements worse .

[@medorajoe7542]

And Kier Starmer won’t change it. Instead he’s going to have a wee chat with the EU 😂 🤦🏻‍♂️ Don’t get all Britnat on me when I remind you the only political party to show any consistency in calling out Brexit is the SNP. Which is why I’ll be voting SNP for a road out of this rotten Union. Why should Scotland stay when it can’t affect the necessary change at WM be it Labour or Tory government

[@pabs8345]

At least most of the brexiteers have realised their folly and shut tf up. We can ignore the ones still prattling on.

[@rb1062]

I'm very very proud to have voted Brexit and would do so, again. We've been ignoring the nasty, childish comments from the Remain camp for years.

[@terrytopliss9506]

This is what happens when you allow the patients to takeover the asylum James.

[@GarryJones61]

Why is JOB endorsing Keir Starmer who does not want to rejoin? Surely he should be supporting a party that wants to rejoin?

[@WinstonMelbourne-vt2vt]

it will be more next year and the following year it is like compound interest , the only way to stop is to rejoin

[@RazorMouth]

Apply to "join" Rejoin doesn't exist.

[@WinstonMelbourne-vt2vt]

@@RazorMouth please stop there the country is falling apart and the only way to start to get back is to stop the Brexit foolishness . And get back in oh by the way the EU would love to have us back yes I know I am an English but live in Athens Greece don't believe the lies they are telling you about the EU

[@RazorMouth]

@@WinstonMelbourne-vt2vt I'm Irish in Ireland. And what I said was correct, there is no rejoin option. They would have to apply and pass the Copenhagen criteria. That's the law in the treaty. And they can't just change the law because it's core treaty law. Also the EU would be very weary that another Tory government would drag them back out of the EU down the line.

[@AlexGys9]

@@RazorMouth Although I personally don't like the word "rejoin" either, that very word is used in the English version of art 50.5 of the Treaty of the European Union.

[@AlexGys9]

@@WinstonMelbourne-vt2vt Although I was sad and disappointed when the UK decided to leave, I can't see why we would allow the UK to join again. De Gaulle vetoed the UK joining because he believed the UK would never wholeheartedly support the European project. In 1973 the UK finally got the chance to prove him wrong. All they ever did during those 40+ years of membership was prove De Gaulle was right all along.

[@theresenydahl9531]

Thank you for tge work you do, James O'Brien 🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷

[@christianweller4288]

The Brit’s I’ve talked to seem to think that the “oh well.. mustn’t grumble” position on this is serving them well…. when actually it’s part of the problem.

[@vullings1968]

Yup, keep calm and carry on. That got Brits through the Blitz. This will take longer than the Blitz though.

[@user-ec5xn8by4s]

public dont care as long as they have an iPhone.

[@user-xg6td3sc8w]

Hi James, I run the paint counter in an Irish Builders Merchant. We are a busy counter and have noticed the Brexit effect on one of our suppliers in particular. This supplier doesn't have an Irish warehouse. This means when we order from them it has to come from the UK. With the result, we can't tell when the order will arrive. So we are looking to get similar products from an Irish supplier. Thereby diminishing a British business.

[@bobmason1361]

The worlds biggest heist?

[@Bluebluepoodle]

Every time I want to write something about Brexit I get absolutely lost for words! There should NEVER have been a referendum. It broke my heart for my grandchildren’s future. It is an insane thing - I knew 5 people who voted for it - 3 of which are now dead, 1 has emigrated! And the other regrets it… yea Gods what an absolute mess.

[@chatham43]

,@Blue Bet those three now regret telling you they voted Brexit!😂😂😂

[@TheMrReee]

A national call for a second referendum on Europe, get the return ball rolling as soon as possible.

[@sigiriya5149]

What for? UK is far away from meeting the Copenhagen Criteria and can't join the EU.

[@gameofender4463]

@@sigiriya5149Good.

[@JohnnyinMN]

It still will take up to 25 years. You still have to be accepted by all EU countries/states. You’re not even close to meeting the Copenhagen Criteria. As the years go by, the EU will become stronger. You will need to accept that there will be little negotiations. Accept Schengen and the Euro. You will have no choice by then.

[@gameofender4463]

@@JohnnyinMN Uh, no. Britain is free of the undemocratic, unaccountable EU.

[@das-se4xl]

​@@gameofender4463undemocratic? What on earth are you going on about? We vote for our Meps, they vote for the commission on our behalf, how many lord's have MPs voted for? Zero is the answer. So explain how it is undemocratic?

