The French Reaction To Our Latest Brexit Woes
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- čas přidán 3. 05. 2024
- This week saw the second phase of the government’s new post Brexit border Target operating model kick in. This means that as of now, there’s a steep increase in the cost of bringing almost everything into the United Kingdom - for instance an extra tax of 761 pounds for each lorry load entering Brexit Island. In this video, as well as highlighting the implications for UK inflation and the cost of living, I also want to bring you the stunned yet amused reaction from our French neighbours over at the French language version of the France 24 news channel, France vingt-quatre.
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The grifting of the UK authorities is really stunning. First they expect the exporter from outside the UK to pay the VAT. It would be normal to have this done by the importer within the UK. E.g. as a German I am busy enough to cope with the German burocracy and I should not bother about the problems my UK customer is having with his authorities. When it comes to imports German authorities do only ask for refunds of actual expenses and work done by the cusoms authorities. Just checking paperwork at an official site is free of charge. Moreover checks need not be done at the border itself but may be done at the customs office of the receiver of the goods. What the heck has the UK government been doing since 2016? They are basically blaming the EU for their own lazyness and inventing taxes for doing nothing.
What is one to EXPECT from CRIMINAL RACIST INCOMPETENT UNQUALIFIED DIMWITTED POLITICIANS On the LITTLE BRITAIN SIDE 🤮🤮🤮
THERE ARE IDIOTS IN OFFICE EVERYWHERE - BUT THE LITTLE BRIT FOOLS DRESSED AS LORDS 😂😂😂 LIKE 269 YEARS AGO, AND THE THIEFS IN #10, ARE BEATING ANY FOOL - PLANETWIDE WITH BOTH HANDS TIED BEHIND THEIR BACK.
THEY HAVE NO CLUE ABOUT LAWS, TRADE RULES , WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A THIRD COUNTRY - NOTHING - Z E R O
THOSE NEARLY 4 YEARS OF BREXIT EXIT NEGOTIATIONS SHOWED THE ENTIRE WORLD THAT LITTLE BRITAIN IS LEAD BY INCOMPETENT UNQUALIFIED LYING DIMWITTED RACIST FOOLS - VOTED INTO OFFICE BY INCOMPETENT UNQUALIFIED LYING RACIST DIMWITTED VOTERS - THAT'S HOW THE COOKIE CRUMBLES
GOOD RIDDENS
AND THE LITTLE BRIT FOOLS ARE VERY VERY LUCKY THAT I DON'T MAKE THE RULES - NOT A SINGLE PRODUCT WOULD BE ALLOWED TO LEAVE THE EU IN DIRECTION OF THOSE LIARS - NOT A SINGLE VISA GIVEN - INTO ANY EU COUNTRY TO LYING RACIST BRITS.
YOU DESPISE EUROPE , WHICH YOU MADE VERY CLEAR WITH YEARS OF INSULTING AND LYING ABOUT THE EU - THEN YOU WILL NOT COME TRAVEL FOR YOUR VACATION INTO AN EU COUNTRY - STAY ON YOUR PILE OF ROCKS AND STAY AWAY. FOREVER 🤮
They are a shambles. The shambles is entirely political in reality. It isn't the fault of the civil service itself.
I say this as a Brit who until Brexit used to work in the private sector implementing IT systems for the British tax authority and customs service (HMRC).
"I should not bother about the problems my UK customer is having with his authorities"
To put this into context, British businesses would say that they shouldn't have to bother about the problems that their European customers are having with their authorities in 27 countries of the EU (plus those outside of the EU but part of the single market). But of course, since Brexit they do have bother about such things. As do you if you want to sell into the UK. Which may very well be the reason that you stop selling into the UK! 🙂
And who could blame you? Or your British counterparts selling the other way. As somebody who is also based in the EU and who used to import goods from British suppliers (because they were very good and cost competitive) I'm afraid to say that we can no longer be bothered with the hassle of importing from the UK and many of our British suppliers have simply given up exporting to the EU (because it's a world of hurt for them and us).
The whole thing is a disaster. And in the UK that's compounded by political incompetence, political wishful thinking, almost completely ignoring the business sector (and not engaging constructively with the people who actually know what they're doing) and discovering that all the extra bureaucracy that is now required (having left the EU) comes at a price that the government hasn't budgeted for.
And to answer your question about what the UK government has been doing since 2016, for a large chunk of that time it has been doing precisely nothing to prepare for what was coming and when it started preparing for this it was simply far too late. But even then, infrastructure that was built specifically to accommodate many of the import-related inspection services (such as at the UK's second busiest channel port at Portsmouth) was wasted and may indeed be demolished. The local government in Portsmouth is now heavily out of pocket due to this mess and wants compensation from the British government as a result.
The whole thing is idiotic from beginning to end. But you're right, the British government is lazy (as well as incompetent) and indeed they do, more often than not, point fingers at the EU for things that are entirely their fault.
It's simply a matter of corruption and incompetence, but then at staggering costs for the British taxpayers. The uber-wealthy Tories only got more wealthy.
