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
    @willumwhitmore941928 күн бұрын

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

  • @whackeryounis

    @whackeryounis

    28 күн бұрын

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

  • @firefox5926

    @firefox5926

    28 күн бұрын

    what do you mean ? i thought they already were lol

  • @user-ol6rd7pl5t

    @user-ol6rd7pl5t

    28 күн бұрын

    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

    @raymondwebb4179

    28 күн бұрын

    Ites planned that way,

  • @Mar-enfrance

    @Mar-enfrance

    28 күн бұрын

    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
    @MoebiusUK28 күн бұрын

    _" 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

    @jmolofsson

    28 күн бұрын

    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

    @chatham43

    27 күн бұрын

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

  • @Willywin

    @Willywin

    27 күн бұрын

    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

    @peterspowage5752

    26 күн бұрын

    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
    @turnipofentropy467428 күн бұрын

    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

    @GoalSquad666

    28 күн бұрын

    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

    @stephan5673

    28 күн бұрын

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

  • @joanormrod4893

    @joanormrod4893

    28 күн бұрын

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

  • @pipins3616

    @pipins3616

    28 күн бұрын

    What about all the people who had a democratic vote

  • @peterburnett1661

    @peterburnett1661

    28 күн бұрын

    Stephan5673, Tell us a benefit of Brexit.

  • @punditgi
    @punditgi28 күн бұрын

    Another Tory scandal! 😮

  • @ecohipster7724

    @ecohipster7724

    28 күн бұрын

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

  • @RazorMouth

    @RazorMouth

    28 күн бұрын

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

  • @carlbland68

    @carlbland68

    28 күн бұрын

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

  • @vullings1968

    @vullings1968

    28 күн бұрын

    ​@@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

    @RazorMouth

    28 күн бұрын

    @@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.

  • @supernoodles91
    @supernoodles9128 күн бұрын

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

  • @shaun906

    @shaun906

    28 күн бұрын

    great comment

  • @hugodrax71

    @hugodrax71

    28 күн бұрын

    Austerity produced the ideal climate for Brexit to happen.

  • @supernoodles91

    @supernoodles91

    28 күн бұрын

    @@hugodrax71 100%

  • @Bob-bx2vk

    @Bob-bx2vk

    27 күн бұрын

    Heads? Nooo It was the 'nads

  • @martee4297

    @martee4297

    27 күн бұрын

    Austerity lead to Brexit

  • @lasttempoinparis
    @lasttempoinparis27 күн бұрын

    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

    @matthewn1805

    26 күн бұрын

    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

    @Ines-uw5gi

    26 күн бұрын

    It's not funny and only few are laughing!

  • @user-ol6rd7pl5t
    @user-ol6rd7pl5t28 күн бұрын

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

  • @evolassunglasses4673

    @evolassunglasses4673

    28 күн бұрын

    Free trade has hollowed us out. Wake up.

  • @icarus877

    @icarus877

    28 күн бұрын

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

  • @johnrussell3961

    @johnrussell3961

    28 күн бұрын

    @@icarus877 It was agreed in the TCA.

  • @Millie.com232

    @Millie.com232

    28 күн бұрын

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

  • @vullings1968

    @vullings1968

    28 күн бұрын

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

  • @user-em6ie2be7x
    @user-em6ie2be7x28 күн бұрын

    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

    @skunclep1938

    28 күн бұрын

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

  • @rb1062

    @rb1062

    28 күн бұрын

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

  • @user-ol6rd7pl5t

    @user-ol6rd7pl5t

    27 күн бұрын

    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

    @ciaranirvine

    26 күн бұрын

    @@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

    @danganbeg7225

    25 күн бұрын

    ​@@rb1062We can deal with it. Unlike you

  • @johntipeti4597
    @johntipeti459728 күн бұрын

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

  • @peterparker219

    @peterparker219

    28 күн бұрын

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

  • @nialllambert3194

    @nialllambert3194

    28 күн бұрын

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

  • @johnjephcote7636

    @johnjephcote7636

    28 күн бұрын

    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

    @rbaxter286

    28 күн бұрын

    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

    @rossmacnab2655

    28 күн бұрын

    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🤬

  • @digitalcareline
    @digitalcareline28 күн бұрын

    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.

  • @user-ol6rd7pl5t
    @user-ol6rd7pl5t28 күн бұрын

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

  • @evolassunglasses4673

    @evolassunglasses4673

    28 күн бұрын

    The EU is moving populist Right

  • @breamoreboy

    @breamoreboy

    28 күн бұрын

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

  • @JacarandaMusic

    @JacarandaMusic

    27 күн бұрын

    Or each other’s, half the time.

