New Brexit border checks to bring major disruption to the UK

New Brexit border checks have now been introduced, nearly eight years since the UK left the European Union.
Product inspections on flowers, meat and dairy products will likely lead to increased delays and costs for customers.
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[@dixieflatline1189]

And like a puff of smoke, all the progress the UK has made since the 1970's is dissipating in the wind.

[@Themop999]

Can check food but can’t check passports

[@xaiano794]

Why bother? Brexit voters wanted more migrants

[@TEMPLAR969]

​@@xaiano794Well that's your IQ declaration

[@RazorMouth]

​@@LuE87 please reply so I can come back and laugh when we leave your refugees back in the UK.

[@xaiano794]

@@TEMPLAR969 8th Feb 2016, David Cameron said a vote for brexit is a vote for up to 50,000 migrants per year to flood across the channel. It was on the front page of even the furthest right papers, go check

[@xaiano794]

@@LuE87 so far a grand total of 1,400 have gone to Ireland, that's 3 days worth. Yeah maths were never your strong suit

[@mrtom3297]

We should also cancel the Lordships for Liars scheme that has been operating since 2016.

[@terryyakamoto3488]

Well said, I have two "sirs" representing me as MP and mayor. One for kissing Johnson's saggy cheeks and the other one was making tin foil hats for Truss

[@WildCornovii]

So it's easier to get illegal immigrants in than products

[@jamesantill5065]

I hear it's harder to fit a 36t trailer on a rubber dinghy.

[@biocapsule7311]

Welcome to Brexit Britain.

[@adrianjohnson7920]

Pragmatic suggestion: transport goods via illegal immigrants, no fuss, very efficient. 🤣

[@chello70]

Did you really think that Brexit was about sovereignty?!? 😂

[@Innoruuk]

Welcome to Brexit!

[@leopardpro2878]

This isn't news for the public, this is news for parliament. If you want to tell us you are going to increase living costs, yet again, then get the prime minister to tell us that they are going to raise the costs, yet again! Capitalism is failing hard now, so hard you will force a socialist society if you continue the way you are because inevitably you are going to have a population uproar on your hands in the near future when you abolish the middle class and end up with rich or poor and the majority being poor and can barely afford to live.

[@penshaw2]

Wouldn’t say capitalism caused this failure it was 100% because Tory and Brexit voters decided to put plugs in their ears and ignore reality or deliberately vote to destroy the country and so many lives - madness!

[@Sthilboy56]

Don’t worry about it , we are all too poor to buy anything anyway

[@RF_Burns]

Speak for yourself.

[@charleswhite758]

Average wage 35K, unemployment only 3%, what are you on about? That's good.

[@TEMPLAR969]

Have you tried getting a job 😅

[@geoffas]

@@TEMPLAR969 As I walk my dog through the local industrial site, there are signs outside advertising a lot of vacancies.

[@leopardpro2878]

@@charleswhite758 I make 45k and I can't afford to buy anything so......

[@ricardothorburn4089]

The turkeys voted for Christmas and the Tories dressed and trussed them 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@SimonSmith-yd6tt]

love the Truss pun there 👏👏👏👏👏

[@bertoverweel6588]

How come the EU was prepared 4 years ago and the UK still isn't? These are Brexit conseqeunses you knew you voted for, right?? You knew you wher becomming a 3rd country, and this are the rules for all 3rd country's.

[@manoo422]

Nothing to do with Brexit, everything to do with a remoaner govt!!!

[@geoffas]

Import the 3rd world, become the 3rd world.

[@SimonSmith-yd6tt]

The EU was prepared in 2016 they knew our government couldn't find their arses if they where sat on their hands

[@anushkasekkingstad1300]

Naturally, the UK government didn’t mention the extra costs to businesses prior to the brexit vote.

[@maneshipocrates2264]

They did. It was labeled project fear!

[@manoo422]

Probably because the isnt any 'extra' costs, we always paid for this while in the EU.

[@Kev5565]

@@manoo422 obviously you don't work for a manufacturer trying to get goods to and from EU

[@mariobeauchemin7943]

@@Kev5565 Don't waste your time... He's not the sharpest tool...

[@abrakkehakka1357]

Sure the EU positive politicians did. Besides it being obvious for anyone who knows how international trade works. But the EU negative argued a bunch of nonsense that so many opted to believe. Also, it isn’t up to a government to inform you when there’s a referendum. But it’s your duty as a voter to find the facts. A referendum means that it is you the voter who advices the government.

[@AM-gy5xg]

Carnt wait to lay the full blame at the Torys feet. Roll on the election.

[@aleccap5946]

By law, that must take place by January 2025

[@notjustforhackers4252]

Why? The Tories didn't want Brexit.

[@bluceree7312]

Well, it is the Tories fault and no one else's. Cameron started it and Bojo, JRM and Farage et al campaigned for it. All Tory hunts

[@ram64man]

sorry but it was labours fault for signing up to the open free trade deal on the majority of these goods, these changes made domestic production unmarketable thus went out of business, now that we have withdrawn from europe conglomerates still want to carry on as normal regardless, further more domestic production that should have been kickstarted yet again money was diverted due to the damm human rights law keeping illegals in the uk system, we now need to CUT the import deficit, they MUST BE uk produced for 79^% of All food products there is no reason this cannot be 95%

[@TEMPLAR969]

Can't wait to laugh in your face

[@cobbler40]

If Brexit was so great why have they put off implementing it for four years. ? You would think they would want to get all those wonderful benefits ASAP ?