I get the impression that the UK is still in shock that Brexit actually happened. The Brexiteers did so much disinformation and so many people believed it that the gov't hasn't really needed to do anything about anything. So many Brits don't understand the ramifications of Brexit. It doesn't make any difference to those in the current gov't. Next elections perhaps Labour will win and the Conservatives will blame all the consequences of Brexit (they'll really be hitting the fan by then) on Labour. Why should the current gov't do anything about Brexit? do they care about the country losing millions in customs revenues or the fact that so many goods imported, unchecked have been contaminated and unfit for human consumption? They don't eat that stuff so it isn't their problem. The Conservatives seem to live in their little world of 'governing' where they say what they think will make them look good, look like they're busy, efficient while all they actually do is find ways to increase their bank accounts while they still can. They're still going on about illegal immigrants and people crossing the Channel illegally and all that garbage that gets the racist, xenophobic minority all excited. Did anyone really expect the Conservatives to actually do anything about Brexit? I mean, really?
Nigel Farage should be held accountable for this mess
Who put whitey in the white house? You did baby you did....
What mess? Check out unemployment in many EU countries versus UK.
@@davidwedlock2622 Stop sucking Tory dick.
And the fault of Jolly Japes Johnson, that great Truth Teller!
For what 52% of the British electorate being xenophobic shitasses!
Why wouldn't they be laughing? Brexit was a ridiculous thing to vote for and then impose upon ourselves. If it were another EU country that had decided to leave in the way we did instead, no doubt we'd be looking at them, shaking our heads and laughing at THEIR idiocy.
Indeed😂
Collect your free self flagellation whips at your local council office.
Brexshit, a British joke even Germans laughing about!
Funny that because a number of countries are now questioning their own membership in the union.
@@pedroloco9327 Name them.
I wonder if that flower shop lady who was happy that the UK left the EU (BBC 2016) is still in business. 🤔
Nothing can beat the arrogance of English feelings of racial superiority. Anyone not born on English soil from 5 generations of English is a "foreigner who does not understand".
She was last seen eating tulip bulbs.
@@ralphmacchiato3761 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@ralphmacchiato3761 Oh Ralph !! :)
@ralphmacchiato3761 uk will be the worldleader in growing there own flowers 💐 ... & Artificial Intelligence.... and fishing , and growing beef, and farming. And refugees sending to foreign countries uk doesn't like but there are so so so safe 🙄 why the english dont go to Rwanda to be expats .???? I wonder why
France started preparing their border control checks on the day after the referendum in 2016…
Absolument !
Ireland set up a Brexit committee the day the referendum was called.
When the result was announced, Ireland had a team in Brussels the next day briefing the European Union commission on Ireland position explaining the Belfast or Good Friday Agreement and the border situation. Not alone that, every member of the European Union were fully briefed, as well as being kept up to date as the talks proceeded.
The border checks in EU were always there in any EU country with ports or landborders to third countries. The only thing needed was to start implementing the third country customs rules and checks for goods from UK.
@@williampatrickfagan7590 😠 Indeed. I remember that photograph of the European Union delegates and the British team around a table. The EU delegates had files on the table. The British delegates, led by David Davies, had . . . NOTHING 🥴!
Actually, Ireland started its Brixit contingency planning about FOUR YEARS BEFORE David Cameron announced the date of that self-harming referendum.
THREE YEARS before the referendum, and the Irish Civil Service, along with all the economic stakeholders, was working from an 85 page document which every possible version of Brixit and the appropriate Irish response.
By the time the UK finally committed its idiotic Brixit, all the required facilities for border checks were in place, as were the required, properly trained, people. Full dress rehearsals were held at least twice before Brixit Day.
Even Jacob Reed Mogg thinks this is an act of self harm. That's all you need to know.
He admitted to that, on camera, while lorries with every kind of contraband you can imagine roared past him left and right, in an embarrassing attempt to avoid empty shelves, delays and food shortages on plague island.
Imagine believing anything that cos-playing clown says.. What you see is what you get.
Yes however he moved his business to Dublin straight away , he was not going to suffer like the rest of us
Jacob Rich-Smug’s Dublin-based business was wound up last year.
"This" isn't the self-harm, his initial LSOS Brexit was the ultimate suicide, but he doesn't care cuz never affects the Vulture Capitalists and Neo-Liberal Crooks who have written the rules and used their money to avoid what The Proles can't.
And, soon he'll have a lot of even poorer, hungrier Proles to chose his expanded house staff from.
An actual Brexit benefit - you've given France and the rest of the world a good laugh 🎉
On a slightly less smug and self satisified note, it also kinda killed any talk of a "Frexit" that was gaining quite a bit of traction. (It'll come back sooner or later but at least it's seriously delayed).
@@s.m.2523 NO, it won't. You're in anti France mental fantasy land. You -- along with Nazi-collaborator descendant Marie LePen -- and France's few remaining wanna-be fascists.
I'm quiet fond of british humor, but this time they really pushed it too far...
Macron consistently gives the rest of the world a good laugh!
@@hughmiller9737 Really ? Because being french, his two presidencies feels more like a car accident in slow motion. Viscerally fascinating in a gruesome sort of way but not exactly funny or enjoyable.... (.. although I guess that's because I'm in the car, maybe some people outside may feel some serious shadenfreude)
I truly despise the Brexitards.
So, what are you going to do about it? Going to join the push to get these traitors prosecuted for treason or just whine about it? What they've done is thousands of times worse than what Guy Fawkes was hanged for.