  • @eileencorcoran3057
    @eileencorcoran305728 күн бұрын

    So INCOMPETENT the lot of them....GREEDY

  • @KM-wl1tp

    @KM-wl1tp

    28 күн бұрын

    I agree - with your comments on the labour party

  • @BillDavies-ej6ye

    @BillDavies-ej6ye

    26 күн бұрын

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

  • @KM-wl1tp

    @KM-wl1tp

    26 күн бұрын

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

  • @globalist1990
    @globalist199026 күн бұрын

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

  • @richardc6269
    @richardc626928 күн бұрын

    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

    @vullings1968

    28 күн бұрын

    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

    @gameofender4463

    28 күн бұрын

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

  • @charlievarley

    @charlievarley

    28 күн бұрын

    @@gameofender4463 What did they vote for then?

  • @hugodrax71

    @hugodrax71

    28 күн бұрын

    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

    @vullings1968

    28 күн бұрын

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

  • @davdonoghue
    @davdonoghue28 күн бұрын

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

  • @shaun906

    @shaun906

    28 күн бұрын

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

  • @gameofender4463

    @gameofender4463

    28 күн бұрын

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

  • @shaun906

    @shaun906

    28 күн бұрын

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

  • @skinless333x2

    @skinless333x2

    28 күн бұрын

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

  • @gameofender4463

    @gameofender4463

    28 күн бұрын

    @@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.

  • @tablet6109
    @tablet610928 күн бұрын

    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

    @johnjephcote7636

    28 күн бұрын

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

  • @rb1062

    @rb1062

    28 күн бұрын

    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.

  • @julianshepherd2038
    @julianshepherd203828 күн бұрын

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

  • @DaGabbaGangsta

    @DaGabbaGangsta

    28 күн бұрын

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

  • @stephan5673

    @stephan5673

    28 күн бұрын

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

  • @Pierrick2009

    @Pierrick2009

    28 күн бұрын

    posted from your local weatherspoons?@@stephan5673

  • @pandora8478

    @pandora8478

    28 күн бұрын

    @@stephan5673why? What are the positive aspects?

  • @Rosskles

    @Rosskles

    28 күн бұрын

    ​@@stephan5673 Why did you vote for it?

  • @toxictony4230
    @toxictony423028 күн бұрын

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

  • @johnrussell3961

    @johnrussell3961

    28 күн бұрын

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

  • @Jim1255783

    @Jim1255783

    28 күн бұрын

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

  • @vullings1968

    @vullings1968

    28 күн бұрын

    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

    @user-bt8cz9nv4x

    28 күн бұрын

    @@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

    @skinless333x2

    28 күн бұрын

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

  • @Nice0n3
    @Nice0n328 күн бұрын

    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

    @danoneill8751

    28 күн бұрын

    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

    @jamesandrew1750

    28 күн бұрын

    So you're against endless state spending?

  • @Nice0n3

    @Nice0n3

    28 күн бұрын

    @@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

    @hanszieten6288

    28 күн бұрын

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

  • @Nice0n3

    @Nice0n3

    28 күн бұрын

    @@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.

  • @IMBlakeley
    @IMBlakeley28 күн бұрын

    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

    @chatham43

    27 күн бұрын

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

  • @specialized500
    @specialized50028 күн бұрын

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

  • @vullings1968

    @vullings1968

    28 күн бұрын

    Money isn't a guarantee for logic.

  • @izzytrue8630
    @izzytrue863028 күн бұрын

    Not idiots ... crooks!!!

  • @HamishM22
    @HamishM2228 күн бұрын

    £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

    @mikkokarjalainen6480

    28 күн бұрын

    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

    @Ribod

    28 күн бұрын

    You forgot the pint bottles of wine.😄

  • @supernoodles91

    @supernoodles91

    28 күн бұрын

    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

    @vullings1968

    28 күн бұрын

    ​@@RibodAnd crown stamps on pint glasses.

  • @peterparker219

    @peterparker219

    28 күн бұрын

    And flushing sewage freely into the rivers and seas.

  • @kevonslims7269
    @kevonslims726928 күн бұрын

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

  • @vullings1968

    @vullings1968

    28 күн бұрын

    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

    @stevewebster8527

    27 күн бұрын

    Stella Creasy has called it out many times in parliament.

  • @kevonslims7269

    @kevonslims7269

    26 күн бұрын

    @@stevewebster8527 Has starmer or Rainer called it out?