[@aleccap5946]

Because traitor MP's never wanted us to leave and that proves democracy is dead, why else drag their feet ?

[@danielward7008]

Because the political establishment never wanted Brexit in the first place. Obviously.

[@johnbrereton5229]

It's for the same reason that the Times radio broadcast this anti Brexit nonsense. They didnt want Brexit and tried all they could to stop it. Nevertheless, though Brexit was delivered slowly and begrudgingly, the British economy is already benefiting from it, though don't expect the EU fanatics to tell you about it.

[@LibertarianGalt]

Because not one tory PM wanted a hard Brexit and are finding out quickly no one cares what they want..

[@xaiano794]

Yes because they knew it would be a massive disaster ​@danielward7008

[@ZER0--]

There are people who still think Brexit has been a success. There are also folk that think climate change is a hoax.

[@SangitaSucked]

There are still people who belive in magic, ghosts and gods too so I'm not overly shocked, just perpetually disappointed.

[@frankmaclow2709]

Enjoy your island folks ! 😉

[@johncheetham4607]

This is a solution? How? by adding more costs onto our overstretched household budgets. I

[@Nice0n3]

This is "the will of the british people", voted for and implemented by the democratically elected UK parliament. 17.4 Million people voted for it, remember?

[@AndriyValdensius-wi8gw]

Project FEAR. Remoaners LOST. GET OVER IT !! 😂🤣😅😂🤣 Signed, a Remoaner, now resident in the EU. Enjoy the sovereign tea.

[@manoo422]

There are no additional costs, we ALWAYS paid for this.

[@johncheetham4607]

@@manoo422 Oh yes the Royal 'WE'. I didn't vote for it did you?

[@tompearce3610]

​@@Nice0n3and the electorate can look at the Brexit disaster and decide to try to reverse it. Political decisions aren't fixed unless you're in a dictatorship...

[@mrtom3297]

Thanks for reporting. I vote we make 1st February ( anniversary of leaving the EU) National Self Harm Day.

[@xy369]

8 years..what substantial changes have been done to create self-efficiency in the UK across all sectors? Are we even investing in British made products or helping British business take up the typically imported stuff? all i see is metal warehouses popping up allover the countryside to deal with imported goods. It feels we are just a consumer on the world stage rather than a producer for ourselves or other countries

[@manoo422]

ALL down to a worthless remoaner govt.

[@pauln6803]

We're either going to face the reality of Asian manufacturing dominance, or establish a protective Western trade and cooperation bloc... Like erm...?

[@spookyt8692]

It seems that way because it is that way. We have an over reliance on the financial sector, so once another crash happens I think the country will bottom out properly.

[@trickslies844]

Did you mean self sufficiency ?Because self efficiency is not a thing. Self sufficiency is a poor man substitute for progress and wealth. What you think you are going to make a good living producing cheap trinkets for Amazon?

[@dural_]

Ah, **Brexit**, the gift that keeps on giving! 🎁🇬🇧 Thank you, Nigel, for this delightful rollercoaster ride of bureaucracy and unintended consequences. 🎢 Eight years post-Brexit, and we're finally introducing border checks. Because nothing says "efficiency" like waiting for your imported flowers, meat, and dairy products to be scrutinized like they're auditioning for a reality show. 🌸🥩🧀 And the best part? These checks are expected to hit smaller companies the hardest. Because who doesn't love a good game of "Pass the Price Increase"? 🎲💸 But fear not! Our government assures us that these import costs are "negligible" compared to the impact of a major plant or animal disease outbreak. Because, clearly, the solution to foot-and-mouth disease is more paperwork. 📝🐄 So, thank you, Nigel, for this masterstroke. We're all eagerly awaiting the next chapter: "Brexit: The Saga of Unforeseen Consequences." 📖✨ P.S. If anyone needs me, I'll be in the queue, waiting for my canned meat to clear customs. It's like Christmas morning, but with more bureaucracy and less joy. 🎅📦

[@geeianna7708]

First the pandemic.Then Ukraine. Now no excuses

[@user-xc8ir7ng9z]

Pandemic and Ukraine were only pathetic excuses.

[@geoffas]

If all else fails, there's always climate alarmism 😛

[@andybrown4284]

The only reason is tory incompetence and dogwhistling, nothing about brexit meant we had to leave the customs union. This was a decision made by the idiots in westminster to appeal to those who are now abandoning them.

[@williamcarrington61]

Yesterday evening there was a sky full of "Con-trails" over Milton Keynes.

[@russelledwards001]

@@geoffas there’s no hope with you lot about

[@Andrew-vx2ls]

These extra charges should be added to the tax bills of brexit backers (hedge funds, Dyson, Wetherspoons, JCB, etc) and not be supported by small businesses.

[@georgesdelatour]

The biggest three contributors to the Remain campaign were Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan and Morgan Stanley. You don't want them to pay any tax?

[@gavinsmith9564]

Don't forget Russia and Putin, he paid for it too.

[@robertday8619]

Utter nonsense. ​@@gavinsmith9564

[@georgesdelatour]

@@gavinsmith9564 Putin blames Boris Johnson for preventing Ukraine signing a peace deal with Russia in Istanbul. He constantly rails against the "Anglo-Saxons", such as Liz Truss and, err, Rishi Sunak. We're into the era of Schrodinger's Putin, I guess.