They are more to be pitied than despised, it must be hard being that thick.
You are projecting
Your hatred is a reflection of your own self pity and self loathing
@@lordsummerisle852 naa that's you that is.......lol.
@@lordsummerisle852protecting? What? Your weak ego? 😂😂😂😂
Napoleon rose from the grave to award the Tories collectively the Legion d'Honneur for making his continental system work.
The E.U. in no way whatsoever resembles Bonaparte's Continental System. If you choose to post nonsense be prepared to be mocked.
Ah so you are seeing Napoleon? Yes many Remainers seem to believe themselves to currently be Napoleon or in a past life. Is Napoleon in the room with you now and can anyone else see him?
Nah, I happened to run into Napoleon last week and his only comment was "très amusantes"
@@stewie7338 "Remainer" is no longer valid. Use "Rejoiner" and be up to date.
reincarnate thatcher.
For anyone that says “this wasn’t the Brexit I voted for”, remind them that this was exactly what they voted for. They voted to leave the EU, and the only legal way to leave the EU was to trigger article 50, and then enter into negotiations with the EU to determine the details of the leave agreement - which is exactly what May, Johnson, Truss and Sunak have done. E.g.
- Let’s go on holiday, you can choose where.
- All sorted. I have bought the tickets, and we are going to Mongolia.
- But I don’t want to go to Mongolia.
- Well, you should have said that I should suggest a destination, rather than I can choose a destination.
It's not just the extra tax, it's also the cost of the extra petrol trucks need to burn to keep their cargo refrigerated while they wait a whole day or more on the Dover parking lot.
+ all the extra local pollution .
@@jonsimmons4150 On a boat the refrigeration unit of reefer containers are connected to the boat's power. On a truck they're connected on the truck's generator. Where did you think the power comes from? Fairy dust?
Clown. 🤣👍
@@mururoa7024 On the ferry they are connected to the ship's onboard AC elec supply, powered by heavyoil, diesel, or gas. On the road or parked the trailers have normally a diesel powered reefer unit.
@@BrianV-ie4mw Thanks for reiterating what I said.
@@mururoa7024 You are confusing being snarky . . . with being smart.
You don't hear much of that in the BBC or other mainstream media channels, hm?
They are mostly run by Tories and those sympathetic to Tories, so no real surprise.
Including the BBC, many of whom in it will have gone to the same schools as government ministers.
Laura K in and Fiona Bruce in particular. They are a disgrace to women everywhere .
No, they're all frit for their jobs.
@@Ystadcop
That too, but I think with most of them they truly have no idea about the normal lives of others.
Smothered by the local elections. Typical Tories: release bad news when there’s something else that takes priority in the news
As a French my question is : is your NHS really better ? Because it should be ! So much money you « got back » !
No. The NHS isn't better (and certainly not compared with the French healthcare system!) although it used to be better value for money at one time. And as you well know, the £350 million a week for the NHS as a result of Brexit was always a blatant lie.
What isn't a lie is that many EU citizens who would've worked in the NHS until Brexit now no longer choose to do so. Which means the NHS is even more understaffed as a result. And as in some parts of France (though for very different reasons), it can be difficult to get an appointment with a doctor.
And, mon amis français, from the perspective of those of us who never agreed with Brexit, all of this was entirely predictable. 😀 So your joke was and still is very depressing.... 😂
@@appstratum9747 - I know…. and honestly, I could not believe the result of the vote when it came out in 2016. What I predicted at the time and became reality, is that GB will have to endure so many hardships as the result of this choice, that no one (reasonable) will ever question the opportunity of living the EU for the next few decades.
Until then, the favorite exercise of our politicians was to make unreasonable promesses when running…. To justify their failures saying « the EU didn’t allow us to do so… » once elected ! Now even the far right as given up talking about a Frexit ! And as a result…. I sleep much better ! Small mercies, right !
@@icitlalistardust9060 Indeed. Exactly right.
good point we were lied to they should face prison
The NHS got more money, but it has inherent problems that limit the money being well spent.
WHO IS THE BIGGER FOOL; THE FOOL, OR THE FOOL THAT FOLLOWS HIM !?
The fool speaks, the devil believes
When looking for fools, consider this - Every parliamentary political party, including the Conservatives, was pro-Remain in 2016. Only 140 Conservative MPs were Brexiteers, 187 were Remainers and 3 undeclared. All the other Parties were even more overwhelmingly pro-Remain. The whole political class was overwhelmingly pro-Remain. UKIP never had an MP elected to Parliament and so wasn't part of the political class at Westminster. The only representation UKIP ever got was in Brussels, where the list system allowed them to get a foothold they were able to expand. The constitutionally unnecessary Brexit referendum was called at a time of his own choosing by a Remain Prime Minister, leading a largely Remain parliamentary political party in a parliament overwhelmingly pro-Remain, at a time when the polls indicated that EU membership was not the electorate's leading electoral issue. Remain outspent Leave 3:2. Every major national institution was in favour of Remain and the Remain government chose the wording of the referendum question and advocated people vote No to Brexit. The poll of polls also indicated a small pro-Remain popular majority in the year up to the referendum. Remainers therefore hold a heavy share of responsibility for Brexit.