[@firefox5926]

5:55 bigger question is how have you become a country where these people became government ministers and how is it that you are still a country where they still are and are respected by more that like 1 in every 20 people ... i dont actually know if they are so im just going on the assumption that at least 10% of people over there do ..

[@AlexGys9]

According to the latest BBC poll, still 24% intend to vote Tory in the next general election. Unbelievable but true.

[@sararichardson737]

It’s a huge embarrassment.

[@philipwilliams2310]

..... THANK YOU James - you've Educated me on this 👍 Phil. Liverpool UK 🇬🇧

[@georgek3398]

If you think voting labor will save you , just think back, labor did NOT oppose brexit !

[@vullings1968]

LaboUr can't save anything now, because the damage is already done. The only thing Labour can do, is mitigate the damage for the average Brit.

[@actuallypaulstanley]

£5Billion?! Is that all!? The _Excel 97-based_ Track 'n Trace system costs us £40Billion, so this cost is only 12.5% of this... Or, to look at this another way, is only 55% of the £9Billion loss of the £12Billion that the Department for Heath and Social Care (DHSC) spent on PPE in the first year of the pandemic... Let's just put this into context... ;-)

[@stevenbusby5702]

Thank you for saying this out loud. It's appalling, shocking and terrifying.

[@marknaylor9394]

evening James...this issue really gets under nearly everyone's skin...you articulate it very well..."where does it end?" Indeed.

[@cg986]

What an absolute disaster.

[@ben_jam]

Keep exposing them please

[@joanormrod4893]

Jim Ratcliffe - no clue on economics. Said britain wasnt designed for more than 55 million people. Question - who designed britain?

[@krishrajah]

The Home Office thought they can save money by not having a contract with IBM but building their own Linux platform. It has backfired right royally

[@chatham43]

@krish So lets all celebrate!

[@godot-whatyouvebeenwaitingfor]

Move to Europe..

[@alwhyte6533]

We can't, or do you not know about freedom of movement?

[@fylbike]

If only we could

[@user-tl3hu2lh6u]

Give the bill to Sunak and the Tories, i'm sure they can split the bill between themselves ten times over. They wanted Brexit, they can pay for it.🧐🤷‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤷🏽‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️🤷🏼‍♀️

[@ZenKaizen7]

Borris bus + Nigel F 🎉 thank you for giving us pain!

[@bencops]

I would like someone to write down the corruption and the evidence so we can get on with the prosecuting. Where can I find that list?

[@cloggyparsons2388]

Hi James. I'm no expert on Brexit other than foreseeing the devastation it would and has consequently caused, this was so obvious it was not rocket science, that said I moved to Germany in 2016 & lost 25% of my state pension due to the post Brexit exchange rate. Sadly I had absolutely no control over this other than to cast my vote to remain. For example that staggering & obscene figure of five Billion would have given 600,000 Doctors & nurses an £8,300 one off lump sum payment. Great informative show, keep it up James, thank you.

[@rb1062]

Can you point out the "devastation" we are suffering in Britain? I see no devastation around me. Yes, we have inflation abd high energy costs but I can see rest of Europe does too.

[@chrstnldg6652]

Im still convinced that part of it was HMP UK, so they have a captive workforce/tax supply who can't escape (easily)

[@barneyrubble1964]

I can't think of a single promise made for BREXIT that was even possible.

[@rb1062]

We should have got more of our fishing grounds back. Unfortunately, gutless Boris gave way.

[@Cornu341]

Not being forced to declare your tax haven funds. Sorry, that was only apromise made behind closed doors to donors. The implementation date of that EU rule is also the only reason for all the hurry I could find

[@bjrnhjjakobsen2174]

The book “The way out” by Tim Shipman - illustrates very very well the level of incompetence…

[@arkskotch1589]

Country is finished, we will all become very poor very soon

[@TheGava4]

FFS we already are! Have you noticed anything the last 14 years?

[@arkskotch1589]

@@TheGava4 I'm still getting by by the skin of my teeth but it's gonna get even worse

[@Skygrey2943]

At least the Tories got rich off it.

[@lizdocherty3067]

Agree with all these comments, but at least they are dealing with the absolute chaos that 🌈 lanyards are causing throughout the country.

[@peterparker219]

So let the hunger games begin 🎉

[@carlettoburacco9235]

I'd like to take a look at the list of those who have invested or have a direct interest in companies that are "sure" to provide the infrastructure for border checks. I bet it will be an interesting read.

[@Lee-wv8vn]

If only we were part of a customs union that is litterally designed to process immigrants. Oh we were but someone thought leaving it would lead to less immigration, It didn't it increased by 71% as a direct result. People who voted for it should be apologising to the country and take responsibility for their own actions.