[@thomasfoster1899]

Blame the glaziers manks

[@GerryT.]

If this governments fantastic brexit benefit checks had been done from day one, the negative impact of Brexit would have been shown immediately

[@themills23]

It's almost as if they've tried to offset the overall disastrous effect for political reasons...

[@GerryT.]

@@themills23 Exactly, and so blatantly obvious.

[@manoo422]

You mean WTO checks.

[@LibertarianGalt]

Nonsense. Brexit means brexit. Remoaners have caused this by always trying to have a second "once in a lifetime vote" 😂😂😂😂😂

[@biocapsule7311]

Not necessarily, the pandemic was always a good cover for Brexit because it slowed or halted everyone else down at the same time.

[@trulymental7651]

Thanks Nigel, Boris , Rees Mogg and everyone who believed them. Pretty obvious really , it was always going to be chaos . All so we can have no rights 😂. It is pretty hysterical.

[@TG-ts3xn]

I would like Brexit to happen first.

[@TheYahmez]

@@TG-ts3xn why?

[@user-rj4yk3ib8x]

All those who wanted to stay in the EU were either on the take or illegal

[@trulymental7651]

@@TG-ts3xn you were conned. Sorry if you can't see that. Remember Boris the Liar. Farage is a total racist, go look up his history if you don't believe me. Mogg made millions. All very good, publicly educated, rich knobheads, relying on you thinking they are clever . It was a con. Are you feeling better off ?

[@MichaelPetersFenwicks]

Witnessed upto 4 miles of traffic jams on the UK Side let alone worse coming in.

[@stephenturner7949]

Witnessed 4 miles of small boats on the french side

[@jeremymerrifield7244]

@@stephenturner7949 liar

[@damianleah6744]

Brexit the gift that keeps on giving.

[@timbrass]

The grift that keeps on giving.....

[@foureveralone]

Grifting*

[@AndriyValdensius-wi8gw]

The gift that keeps on taking.

[@danielward7008]

Times readers the remoaners that keep on remoaning.

[@manoo422]

Except the are WTO check, nothing to do with Brexit.

[@user-xc8ir7ng9z]

Remember Mogg said cheaper food. It's time to tell him what you think.

[@danielcarr7090]

I was bet £1,000 today that the UK won't re-join the EU within the next 15yrs. I'm too poor to take a gamble of that magnitude, but I bet we'll be getting ready to have a 2nd ref by then.

[@Arltratlo]

we here inside the EU dont even think about to let you join again, enjoy your 50 years outside!

[@markhodge3112]

Please don’t we in the EU are doing perfectly well without the UK you would only be back 5 minutes at the moaning and complaining would begin along with you electing clowns to the European Parliament .

[@AndriyValdensius-wi8gw]

Make that 1000 years, if anyone is still around then.

[@maneshipocrates2264]

The EU doesn't want the UK to re-join ever.

[@manoo422]

I certainly hope not.

[@laurietaylor8982]

Just understand everyone,,,if we’d had proportional voting…Brexit would never have happened.

[@georgesdelatour]

And if we'd had the Swiss system of direct democracy, we'd never have joined in the first place.

[@romansseja4062]

“If, if, if”.

[@briangoodwin5986]

instead of whining and moaning lets just get on with making Britain great again, its as if some people don't believe we can make it on our own.

[@georgesdelatour]

BTW what's your exact reasoning on that? As I remember, the Lib Dems supported the calling of an EU membership Referendum. At the time, they thought "Remain" would win it, and this victory would then free up UK governments to hand over more powers to Brussels. If they'd been serving ministers in the government which had called the Referendum, it would have been harder for them to say "B******s to Brexit" after the vote was lost.

[@user-mg3xr9tz7m]

@@briangoodwin5986yeah its going so well. We need to thank people like you that with their intelligence voted us out

[@JN-om6rw]

And to think we could have stayed in the SM and CU it would have avoided all of this

[@manoo422]

And you think people voted for Brexit based on trade...?!!

[@rdouthwaite]

​@@manoo422nope they voted for it based on lies,ignorance and bigotry.

[@snappie-riversofengland7589]

It would have had a detrimental impact on our country being flooded with economic illegal migrants. This is the price of securing our borders. This shouldn't have been neglected previously and is a given cost of running any country.

[@bluceree7312]

Who could have predicted this could ever happen. Well, I did. Me and 16 million other sane brits.

[@seamuspadraigsanders431]

You predicted the Pro EU treasury would check goods twice once in Europe then again in Britain. That's strange because even the EU didn't predict that.

[@abrakkehakka1357]

⁠@@seamuspadraigsanders431​​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠Why would the EU ever have predicted what the UK would do? The UK had no plans. So obviously the EU didn’t and couldn’t predict it. It was solely up to the UK to plan and predict. But the Brexiters didn’t plan anything, and “predicted” that everything would be great and any problems would be the EUs fault. And as it seems, some now say “oh… the EU didn’t predict it”. As if it was the EU’s responsibility. Goods entering the EU obviously need to be checked accordingly to EU laws. If this goods then is transported further to the UK, then it is up to the UK if it wants to check it or not when it enters the UK. The EU doesn’t check goods entering the UK. It has no such power (although the UK can hire the EU/an EU nation to do the job… like if it is logistically easier to do it on the French side). The EU checks goods being exported from the UK to the EU. Although obviously an independent nation with its own import regulations has to check imported goods. Otherwise imported goods may not live up to UK standards or laws, and allow for smuggling. So anyone who understands the basic about how international trade works could predict that. Trade 101. And hence it was clear that goods heading to the UK, but entering the EU first, would very likely have to be checked twice. So it was very easy to predict. And if the pro-Brexit politicians didn’t inform you, blame them and not the EU.