I was thinking of setting up a Brexit museum to record all the things we lost. A nostalgic reminder of a time before Brexit, the freedoms and choice we had. A contrast to our dystopian, claustrophobic, corrupt, extreme far right, xenophobic, racist, and bigoted present.
in a nutshel, well said!
Great idea. It might attract a lot of amused visitors from the EU.
And now Sunak wants to leave the ECtHR based on the ECHR that the best UK post war legal minds drafted…
Frankly, I can barely tell the difference between before and after, beyond the disappearance of thick cut orange marmalade from all four local supermarkets.
@@maryx8434I don't go to britain, I couldn't be bothered with a foreign currency.
French here. If you ever think people are happy you are in trouble : it isn't. Most are glad you have "tested" it and shown it's a mess. Marine Le Pen used to say Frexit was her main goal, now she just asks for a referendum :"People should decide if they want".
You ve been fooled, every trouble was because of Europe they said (even now, Brexit is difficult because of Europe you know...). Really sad for british workers who have confidently voted : it s gonna be more difficult for them because of this mess :/
Brexit was Europe's vaccine, we tasted a bit of the disease to become immune
French here. Given how much you guys used to belittle us since a couple of decades, adding to what was said during the Brexit campaign, i can say i'm amongst those happy you are in trouble. Hate and despise me all you want: you already did plenty enough to justify the fair return. Thanks for that full circle: it's gonna roll for long!
It isn't just checks on EU made food products, it means also checks on goods which have gone through EUrope via the international Carnet system...
Uk food crises will get worse
They will, that is guaranteed.
Britain is now, as far as EU/EEA producers, suppliers, and truck drivers are concerned, the LAST market they will supply.
Too much hassle, too many delays, and far too expensive.
Truckers routinely refuse to transport stuff to Britain because they almost always have to make their return journey empty. Again, it’s just far too expensive to be worth the hassle.
@@gloin10
And the poorest will suffer the most. But hey the good news is we will get more foodbanks.
😡🤬
@@snowiecat456 Of course . The UK government doesn't give a *********
Uk food get worse
What "food crisis"?
The big paradox is that in order to become a wealthy country after Brexit, the UK must embrace thousands of migrant workers to achieve it.
I've not heard a single person support Brexit that have called in to radio chat shows. There are, however, many that call in that have deep regrets now.
Neither wonder other countries are laughing at us, well said sir, I dread to think what is going to happen to the people,I live in Scotland 🏴 and we want independence and back into the EU, who can blame us, this country is finished,and it’s all thanks to the Torys,and all to keep their offshore accounts secret,thank you again for your analogy brilliant as usual
I’d like Scotland and northern Ireland come back with us too …
😧 Do not dismiss the many English supporters of the European Union 🇪🇺. I am one such person. I have no chance of seeing England returning to civilisation as displayed through the EU.
In passing, did you hear that the Blond Buffoon brought the WRONG photo id when attempting to vote in the Mayoral and London Assembly elections? Sent away, like a silly boy, with egg on his face 🥴!
Say hello to the *Republic of Scotland* and *Union of Ireland*
When the voting results came in, I was really gutted for Scotland. For weeks I have been hoping for a Scottish independence referendum. What a pity !
Today you live in a new country, the disUnited-Kingdom.
Errrr.... NO, the Scottish people have not indicated that they want independence, even if they have indicated they wanted to stay in the EU.
The voters have punished the Tories in the local elections and the by-election. Time now for the general election and a new PM!
Thanks for the timely update from France 24. I lived for a time in France and watch France 24 in French to keep up with the French perspective. Mille mercis, monsieur! 🎉😊
I live in France and get good untainted views of UK politics from France 24. The UK press perspective is so heavily biased and not worth considering. I've stopped watching or relying on UK TV content since at least 5 years now.
My homeland is an international embarrassment 🙄
The BBC is Globalist propaganda.@@grahamlees4394
@@grahamlees4394 The UK press & media largely don't really want to remind voters of the absurdity of Brexit or present critical and factual analysis of it. They skirt around it for the most part. The BBC falls over itself to avoid the B word, lest the government accuse it of "left wing bias".
France 24 (English and French services) are pretty straight about Brexit as is CNN international and DW of Germany. CNN Portugal (in Portuguese) is first rate, by the way. I briefly worked for CNN International in CNN Center (Atlanta) where CNN is based, but for me the best news channel they have (that I've seen) is their Portuguese subsidiary channel. By some margin it trounces all of the others for depth and breadth of international news content. Which is great if you speak Portuguese. But not so useful if you don't.
The satellite and cable/fibre operators here in Portugal stopped carrying the BBC World news channel a couple of years ago. And to be honest it was pretty poor so no great loss.
I have just shared this video with my brother who voted for Brexit and still thinks it was the right thing to do🤣🤣. He is intelligent, runs his own business and is widely travelled. I do not understand him.
His passport is blue now !
@@Baschn66
That makes all the difference...not😂😂
I don't think that voting for brexshit is a sign of intelligence.
Lots of intelligent people believe in supernatural deities. 😏
He doesn't want his country run by unelected EU bureaucrats, or overrun by third world hordes.
Brexit is brexit. It’s exactly what they voted for.