  • @Rael_486
    @Rael_48628 күн бұрын

    The can has reached the end of the road. 😢

  • @vullings1968

    @vullings1968

    28 күн бұрын

    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

    @barneyrubble1964

    28 күн бұрын

    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.

  • @jyvben1520
    @jyvben152028 күн бұрын

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

  • @johnrussell3961

    @johnrussell3961

    28 күн бұрын

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

  • @JohnnyinMN
    @JohnnyinMN28 күн бұрын

    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

    @jamesprivet

    23 күн бұрын

    And PR.

  • @rumblepuffgaming9415
    @rumblepuffgaming941528 күн бұрын

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

  • @tat5383
    @tat538328 күн бұрын

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

  • @vullings1968

    @vullings1968

    28 күн бұрын

    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

    @joanormrod4893

    28 күн бұрын

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

  • @habi0187

    @habi0187

    28 күн бұрын

    ​@@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

    @johnjephcote7636

    28 күн бұрын

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

  • @johnjephcote7636

    @johnjephcote7636

    28 күн бұрын

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

  • @TheMrReee
    @TheMrReee28 күн бұрын

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

  • @sigiriya5149

    @sigiriya5149

    28 күн бұрын

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

  • @gameofender4463

    @gameofender4463

    28 күн бұрын

    @@sigiriya5149Good.

  • @JohnnyinMN

    @JohnnyinMN

    28 күн бұрын

    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

    @gameofender4463

    28 күн бұрын

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

  • @das-se4xl

    @das-se4xl

    28 күн бұрын

    ​@@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?

  • @ukulelelab4219
    @ukulelelab421927 күн бұрын

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

  • @markhyde1970
    @markhyde197028 күн бұрын

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

  • @vullings1968

    @vullings1968

    28 күн бұрын

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

  • @politics392
    @politics39228 күн бұрын

    Get the conservatives out

  • @johnnypatterson7512
    @johnnypatterson751228 күн бұрын

    Still waiting on that single Brexit benefit.

  • @gameofender4463

    @gameofender4463

    28 күн бұрын

    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

    @shaun906

    28 күн бұрын

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

  • @chatham43

    @chatham43

    28 күн бұрын

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

  • @rb1062

    @rb1062

    28 күн бұрын

    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

    @matthewstrange3778

    27 күн бұрын

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

  • @00wheelie00
    @00wheelie0028 күн бұрын

    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

    @davebaz8142

    26 күн бұрын

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

  • @00wheelie00

    @00wheelie00

    26 күн бұрын

    @@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.

  • @JV-ks3eb
    @JV-ks3eb28 күн бұрын

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

  • @vullings1968

    @vullings1968

    28 күн бұрын

    You sill have that money to spare?

  • @AlexGys9

    @AlexGys9

    28 күн бұрын

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

  • @christianweller4288
    @christianweller428828 күн бұрын

    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

    @vullings1968

    28 күн бұрын

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

  • @jsanders100
    @jsanders10028 күн бұрын

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

  • @rb1062

    @rb1062

    28 күн бұрын

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

  • @555frontier

    @555frontier

    27 күн бұрын

    That's enough for an app that nobody uses.

  • @chatham43

    @chatham43

    27 күн бұрын

    Or the trillions spent on Lockdown!

  • @arkskotch1589
    @arkskotch158928 күн бұрын

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

  • @TheGava4

    @TheGava4

    28 күн бұрын

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

  • @arkskotch1589

    @arkskotch1589

    28 күн бұрын

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

  • @Skygrey2943

    @Skygrey2943

    28 күн бұрын

    At least the Tories got rich off it.

  • @lizdocherty3067

    @lizdocherty3067

    28 күн бұрын

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

  • @peterparker219

    @peterparker219

    28 күн бұрын

    So let the hunger games begin 🎉

  • @WinstonMelbourne-vt2vt
    @WinstonMelbourne-vt2vt28 күн бұрын

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

  • @RazorMouth

    @RazorMouth

    28 күн бұрын

    Apply to "join" Rejoin doesn't exist.

  • @WinstonMelbourne-vt2vt

    @WinstonMelbourne-vt2vt

    28 күн бұрын

    @@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

    @RazorMouth

    28 күн бұрын

    @@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

    @AlexGys9

    28 күн бұрын

    @@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

    @AlexGys9

    28 күн бұрын

    @@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.