[@user-bu9nb8wr6e]

Basically, businesses letting us know to expect price increases. It's always the same. They will hike the prices more than any costs involved and wait and see their profits rise. Big businesses have done very well with inflation using it as an excuse to price hike. The tories won't tax the businesses on any extra profits to stop them using it to hike our prices at stores.

[@jamesnicoll8415]

Another BREXIT BONUS, folks! 😂😂😂

[@Ribod]

Along with roaming charges etc....

[@AndriyValdensius-wi8gw]

Seen any unicorns lately ? 🦄🦄🦄🦄

[@markblance8492]

@@AndriyValdensius-wi8gwunfortunately there are still too many deluded BREXITEERS who refuse to accept Brexit is a disaster

[@manoo422]

We are now free to make trade deals around the world you mean...

[@markblance8492]

@@manoo422 yep free to make trade deals anywhere we want….! Unfortunately, no one wants too…! Oh Australia does, that massive importer to the U.K. you can have kangaroo with your unicorn steak. Yippee

[@sunitapocock4537]

Ways to make more money and who pays, consumers. Soon people will struggle to eat. Food in stores is not only expensive already but you buy fruit and veg which is rotten. Stores selling rotten stuff as they store food in freezers.When is this madness going to stop?

[@TEMPLAR969]

I would move .I never get rotten expensive fruit .But I shop in MandS not aldi

[@ANTHONYBOOTH]

I can't see why they have not re-opened the lorry check stations up and down the highways... - back in my early hitch hiking days the lorries that I was travelling with had to pull in to any station, weigh the truck, get it checked and even x-rayed all while drinking free coffee.... - great times! ...great coffee......

[@mickplayfile]

Worried about orchids? What planet are these Times Radio "journalists" on?

[@geoffas]

They're all living in north London and believe that is the beating heart of the UK.

[@TesterAnimal1]

It’s far more than that, unicorn sucker.

[@ludovic2431]

EU standards are higher then those of the UK. Why should you check on incoming goods?

[@corneliuscornia3189]

They are idiots,that is why!!

[@nicks4934]

They don’t apply to uk imports

[@andybrown4284]

This was predicted before brexit but shot down by the likes of farage and had to be delayed because boris was so desperate for that last minute "victory over the EU" dogwhistle he delayed all potential deals so there was never going to be sufficient time to implement. And of course may needs to shoulder a lot of the blame for setting the exit date before negotiations had even started. Didn't have to leave the customs union, nothing on the brexit ballot said that it would be included nor any of the myriad other partnerships which were burned to satiate small minded idiots

[@supergustavus1503]

We don’t need cheese we can eat turnips- oh wait no one to dig them up

[@corneliuscornia3189]

And grass.

[@stevengreen471]

Buy british

[@b.davies9716]

too right. both carrots and a spud for the week.

[@jamesantill5065]

Yummmmm, swede.

[@frankmaclow2709]

No 😂

[@petermoxham2625]

And starve! We have to import food, we cannot produce enough, also people want and expect choice and we cannot grow and produce so many food products.

[@louis-philippearnhem6959]

Eat turnips said Thérèse Coffey! 😂

[@Arltratlo]

its great, that the people inside the UK have to pay for their votes in the last elections, every Tory vote will cost you a lot!

[@markblance8492]

Lots of BREXITEERS were not Tories. Equally lots of remainers were Tories. Your comment is completely incorrect regarding the demographics of the 52% who voted to,leave.

[@biocapsule7311]

@@markblance8492 While there are plenty of leavers and remainers on both sides during the referendum. A lot of Tories remainers are like leavers in a very important aspect. They didn't know how any of it works either. That's why it's so easy for them to switch over to support leave. Remember all those who actually have some understanding all either got purged or left... so by Boris Johnson reign, there's know remainers who have a clue in the Tories.

[@Arltratlo]

@@markblance8492 not all BrexSHITeers are racists, but all racists are BrexSIHTeers!

[@nicholasgaughan7915]

Tesco owns more agricultural land in Spain than in Britain

[@bthjf12003]

Inflation up by September

[@Ribod]

Yes, and consequently interest rates as well and people's mortgage repayments.....best of Brexit to everyone!

[@skreety0455]

Good month.😊

[@TEMPLAR969]

Under labour 😅 But I don't buy orchids so won't effect me

[@markhickey9539]

You misspelt June!

[@TEMPLAR969]

@@markhickey9539 I don't buy orchids

[@claudiafigueiredo4979]

No information given before beexit now jornalists wht to know how brexit works 😂 jokes. Finance wars not borders lol

[@Nice0n3]

Lots of information was available before brexit. The morons called it "project fear" and the idiots fell for it. Thank God for Farage, Johnson, Gove and all the rest... Best thing to happen to the EU in decades.

[@robred19]

Yeah, people knew what they were voting for...eh???