Britain providing comedic relief to the French in this stressful pre-Olympic time is the neighborly thing to do. Like a good jester the UK is always there to bring a chuckle to its continental neighbors. Thank God for British humor!
Yes it's a typically embarrassing Tory cock up. I'm laughing too, rather bleakly.
But the France 24 discussion doesn't seem to have considered the impact on the EU side: if the cost of importing goes up, the amount imported will go down. That's not so funny for the EU producers. How many French producers will have to scale back or shut down their businesses?
@@johnm2714they have a market of 450million to sell to. Sure it's a problem but that's a huge safety net.
😂😂😂
@@johnm2714 'Tis true that Brexit isn't good for anybody. But other EU countries, France included, are far less exposed to the downsides, since the UK accounts for a much smaller percentage of their trade than the EU trade represents to the UK.
France can for the most part divert food production to other markets. And that's particularly true where food production in other parts of the world is affected by the war in Ukraine (either by lower Russian/Ukrainian food exports or fertiliser from Russia that would otherwise be used in other countries for their own agriculture) or climate change. Many of these countries (e.g. Egypt) are relatively close to France. So even outside of the European Single Market, the French have plenty of options for their produce. Countries like Portugal (where I live) may buy in French produce since, like the UK, the Portuguese import a lot of certain types of food that can't be grown here all year round but that are much more available in France.
Plus, in the case of France, they're largely self-sufficient in food. Whereas the UK isn't. So businesses aside, French people don't feel quite as "hit" by Brexit as the British do. For French consumers, the one benefit of Brexit may be slightly lower food price inflation as some supply of some French national produce finds its way onto the domestic French market.
Not just continental neighbours. Even closer neighbours
With the state of the country. Sheeple are still voting tory. Ooft!
😠 And they will do so at the next general election, when the choice will be between the Old Nasty 💩 or the New Nasty 💩!
My reply in support of yours is missing . . . 😲!
They didn't this week.
@@capt.bart.roberts4975 🤔 What was the turnout at these elections? In the low 30% ? Or even lower? On such figures it is no time to crow, as we are told by our Westminster governers. Only a general election counts . . . !
@@capt.bart.roberts4975 I'm taking about those who did in the elections. Even winning a mayorship race in I think Tine Tees?
During the Covid 19 Pandemic. Boris Johnson refused the French request to test HGV drivers for the virus. As a result the French closed access to its ports this impass lasted 4 days. Nothing moved across the Channel. Who blinked FIRST.
The only Fresh Food entering Britain was from the whole of Ireland. When Britain ignores the TCA all ports will be closed to Britain.
The last year that Britain fed itself was 1832 population 35 million.
2024 Population 68+ Million.
🇮🇪🇪🇺
And if you understand that society is just 3 meals removed from total anarchy and civil war, you might understandably get a bit worried.
I think a lot of us are past just "get them out," we want judicial inquiries and people held accountable for their actions. Starting with the "Blustering Buffoon" followed by all the other protagonists who bear responsibility......enough is enough!!
Sadly that's almost impossible in England, at least, a country built so rigidly along class lines that we still have ridiculous ceremonial nonsense on the BBC, yet they won't show some of the things that do make this country great.
Why? The majority of the voters voted to leave. Why blaming the government for the voters’ choice?
@@iparipaitegianiparipaitegi4643 I doubt many of those that voted Leave voted for this mess. And it's a rock solid fact that those in charge of the leave campaigns were very clear that nothing like this would ever happen. But it has happened. And it only gets worse from here on in. Because of what those same people did AFTER the result of the Brexit referendum that had nothing WHATSOEVER to do with what they told the electorate beforehand.
In other words, they had an (advisory, non-binding) mandate to leave the European Union.
They didn't have a mandate to wreck to British economy, push up inflation, introduce new de facto taxes nor trigger a mushroom cloud of new bureaucracy. Nor trigger a threefold increase in non-European immigration.
*HOW* the UK left the European Union was very much the government's choice. Not the people's choice at all. Because the people were never specifically asked about that. And what government ended up doing directly contradicted the assurances that were given during the Leave campaigns. In other words, they lied. Serious lies with huge consequences for ordinary people. People who are now paying the price of that.
Phytosanitary restrictions between the EU and UK don't need to be applied at all, incidentally, provided the UK adheres to the European rules and regulations and doesn't invent its own. Indeed it doesn't even have a good reason to diverge from the EU in this area, whether it's part of the EU single market or not. So this has nothing, really, to do with the voter's decision to leave the EU. This is simply British government incompetence and bloody-mindedness at the expense of British consumers and businesses.
It is unjust that such abuse of power and trust is possible (along with the costs for ordinary British people) without the people responsible for this mess being held accountable. Now that the brown stuff is hitting the fan and hitting them and their families in the pocket, more people are quickly coming around to that idea.
Also the Remainers need investigating.