  • @sobelsb
    @sobelsb28 күн бұрын

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

  • @markhodge3112

    @markhodge3112

    27 күн бұрын

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

  • @hailstone2554
    @hailstone255428 күн бұрын

    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

    @chatham43

    27 күн бұрын

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

  • @hailstone2554

    @hailstone2554

    27 күн бұрын

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

  • @terrytopliss9506
    @terrytopliss950628 күн бұрын

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

  • @user-ec5xn8by4s
    @user-ec5xn8by4s28 күн бұрын

    public dont care as long as they have an iPhone.

  • @cg986
    @cg98628 күн бұрын

    What an absolute disaster.

  • @pabs8345
    @pabs834528 күн бұрын

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

  • @rb1062

    @rb1062

    28 күн бұрын

    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.

  • @barneyrubble1964
    @barneyrubble196428 күн бұрын

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

  • @rb1062

    @rb1062

    28 күн бұрын

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

  • @Cornu341

    @Cornu341

    26 күн бұрын

    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

  • @stevenbusby5702
    @stevenbusby570228 күн бұрын

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

  • @medorajoe7542
    @medorajoe754227 күн бұрын

    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

  • @user-xg6td3sc8w
    @user-xg6td3sc8w26 күн бұрын

    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.

  • @firefox5926
    @firefox592628 күн бұрын

    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

    @AlexGys9

    28 күн бұрын

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

  • @bobmason1361
    @bobmason136127 күн бұрын

    The worlds biggest heist?

  • @godot-whatyouvebeenwaitingfor
    @godot-whatyouvebeenwaitingfor28 күн бұрын

    Move to Europe..

  • @alwhyte6533

    @alwhyte6533

    28 күн бұрын

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

  • @fylbike

    @fylbike

    27 күн бұрын

    If only we could

  • @Bluebluepoodle
    @Bluebluepoodle28 күн бұрын

    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

    @chatham43

    27 күн бұрын

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

  • @actuallypaulstanley
    @actuallypaulstanley28 күн бұрын

    £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... ;-)

  • @theresenydahl9531
    @theresenydahl953128 күн бұрын

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

  • @philipwilliams2310
    @philipwilliams231028 күн бұрын

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

  • @marknaylor9394
    @marknaylor939428 күн бұрын

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

  • @cloggyparsons2388
    @cloggyparsons238828 күн бұрын

    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

    @rb1062

    28 күн бұрын

    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.

  • @GarryJones61
    @GarryJones6126 күн бұрын

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

  • @georgek3398
    @georgek339828 күн бұрын

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

  • @vullings1968

    @vullings1968

    28 күн бұрын

    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.

  • @chrstnldg6652
    @chrstnldg665228 күн бұрын

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

  • @sararichardson737
    @sararichardson73728 күн бұрын

    It’s a huge embarrassment.

  • @carlettoburacco9235
    @carlettoburacco923527 күн бұрын

    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.

  • @SalRizzFON
    @SalRizzFON28 күн бұрын

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

  • @ZenKaizen7
    @ZenKaizen728 күн бұрын

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

  • @bencops
    @bencops27 күн бұрын

    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?

  • @hugodrax71
    @hugodrax7128 күн бұрын

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

  • @AlexGys9

    @AlexGys9

    28 күн бұрын

    Argentina on the Channel would have been more accurate.

  • @krishrajah
    @krishrajah28 күн бұрын

    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

    @chatham43

    27 күн бұрын

    @krish So lets all celebrate!

  • @dextercool
    @dextercool28 күн бұрын

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

  • @supernoodles91

    @supernoodles91

    28 күн бұрын

    I think you mean 'sovrinty'........😉

  • @WeejimmySnazberry

    @WeejimmySnazberry

    28 күн бұрын

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

  • @supernoodles91

    @supernoodles91

    28 күн бұрын

    @@WeejimmySnazberry 🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @joanormrod4893
    @joanormrod489328 күн бұрын

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

  • @ben_jam
    @ben_jam27 күн бұрын

    Keep exposing them please

  • @adc4756
    @adc475628 күн бұрын

    It ends with the UK applying to rejoin the EU as it was always going to. Why? Because anything else would be insane. Reality was always going to kick in eventually.

  • @Cornu341

    @Cornu341

    26 күн бұрын

    One possible outcome could also be the breakup of the UK in its nations

  • @martinhommel9967
    @martinhommel996728 күн бұрын

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

  • @AgentGreyFox
    @AgentGreyFox28 күн бұрын

    Remember project fear? More like project reality. Well done Gammons! Vote to leave everything and blame everyone else!

  • @Bloodeagle781

    @Bloodeagle781

    28 күн бұрын

    Yeah I remember it well, hopefully you are keeping up to date with your boosters?