[@SlowhandGreg]

Brexit could have been a full Norway this sh1tsh0w is down to the Cons

[@jonb4248]

Yes. Independence.

[@Enuff947]

Can you eat independence?

[@thisstraight3941]

@@jonb4248you honestly can’t still be buying that line, posh elites lied to you into voting against your best interests for a power grab, they’ve made everyone who voted leave for the reasons they were sold look a fool, you should be angrier than anyone

[@user-is4kw1gz1g]

@@jonb4248 We had independence

[@briantitchener4829]

If French cheese now goes up in price I'll just change to U.K.cheeses instead. There's always an alternative.

[@skreety0455]

We love cheese. Especially French cheese❤

[@petermoxham2625]

Supply and demand, if demand for UK cheese increases then prices will rise. Less choice, higher prices.

[@briantitchener4829]

@@petermoxham2625 Catch 22 old chap. Pay higher price for both then I suppose. In that case I would support British cheese.

[@stephennutt4083]

More Brexit madness

[@manoo422]

You mean WTO madness.

[@xaiano794]

​@@manoo422are you claiming the WTO didn't exist before 2020? More Brexit lies

[@manoo422]

@@xaiano794 Of course it did and we have always paid for the import checks into the EU, it was all part of the £350million a week...

[@xaiano794]

@@manoo422 you're not telling the truth, there were no checks before brexit. That's why you could just drive to France.

[@stephennutt4083]

@@manoo422 Yes because now we have our minimalist trade agreement with the EU we have to apply WTO rules on imports from the EU. This is because under WTO rules a state cannot give another state or trading bloc trade advantages over other members of the WTO. So until today the EU had a trading advantage over other states exporting to the UK, hence the border checks. And the border checks are not that comprehensive so logically due to WTO rules they will have to become more stringent pushing up food prices even higher. All caused by leaving the EU where the border checks did not have to exits because the WTO recognised out membership of the single market. So you can get rid of the border checks if you make a suitable trade agreement that is recognised by the WTO.

[@TouringTony]

Farage, Johnson and the other Brexiteers said bureaucracy would decrease What a disaster

[@RichardForster-gu1ww]

Brexit was the worst thing to happen to UK since WW2

[@manoo422]

You mean the BEST.

[@LibertarianGalt]

The best thing we've ever done was leave the failed supranation state of the EU

[@tracya4087]

@@manoo422 hear hear

[@Notalwaysrightbutmostly]

Generations to come will be able to track our demise back to Brexit

[@RichardForster-gu1ww]

@@LibertarianGalt Oh YES, HA HA HA..

[@BradleyUK58]

We need to check everything that comes from the EU to the UK.

[@mrchekaman1917]

How long until we reach the event horizon of the Brexit black hole?

[@abrakkehakka1357]

Time slows down and stops when you are pulled down into the black hole. You would experience (well, if you could experience anything) Brexit and the protons decaying trillion of years from now at the same time.

[@jmcm8546]

£145 cap per consignment? A truck could have 100 consignments onboard. Such idiocy, where a nation sat down to negotiate a deal, much worse than what they had, prior to sitting down at the negotiating table.

[@seamuspadraigsanders431]

This is the Pro EU treasury nothing to do with Brexit. The goods are already checked in Europe. They have the most stringent laws in the world.

[@RoofLight00]

@@seamuspadraigsanders431 Denial. Obfuscation. ‘It’s not Brexit’ after we walked away from our nearest trading bloc. The clown show continues 🤦🏽

[@seamuspadraigsanders431]

@@RoofLight00 If you can show me that only Britain is experiencing high food prices, a lack of medications etc I will apologise. Let's not forget USA, Australia, the EU pretty much every country in the world has high food prices. But let's just concentrate on the latest lie, why does the EU have 95 per cent of its pharmacies facing medicine shortages ? And why is the MSM pretending its just Britain and the reason is Brexit?

[@SlowhandGreg]

And this was the state before this god help us now UK trade volumes suffer record five-year decline Financial Times 1 Mar 2024 The volume of UK goods imports and exports was 7.4 per cent smaller in 2023 than in 2018, the largest five-year decline in goods trade since comparable records began in 1997, according to FT calculations of data published by the Office for National Statistics on Friday.

[@TEMPLAR969]

Well leave

[@seamuspadraigsanders431]

Covid....

[@alicydonmeld8363]

@@seamuspadraigsanders431 It compres 2023 to 2024, so no point trying to blame Covid.

[@seamuspadraigsanders431]

@@alicydonmeld8363 Are you feeling OK. We're still suffering from the 2007 banking crisis........ let alone Covid.

[@alicydonmeld8363]

@@seamuspadraigsanders431 The UK's goods exports and imports have contracted by 13.2 per cent and 7.4 per cent since 2019, by far more than any other G7 country. So it ain't just Covid or any banking crisis..

[@edwardcharlton1396]

No mention yet on the checks our produce will face when arriving in Europe...

[@petermoxham2625]

The EU has been checking our goods since we left in 2020, they put the infrastructure in place from day one not four years later.

[@robertfrancis7767]

Orchids may or may not be effected are not a national priority lame coverage.

[@paulclive3626]

A shame we can't check the illegal immigrants but dam those pesky tomatoes

[@biocapsule7311]

Well... your country voted for it.