Consider this - Every parliamentary political party, including the Conservatives, was pro-Remain in 2016. Only 140 Conservative MPs were Brexiteers, 187 were Remainers and 3 undeclared. All the other Parties were even more overwhelmingly pro-Remain. The whole political class was overwhelmingly pro-Remain. UKIP never had an MP elected to Parliament and so wasn't part of the political class at Westminster. The only representation UKIP ever got was in Brussels, where the list system allowed them to get a foothold they were able to expand. The constitutionally unnecessary Brexit referendum was called at a time of his own choosing by a Remain Prime Minister, leading a largely Remain parliamentary political party in a parliament overwhelmingly pro-Remain, at a time when the polls indicated that EU membership was not the electorate's leading electoral issue. Remain outspent Leave 3:2. Every major national institution was in favour of Remain and the Remain government chose the wording of the referendum question and advocated people vote No to Brexit. The poll of polls also indicated a small pro-Remain popular majority in the year up to the referendum. Remainers therefore hold a heavy share of responsibility for Brexit.
@@markaxworthy2508 From "Also the Remainers need investigating" though to "Remainers therefore hold a heavy share of responsibility for Brexit", yours is perhaps the most bizarre and idiotic post I've seen this year.
And I didn't vote remain.
Grow up.
british exceptionalism knows no bounds???????
At least the inspectors are allowed to use French made Opinel knifes 🤣🤣😉
What’s the weather like in St Petersburg, or is it the gulag ?
It’s more English exceptionalism and English ignorance
@@californiadreamin8423 Open the window and have a look.
@@uweinhamburgSomeone else had to inspect the Opinels but they opened the box with a Victorinox that had to be inspected by someone else but they used a Fiskars scissors to open the Victorinox box and those scissors had to be inspected by someone else.
We know where ALL our money is going....Tory mates and donors
HUGE amounts...billions of £
😧 Rob, as the cost of living crisis continues to worsen even food banks will struggle to support those in great need. Why? Because donations will drop as the price of basic foodstuffs becomes too expensive. How long will it take before starvation occurs and people die? That is a future I do not want to experience, so death is preferable than existing as famine breaks out 😢!
The Tories don't care about the deaths of the plebs. Austerity alone caused over 300,000 AVOIDABLE DEATHS! So long as there is enough of us left to pay enough tax and enrich their mates/donors, that's all they're bothered about.
Amazing in a so called 'rich country' that we even have food banks. If people were paid a living wage then they could afford to buy food. The companies pay low wages and their workers have to get support from the government.
Children born into poor families are already up to 7cms smaller than European children. Starvation starts in the womb and, after 14 years of the tories pernicious policies and targeted attacks against those with the least, the thought of it getting worse for them is beyond heartbreaking.
@@oneoldgit 😢 I agree with you, but please do not refer to much deserved benefits as ‘handouts’. Benefits are entitlements in law, not ‘freebies’.
@@jak6326 😢 Indeed so, but there are so many hateful people who believe what they are told about the ‘undeserving’ and ‘feckless’ benefits claimants. Sadly I cannot see any hope of change for the better from the next government 😡!
I like the question "where is all the money disappearing to? "
Well said
Here is how it will go: There will e fees for the import checks, but they won't be carried out.
Depriving the British government from millions of revenue, which they will have to collect elsewhere.
Phil Pluck from the Cold Chain Fed points out that the new system needs 24hr notice of loads arriving in the UK. Some fresh loads used to be delivered inside of a few hrs, but now trucks with "fresh" food need to sit and wait for no good reason. Crazy to waste shelf-life because of a stupid system.
I was wondering how you would give 24hrs notice for a fish that has yet to be caught.
'Did you get the eggs I needed?'
'Even better than that! I got a Victorian toilet roll holder, some brass bicycle clips and a small bottle of squid ink!'
🤭
When you said: "Where is the 300 million?"
I thought: "Well, there is your Brexit win. No more accounting for/by the EU and *poof* gone is the money.... There is your Brexit profit. Not border sovereignty, not migration or any of all that.
Lower taxes for the rich and no EU telling the U.K. government they can't do that. It's all about making money disappear...".
Thanks Rob a great talk.
I try to fight any sense of schadenfreude!
Full marks to Rob for actually tracking down any Brexit content on French television. Here in Belgium I can get the French news channel LCI and I also occasionally watch France24. You can go weeks without even a reference to the UK on LCI and that despite two regular guests being French-speaking Brits! The one exception is the Royal family for which the French have a continuing fascination.
Correct and being French living in UK I never understood why British are so angry about the French thinking that we always want to throw a spanner in their works when in fact we mostly don't care about what they decide and are just slightly amused by their displayed differences. This is unfair and due to the bad UK media.
Time to rejoin the EU.
Good luck with that 😂
@@Bran9 Luck is not required just time!.
That's exactly what the British ruling class, and their Tory and Labor stooges, have wanted all along.
Sorry: *OUT IS OUT!*
Can be done. Comply with the Copenhagen criteria, get proportional representation and a real constitution, drive on the RIGHT side of the road, switch to metrics and formally ask to join. Then maybe none of the other member states will veto your entry. Good luck!
Well at least there's no longer a cap on bankers bonuses.
That must make it all worthwhile
Was that an EU cap then? I never knew that!
WAKE UP Great Britain xxx
I am still trying to make sense of Brexit after all these years. And I still can't.
Rıdıculous, stupid Tory incompetence.
Not Tory incompetence. They only allowed a vote on what they promised. It was the UK population...
mixed with Kremlin kompetence;)
Jeremy Corbyn was against the EU
But wasn’t it the UK public that voted for Brexit?
And then repeatedly re-elected the Tories to ‘get the job done’?