[@chicotime69]

Is there anyone left here that comes from the same planet as ME?????????????

[@dextercool]

£5 billion is a tiny price to pay for the UK's fabled *sOvErEiGnTy*

[@supernoodles91]

I think you mean 'sovrinty'........😉

[@WeejimmySnazberry]

Sovrin tea, with tea bags made from recycled toilet paper containing a whiff of tea leaf dust

[@supernoodles91]

@@WeejimmySnazberry 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@mininigenovesi7333]

Dont forget all the money that would have been saved and diverted to the NHS

[@SalRizzFON]

Can't remember who said it but someone described" Brexit like a trade war by the Uk on itself..spot on in my view!!

[@martinhommel9967]

I predicted it would be as bad as it is. Didn’t need to be rocket scientist.

[@alexanderprice6612]

It wasn't Brexit, and if it was, it's not that bad, and if it is, it isn't leaver's faults, and if it was, it's a price worth paying for sov-ren-tee.

[@finianlacy8827]

I am living in a dystopian nightmare..why isn't everyone ????😢😢

[@hugodrax71]

We'll be like Singapore on Steroids. Still makes me laugh.

[@AlexGys9]

Argentina on the Channel would have been more accurate.

[@timq8470]

I sell online, I recently sent an item to the EU costing just over £200, they had to pay 55 Euros import duty, they paid nothing pre Brexit, they wont be back. I already sell worldwide so how do I make my EU losses up?

[@mdb4michele]

Does this mean that the NHS won't get the 350m per week they were promised ?

[@racingBandit98]

"I become like a human snowball, the more I head down the hill the bigger I get and faster I move" is a truly brilliant quote!

[@godot-whatyouvebeenwaitingfor]

Even turkeys don't vote for Christmas..

[@johndean1953]

Misconduct in public office is an offence which, if proven can lead to a life spent in prison except these same incompetents have left out justice system in such a state that there aren’t enough prison places to accommodate these idiots.

[@raypickles537]

I did know, the flack that I got from trying to convince others, even before the referendum, I was the idiot. They need us more then we need them. We are British, things won´t change, etc. Also I don´t understand how the idiots are still invited on TV for their opinions. If it had been me, I wouldn´t dare leave the house. Also brexit was nothing to do with Farage, he is blaming everybody else.

[@MrsGardiner]

There are not going to be any Swiss style mini contracts with the EU. The EU said no to this already.

[@abbersj2935]

"Brexit-backing billionaire Jim Ratcliffe says leaving the EU ‘didn’t turn out as anticipated’ Oh really, not such a guru after all are you.

[@vullings1968]

Well, he anticipated it, that is why he moved Ineos production to France and himself to Monaco...

[@abbersj2935]

@@vullings1968 But he's now not big enough to own up to it.

[@vullings1968]

@@abbersj2935 That is common with brexiteers abandoning ship...

[@markwalker6673]

wasnt brexit about immigration mandates

[@nicks4934]

Supply chains destroyed. That’s way more than £5billion. Permanently damaged economy. For years

[@cachecow]

I think it's great that Brits get upset over 5 billion British pounds when in the Untied States that would be considered a rounding error.

[@romansseja4062]

When Brussels sends transports of aid packages for hungry Brits.

[@user-ym5ml3he1b]

It was better before..easier to move .from one country to another .Why have they made it more difficult. For thier own country

[@RodH245]

Strange I’ve just read that it will cost £470 million but will help reduce harmful diseases entering the UK. Maybe Dutch Elm & Ash dieback might have been prevented with stricter controls like Australia and New Zealand

[@blue_jay31]

You will be lucky if it is not more 😢

[@Greenpoloboy3]

Don't worry. Rishi has a plan.

[@user-ol6rd7pl5t]

He's moving all his money yo his offshore account as we speak.

[@willumwhitmore9419]

and the plan is to go to California

[@Greenpoloboy3]

@@willumwhitmore9419 haha

[@ricdark]

Not only all this, but labour is a brexit party too

[@evolassunglasses4673]

Corbyn should of accepted the result of the Referendum and set out an alternative direction. He was anti EU all his political life just like his hero Tony Benn. He became leader suddenly flipped flopped and crashed in the Old Labour Leave seats

[@JacarandaMusic]

Would be a better idea to give the timescale over which the £5 billion applies.

[@nicks4934]

It’s not the cost. It’s the friction and delay that will destroy supply chains and increase prices.

[@tablet6109]

Why was Radcliffe given airtime