[@jeremymerrifield7244]

Shame the Tory government created all these problems

[@GuusJanssen]

You know what is funny? Both are fully governed by Westminster. Westminster is in charge of immigrants and also on food checks. And they both completely mess it up, their incompetence is staggering.

[@lottytaylor572]

@@biocapsule7311yawn ! 😴

[@billsmith-hl8rk]

You Brits are priceless. tucked yourselves well and truly up. Enjoy!😘

[@oliver556]

Not all of us. Unfortunately we had the entire media establishment against us lying non-stop and they are still doing it. Most of them are too pig-headed to admit they made a mistake, it's really quite infantile and pathetic

[@lacommission.-sitcom696]

Not very constructive is it? Considering the DECADES of anti-EU rethoric by the right-wingers, I'm surprised 48% voted to stay in!

[@maxharbig1167]

@@oliver556 Doesn't really matter if they admit they made a mistake. Europe also made a mistake, It allowed the UK into the EEC. Be assured it will not make that mistake again.

[@user-anglosaxonwarrior]

​@@maxharbig1167you're a nobody what do you know 😂

[@LibertarianGalt]

We will enjoy. Have fun with your mass migration. Paris, Amsterdam and Barcelona are now majority migrant. Good luck with your socialised state 😂❤

[@ECECECECEC]

Didn’t mogg say this would be an act of self harm? Have to wonder why he insisted on it.

[@minakatahizuru]

UK needs to change how its voting works and should be on numbers instead of nonsense which they have now.

[@Muddn]

Britain needs to join single market to minimise all these Brexit financial losses.

[@manoo422]

...and go back to paying for these checks indirectly...

[@fcassmann]

NO! 🇪🇺🇳🇱

[@richardgodfrey3456]

You mean exactly whay they liars campaigned on and what won the vote This will never happen because a few narrow minded bigots love evading taxes

[@martynjones8560]

It's all very well complaining about higher costs, food shortages, SME's going bankrupt, etc. etc. because of Brexit, but doesn't the sight of all those unicorns prancing over sunlit uplands make up for all the hardship? Farage and Co. need jail-time!

[@seamuspadraigsanders431]

Pro EU Theresa May negotiated Brexit.

[@petermoxham2625]

@@seamuspadraigsanders431 Sorry to remind you but parliament voted against her deal and Johnson got it done on the cheap and now we pay for it.

[@frankoneill5675]

A world leading border? That world beating British sense of humour again. The e-border they're talking about was started in 2003, when it was supposed to become a world leading border. It still isn't fully-implemented, predicted by Gove recently to be completed in 2025, and if you believe Gove... The whole thing has been an example of world leading incompetence.

[@anthonygrayson7753]

This hard Brexit is utter madness and at some point, the architects will have to brought to book and will need prosecuting for crimes against the state!

[@corneliuscornia3189]

True

[@MrGorpm]

When BREXIT actually happens - you can moan about it !!!!!!!!

[@jamesantill5065]

What 'more' would've made it happen? No deal?

[@leisti]

@@jamesantill5065 Perhaps when a 100-metre-tall wall is built down the English Channel the Brexiteers will be finally satisfied.

[@biocapsule7311]

Now they are talking about ECHR... eventually you will leave enough institution that your trade will just collapse outright. Then these people will blame everyone else for doing this to the UK when you got specifically what you asked for.

[@markhepworth]

@@leisti😂

[@user-nf4zh2vj5e]

ah you didnt get the brexit you voted for hahahaha.

[@gozitan5]

Thanks to Nigel Farage

[@chello70]

Who still hasn’t been arrested for treason !!!!!

[@Windowman666]

@@chello70what treason

[@petermoxham2625]

@@Windowman666 Lying to people so that they would vote in his and his backers interests.

[@terryyakamoto3488]

@@Windowman666 Knowingly using blatant falsehoods and misrepresentations to con gullible people into voting for Brexit, against their own interests but for his own and his financier chums'

[@anthony64632]

Nigel Farage is bitter that Brexit is not working

[@jackthebassman1]

Well done Farage and Johnson, you wanted this, we who thought this through properly didn’t.

[@manoo422]

But as usual its only remoaner who are crying, Brexiteers understand there is no real change.

[@jackthebassman1]

@@manoo422 Almost correct, immigration has even increased now we can’t expect France to help out. The pound has dropped significantly and extra border checks that have been put off five times because of the effect on retail prices now have to be enacted increasing food costs significantly too. Not to mention European companies that are ceasing trading with us because of the increased costs and lower margins. If anyone considers those good, you need your medication checked.

[@manoo422]

@@jackthebassman1 Immigration is now 100% under UK govt control. WTO import check are the same all over the world, we have always paid for them, nothing has changed. The whole point of leaving was the opportunity to trade with the rest of the world. We need to leave the EU behind.

[@annlewis7685]

Don't forget shortage of some medication.... Definitely got your country and race to the bottom.

[@tracya4087]

i wanted it very much

[@sam.victor470]

Farage really doesn't live in the same world as the rest of us. The fellow has the temerity to still be prepared try for the UK parliament yet again . . . how many times does he need to be told "No!" Go boil your head!

[@manoo422]

I think he obviously has a much better grip on trade than you do.

[@thedivinemrm5832]

@@manoo422 You "think"? So it's your feelings? Seems about right...