Yes, miisled by lies, but did not re-elect not given the right to do so.@@Gonefishin27
Smile, Englishmen ! Your former possession, Calais, will thrive thanks to the many warehouses needed for the goods waiting for the added checks. 😂😂
We are a laughing stock.
It was a french knive "Opinel" used for the controls ? Excellent choice. 🤭
The new British passports are made by a French company. And they accuse US of bigotry?
All journalist should force MP's who said, no checks, cheaper food and shoes, to admit that they were wrong before ever letting them speak about anything else.
Thank you for updating. Grim as it is and worse than expected by us remainrs. They still can not except what they have done to this country.
Nice to see British inspector using a French knife to check the potatoes
The new British passports are made by a French company. And they accuse US of bigotry?
Vous l’avez voulus, vous l’avez eu.
Great reporting Rob.
It's strange, I don't remember seeing any of this on the side of that bus! 🤔
You do not have needed to .. because Tory MPs will insist that this it the Brexit YOU wanted .. so in the words of your wise and venerable PM .. they delivered, delivered, delivered! .. praise them!
Reading the comments here one would think that nobody voted for Brexit in the UK. Amazing.
Just in time for the city Traders to loose their caps on trading deals. What a very Tory thing to do
Thanks Rob, coming back to England next week for 2 weeks, suppose I'll have to make sure I've got enough money to cover the food and restaurant bill. I've already packed a 3litre box of good wine (legally within customs limits) English equivalent cost of one litre of basic plonk 😅
Hi Andrew - No need to save. Try Wetherspoons my friend. They do inflation busting meals, lower costing beer/ales and you'll feel at home with your box of wine.
@@stewie7338 apart from the fact fact I would never enter a Tim Martin property, I prefer to eat decent food, no the crap they produce. I have eaten there in the distant past and if anywhere is going to buy the unsafe food entering the UK it will be them. Hence the low price
@@andrewgreenland1422 Hi Andrew - I think he prefers Sir Tim.
Thanks so much, Andrew. Try to enjoy your stay on Brexit Island!!
@@stewie7338 Weatherspoons are to food and drink what the Daily Express are to media! if you "feel at home" in Weatherspoons you are already beyond redemption.
Is the economic impact for the worldwide Russian boycotts the same for Russia as the self-inflicted Brexit measures for the UK itself relatively speaking?
"World wide sanctions??" I presume you are reading the British MSM, only 40+ countries are actually sanctioning Russia, and by the way many EU countries are also having to trade with Russia out of necessary reasons, by the way the WTO announced that Russian GDP is approximately 5.6% look up the UK and the EU,s rate😮😮😮
Unlike Russia, UK depends on outside world for it's food and raw materials... and don't have a "friendly" neighbour like China for it's tech imports.
Nope. Next?
The denial of the harm that is being done to the citizens of the UK by Brexit amongst Tories and Labour is gobsmacking. The majority of the UK now recognises Brexit was a mistake. I hope that we will rejoin the EU in less than a decade.
Mine's a pint of IPA (integrity, professionalism, accountability) in a pint glass stout yeoman
We will be inhaling bowls of flavoured steam for lunch at this rate…
Ha ha ha ha, Brexit - the best comedy show.
Brexiteers remind me of my Ex. She instigated the divorce because, as far as i can gather, she thought her life was going to be so much better. But now she constantly complains about the consequences and still doesn't get it that as we are no longer pooling our resources, we now for example have to pay 2 of every utility bill, 2 homes etc. etc.
Errrr..... NO. Brexiteers only advocated for divorce. It was Remainers who instigated the divorce. Consider this - Every parliamentary political party, including the Conservatives, was pro-Remain in 2016. Only 140 Conservative MPs were Brexiteers, 187 were Remainers and 3 undeclared. All the other Parties were even more overwhelmingly pro-Remain. The whole political class was overwhelmingly pro-Remain. UKIP never had an MP elected to Parliament and so wasn't part of the political class at Westminster. The only representation UKIP ever got was in Brussels, where the list system allowed them to get a foothold they were able to expand. The constitutionally unnecessary Brexit referendum was called at a time of his own choosing by a Remain Prime Minister, leading a largely Remain parliamentary political party in a parliament overwhelmingly pro-Remain, at a time when the polls indicated that EU membership was not the electorate's leading electoral issue. Remain outspent Leave 3:2. Every major national institution was in favour of Remain and the Remain government chose the wording of the referendum question and advocated people vote No to Brexit. The poll of polls also indicated a small pro-Remain popular majority in the year up to the referendum. Remainers therefore hold a heavy share of responsibility for Brexit.
@@markaxworthy2508An exercise in how to change the facts to suit your own reality
@@danganbeg7225 Interestingly, you did not dispute a single point I made. Which of the points I made was not a fact? Over to you. Well?
I do not expect a reply to my question, because everything I posted was true. Surprise me.
@@markaxworthy2508 did you vote to Remain of for Brexit ? did you call for no deal brexit ? T. May had a deal where brexit was just in the namei, it was voted down 3 times by westminster, we've had Boris promising to take the UK out, he got a oven ready deal... only problem I find with your dissection is that all political parties were for remain, yet i remember the leader of the opposition as a leaver.