  • @chicotime69
    @chicotime6927 күн бұрын

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

  • @bjrnhjjakobsen2174
    @bjrnhjjakobsen217428 күн бұрын

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

  • @finianlacy8827
    @finianlacy882727 күн бұрын

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

  • @robbarnett6936
    @robbarnett69362 күн бұрын

    I have a lot of experience using carnets and border checks prior to Brexit. I saw all this coming back in 2019, where I stopped driving into Europe and found another career instead.

  • @godot-whatyouvebeenwaitingfor
    @godot-whatyouvebeenwaitingfor28 күн бұрын

    Even turkeys don't vote for Christmas..

  • @user-tl3hu2lh6u
    @user-tl3hu2lh6u28 күн бұрын

    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.🧐🤷‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤷🏽‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️🤷🏼‍♀️

  • @abbersj2935
    @abbersj293528 күн бұрын

    "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

    @vullings1968

    28 күн бұрын

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

  • @abbersj2935

    @abbersj2935

    28 күн бұрын

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

  • @vullings1968

    @vullings1968

    28 күн бұрын

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

  • @Lee-wv8vn
    @Lee-wv8vn28 күн бұрын

    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.

  • @Greenpoloboy3
    @Greenpoloboy328 күн бұрын

    Don't worry. Rishi has a plan.

  • @user-ol6rd7pl5t

    @user-ol6rd7pl5t

    28 күн бұрын

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

  • @willumwhitmore9419

    @willumwhitmore9419

    28 күн бұрын

    and the plan is to go to California

  • @Greenpoloboy3

    @Greenpoloboy3

    26 күн бұрын

    @@willumwhitmore9419 haha

  • @tablet6109
    @tablet610928 күн бұрын

    Why was Radcliffe given airtime

  • @alexanderprice6612
    @alexanderprice661226 күн бұрын

    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.

  • @timq8470
    @timq847028 күн бұрын

    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?

  • @jonsmith1162
    @jonsmith116227 күн бұрын

    I assume that LBC will be covering the Ernst & Young report that's just come out showing that the UK is the number 1 destination for investment in financial services?

  • @BJSR1
    @BJSR128 күн бұрын

    I can't go anywhere without United catching strays😅

  • @racingBandit98
    @racingBandit9827 күн бұрын

    "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!

  • @mdb4michele
    @mdb4michele26 күн бұрын

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

  • @mininigenovesi7333
    @mininigenovesi733327 күн бұрын

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

  • @JRattheranch
    @JRattheranch28 күн бұрын

    James! You're forgetting the fact the business thinks that their fees.... Fees only mind, will cost £2.3 Billion on top of these costs! This assessment does take into account other losses due to border holdups! How can the possibly, or which of the prime idiots, thought you could run a border inspection facility 12 hours a day! Only ½ day to check all these consignments that run 24/7. I'm truly astonished and flabbergasted!

  • @MrsGardiner
    @MrsGardiner28 күн бұрын

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

  • @chrispurusha
    @chrispurusha27 күн бұрын

    “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

  • @mrwidestrides4802
    @mrwidestrides480228 күн бұрын

    Follow where the money goes. I wouldn't be surprised that some of the ppe companies are now offering border checks service. Everything is permitted within unchecked greed.

  • @JacarandaMusic
    @JacarandaMusic27 күн бұрын

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

  • @nicks4934

    @nicks4934

    27 күн бұрын

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

  • @Gert-DK
    @Gert-DK28 күн бұрын

    Do the public elect the best for Parliament? I wonder!!

  • @youngThrashbarg
    @youngThrashbarg28 күн бұрын

    Nobody talked about these costs before the referendum?

  • @user-ol6rd7pl5t

    @user-ol6rd7pl5t

    28 күн бұрын

    Yes we did, it was dismissed as "project fear".

  • @lizdocherty3067

    @lizdocherty3067

    28 күн бұрын

    And farmers and fishermen thought they would make a killing that's why many of them voted for it, cos Mogg and Bojo 🤡 told them so and the believed them

  • @IMBlakeley

    @IMBlakeley

    28 күн бұрын

    They did, then the thickies stuck their fingers in their ears and went "la la la can't hear you."

  • @das-se4xl

    @das-se4xl

    28 күн бұрын

    Leaving the single market and customs union was explained over and over again but was brushed off as project fear, which is now project reality, these checks should have started on the 01/01/2020, the EU started these checks on that date and the UK has postponed them 5 times, more checks coming this October also.

  • @shaun906
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    the only thing i can think of that has had a dramatic change to how society functions is the reformation!

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