[@tracya4087]

i would vote nigel everytime

[@annlewis7685]

Farage had a good pay cheque as UKP and the shine now off. The experience and reception he received for his conference, spoke volume; no wants to see his face. He should be tried for treason to put a country in such a mess.

[@user-nf4zh2vj5e]

@@tracya4087 another thick gullible gammon.

[@cobbler40]

Brexit = a car with 4 slow punctures !

[@billsmith-hl8rk]

And no steering wheel

[@markblance8492]

More like a horse and cart, with unicorn instead of a horse

[@georgesdelatour]

Remain = metaphor constipation.

[@markblance8492]

@@georgesdelatour So to carry on with your metaphor Brexit = Diarrhoea? If so I agree with your holistic description. Nice one, I think you have captured the true essence of the situation.

[@georgesdelatour]

@@markblance8492 My comment was a protest against facile metaphor accumulation. In vain, it seems.

[@GG-hu9dn]

Another 'Wrexit' Benefit?!

[@manoo422]

Blame the WTO, its nothing to do with Brexit.

[@GG-hu9dn]

@@manoo422 :-() :-()

[@Kev5565]

@@manoo422 lol

[@manoo422]

@@Kev5565 I wouldnt expect remoaners to understand facts or reality...

[@thedivinemrm5832]

@@manoo422 We told you this would happen, you loons called it "project fear" - what will it take you to realise you were sold a dud??

[@33508709]

Sounds like just another TAX to me!

[@fcassmann]

Who cares? We don't. 🇪🇺🇳🇱

[@bernatcarnerbonet3251]

The classic British nonsense !

[@manoo422]

The classic WTO nonsense !

[@owencarlstrand1945]

@@manoo422We either comply with EU rules as a member or WTO rules as an outsider Brexit chose WTO rules. You can’t have it both ways

[@Mighty5754]

You mean the English

[@KevIn-qy7ps]

Oh dear,

[@Gary-le7dz]

I can’t understand if Brexit is so so fab why does the uk govt keep delaying things …

[@jonb4248]

Why put up barriers? No need by our government, whether in or out of The EU. It’s nonsense to punish people totally unnecessarily. World leading borders. Start with people, not food.

[@biocapsule7311]

No... you voted for it, no one cares enough to "punish" you for your own $#%$^. Just because you didn't bother to understand how borders works doesn't mean it's not necessary. You are always free to drop all the necessities... just don't be surprise for negative the after effects going forward.

[@jonb4248]

@@biocapsule7311 Take your boosters and trust in science. Accept illegal immigration as well. Don’t forget to keep hating as well. 👍

[@jonb4248]

@@biocapsule7311 I’m not in the least surprised that our politicians make the movement of food through our borders more difficult and at the same time, increase both legal and illegal immigration through our borders in an exponential fashion, especially when they are now solely responsible for them. That, is simply a punishment for daring to not want to be part of a huge political system. It’s clear as the nose on your face.

[@jonathanwalkden7974]

pointless doing these checks if you can just sail over with no papers

[@xaiano794]

That's the Brexit way

[@user-eb3pi4tv9k]

Oh dear

[@laurencewolohan]

Corruption at its finest.

[@frankoneill5675]

In what way are SPS checks corrupt?

[@helenwebb-bourne466]

Brexit just keeps giving !

[@artsamuel2907]

Food prices has gone through the roof since Brexit, Nigel what did you say about this subject during the con?

[@cazza9660]

Food prices have gone through the roof in America, Canada, Australia etc. Is that Brexits fault too?

[@beamzappa6266]

​@@cazza9660Yeah we had lower food inflation rates than EU. EU lovers really bank on people just swallowing information without actually looking to see if it's true.

[@seamuspadraigsanders431]

Everything is going wrong in Europe also. It's a world wide crisis, the treasury is a Pro EU institution so very obvious what us going on.

[@lescarroz1956]

@@beamzappa6266 Seems its you that needs to do some research. Eurozone food inflation February 2024 2.4%. UK 5%

[@davidredding1988]

@@lescarroz1956grow up.

[@nicks4934]

£3bn in extra cost. I’m sure David Davies will apologise any minute now

[@GerryT.]

Its assuming a lorry will carry on to somewhere 10 miles away to be checked, guarenteed a percentage wont.

[@Ribod]

They will drop off their dodgy imports on the way there....job done!

[@GerryT.]

@@Ribod Exactly

[@davecooper3238]

I thought your Nigel said that Brexit would bring a bright new dawn to the U.K.

[@TEMPLAR969]

Iam much better off

[@rodmarker2071]

Brexit was such a good idea Putler helped pay for it

[@johnsnow5264]

Not many Brits realize how they were manipulated by Russia

[@romansseja4062]

UK border controls to become “The best in the world”!!! Brussels has stated many time “no renegotiation”.

[@nicks4934]

Many small businesses will stop trading with the uk. Very sad.

[@louis-philippearnhem6959]

8:00 A World Leading Border? You can’t make this up! 😂

[@Kevin-to8lm]

Thank you Nigel!🤣

[@AndriyValdensius-wi8gw]

I have a sneaking admiration for Herr Farage. Of course he's a shyster snake oil salesman, but he has got a certain persona and style. The fact that he could probably sell Tower Bridge to a passing shmuck for cash and then skip away into the sunset is down to the sucker who falls for the smooth talk. Caveat emptor as they say. There's a LOT more coming the UK's way. The EU has strict consumer protection laws. To have ANY chance of any deals with the USA, consumer protection will be GONE. US corporations play hardball. The mighty $$$$ is King. 🫅🤴 Consumer protection is next to non existent.

[@user-dg5pv5fv2l]

Funny how they can stop hard working people but never seem capable of stopping the boat people.

[@grahamburns761]

So if it’s on a risk based assessment what is different from pre brexit and post brexit it’s all about favourable terms for big corporations. Total nonsense

[@windowman929]

All trucks checked, all illegal immigrants not checked...

[@Nice0n3]

All in the power of the UK government. :D

[@user-nf4zh2vj5e]

all gammon thick

[@lottytaylor572]

@@user-nf4zh2vj5eschool finished for the day ? 🙄

[@anushkasekkingstad1300]

Hilarious to hear English people complain when this is exactly what they voted for.

[@markblance8492]

Not everyone voted for it.

[@anushkasekkingstad1300]

@@markblance8492 a majority in England and Wales voted for it. There was no requirement for it to be a unanimous vote. Scotland and NI sensibly voted against it but were obliged to go with England. Voting to get rid of Poles from your country has been a very costly exercise for the UK.

[@manoo422]

Its only remoaners crying again because they dont understand we always paid for this but way higher than now.

[@markblance8492]

@@anushkasekkingstad1300 My statement still holds true. Not every English person voted for Brexit.. that’s a fact. Unfortunately 52% of voters in the referendum did voted for it…! To be clear of voters, not population who can vote.

[@anushkasekkingstad1300]

@@markblance8492 It’s a safe bet that nobody has ever accused you of being remotely bright. Nobody suggested the vote for brexit was unanimous, there was no requirement for anything more than a simple majority of voters. English bigotry guaranteed the outcome and left you flailing around in your own dysfunction.

[@SimonSmith-yd6tt]

These are not NEW Brexiteers knew these would have to be applied when they started the Brexit campaign in 2015.

[@nickryder9669]

This also includes products that have passed through the E U ! Before Brexit these products were inspected at the first EU country the goods passed through ! If a Lorry has 30 separate pallets from different suppliers then there is a charge for each pallet and even a vets certificate for each and the cost of each vets certificate! Not only necessary for safety but to comply with wta rules

[@pauleast2905]

Thebanswer may be to buy in this country where possible it may prove cheaper.

[@Ribod]

You mean like a Dyson vacuum cleaner?

[@janpetersen7440]

Can simply use the same model as with illegal migrants - let everything pass without checks - problem 'solved'.

[@GerryT.]

If there are too many delays, the Government already have an answer...no checks.

[@hypsyzygy506]

The policy is that throughput must be prioritised over safety checks.

[@Ribod]

Yes, there will be plenty of illegal immigrants in the back of those lorries.

[@allanarnold3619]

​@Ribod no they use dinghies and get a free travel pass with the rnli

[@richardgodfrey3456]

Yet brexshiteers votedd for more checks and an increased cost to the consumer Now you don't want those checks and cost no suprise there then

[@aleccap5946]

Another poor excuse to put prices up

[@maneshipocrates2264]

The dog on your profile picture will be mad at this foolish comment

[@paulb8186]

Deliberate food shortages inbound

[@manoo422]

Thats EU agricultural policy.

[@geoffas]

That's WEF and UN Agenda 30 policy.

[@johnbrereton5229]

Since Brexit, the trade between the EU and Britain has increased and it is now larger than it ever was while we were members. Also Britain is now the 4th biggest exporting country in the world, with only the USA, China and Germany exporting more.

[@manoo422]

You cant expect remoaners to understand facts and reality, they live in a dream world.

[@petermoxham2625]

It's called inflation, in real terms our trade has dropped. You forgot Japan, France,Italy, etc.

[@johnbrereton5229]

@@petermoxham2625 Recent Inflation was a world wide phenomena caused by the Covid lockdown and didnt just affect Britain where it peaked at 11.1% in 2022 and is now a respectable 3.4%. Also I haven't forgotten France or Italy two EU countries we have overtaken in GDP since Brexit, or Japan who we have overtaken in exports.

[@petermoxham2625]

@@johnbrereton5229 If inflation was a global issue, why is the government claiming the reduction was all due to them but the increase was nothing to do with them, inflation is still well over target. Both India and Japan have much larger GDP than the UK, however the distribution of wealth in the UK is criminal and to many people their living standard is closer to a third world country rather than a leading economy.People in many EU countries now have a much higher disposable income than there counterparts in the UK.

[@johnbrereton5229]

@@petermoxham2625 Governments always claim that economic benefits are due to their policies, but only the naive believe them. The Covid lockdown was pretty much world wide and so was the high inflation it created. You complain about the distribution of wealth in Britain and then praise India for it's high GDP, yet the wealth in India is all held by a tiny percentage of their population while millions live below the poverty line and we are talking about real poverty here, where you can't even afford to eat.

[@colinmassey527]

But but but - Boris got Brexit done???

[@margaretjackman291]

Someone needs to make sure the staff at these border control posts do not move around doing their job as if next week will do. There is a tendency in many jobs for staff to move around at a slow pace, lets make sure the staff start as they need to carry on.

[@edwardcharlton1396]

We're still "Getting Brexit Done"

[@MrZombiemaster99]

Shop from local farmers more home manufacturing...we shouldn't leave ourselves dependent on others countries for basics