@@brixtonianme9717 I see you are not disagreeing with a single point I made about the Remainer share of responsibility for Brexit. To give you another chance, here it is again:
"Brexiteers only advocated for divorce. It was Remainers who instigated the divorce. Consider this - Every parliamentary political party, including the Conservatives, was pro-Remain in 2016. Only 140 Conservative MPs were Brexiteers, 187 were Remainers and 3 undeclared. All the other Parties were even more overwhelmingly pro-Remain. The whole political class was overwhelmingly pro-Remain. UKIP never had an MP elected to Parliament and so wasn't part of the political class at Westminster. The only representation UKIP ever got was in Brussels, where the list system allowed them to get a foothold they were able to expand. The constitutionally unnecessary Brexit referendum was called at a time of his own choosing by a Remain Prime Minister, leading a largely Remain parliamentary political party in a parliament overwhelmingly pro-Remain, at a time when the polls indicated that EU membership was not the electorate's leading electoral issue. Remain outspent Leave 3:2. Every major national institution was in favour of Remain and the Remain government chose the wording of the referendum question and advocated people vote No to Brexit. The poll of polls also indicated a small pro-Remain popular majority in the year up to the referendum. Remainers therefore hold a heavy share of responsibility for Brexit."
Well? Which one is wrong? Over to you. Well?
Oh, one more thing, You say, "i remember the leader of the opposition as a leaver." Historically, he was, but according to Wikipedia, "Although critical of the European Union, he supported continued membership in the 2016 referendum."
Depressing! Detailed and informative as usual, thanks Rob.
A Czech here. So do you want us or not? Make up your mind already!
And, BTW, we’re not time-consuming. We’re beer-consuming.
Rickets and scurvy are back.
In Germany we call rickets " the English desease ". Tells it all.
We have a rhyme to maybe overcome scurvy: Wer im Sommer Kappes klaut, hat im Winter Sauerkraut. If you nick cabbage in Summer, you will have Sauerkraut in winter. 😜
Rees Mogg approves.
😢 As a small boy I saw children suffering from rickets. I never thought to see such again in my lifetime, some seventy years later 😢!
When there will be a new entry in the Collins? Brexit = Clusterfuck?
To the more serious side:
The biggest difference between UK and EU as negotiators was:
English media and discussions are followed in each EU member state - nearly all politicians understand English.
But UK politicians and news reporters mostly do not follow news from the EU.
Kudos to you following France 24 in French! :)
Hubris before nemesis springs to mind. Oh well.
Yes we have been well and truly shafted.😂
Well UK voted for this. Just by looking countries not in EU but neighbors and looking how material flows and what papers are needed would have opened eyes, but it were shouting game
@@omonkkonen6676 😠 NO! A MINORITY of the whole electorate voted to leave the European Union 🇪🇺 on what was an ADVISORY referendum that suddenly morphed into one that was COMPULSORY 😡!
@@sirmeowthelibrarycat Those who could vote but does not use that right agrees with majority’s decision. That is democracy like it or not.
@@omonkkonen6676 😡 Wrong! Neither you nor I can know with certainty how those who do not vote think, unless they reveal their thoughts to us. Voting is not compulsory in Britain, thus your opinion is invalid.
@@sirmeowthelibrarycat Those who did not vote didn’t care who win and what happens. If they would have they would have voted in elections. Brexit present has been best gift to EU countries as we learned a lot what EU actually is
So we've established the cost of living has and will continue to rise.. So where is the argument to raise minimum wage, pensions and unemployment benefits? They are all based on the cost of living. 🤷♂
Good thing that they equipped these inspectors with Opinel knives. 😅
The new British passports are made by a French company. And they accuse US of bigotry?
don't hear much of other countries jumping on the leave the EU bandwagon
We saw a really good example of what could happen if we leave 🤷♀️
I am glad and proud of the EU giving brexiteers their currency back. I remember too well the speeches promising a "very simple deal" that would give the UK all the advantages and none of the drawbacks of being in the EU, while enabling to be a platform between Asia and Europe. LMAO.
so much for cutting the red tape and getting on with business and being the Singapore of the thames
Open borders. Not sort out people on boats (by way of working with France), but block food coming into the UK.....right..
Must be a typo, you meant to write "borders" didn't you?
@@prisoneroffortune fixed
Kind of like in Biden's America....he lets in millions and millions of illegal foreigners, but us native-born citizens are supposed to obey thousands and thousands of B/S tax laws, gun laws, vehicle inspection laws, zoning laws, etc., etc., etc...
I am old enough to remember an ITV program called "The Comedians". Old school comics such as Bernard Manning, Frank Carson, Jim Bowen, etc would often make the old "There was an Englishman, Scotsman and Irishman..." jokes. The Scotsman was tight fisted and the Irishman was slow and rather thick. The Englishman of course was the rational, normal one. Sometimes others such as the French, Germans and Italians were also the butt of the joke.
Not any more! The British and esp the English are in the unusual position of not only being laughed at by other nations, but crucially knowing they're being laughed at.
It was only when I was older that I realised that mocking Irish people for not being very bright was happening at the same time as 'the troubles'.
So really it was an English way of undermining and mocking those who wanted independence for their country.
Which makes it feel quite sinister in hindsight.
They still think we are all thick 😭
The irony in these jokes is that the Irish are among the best educated people in the world and always were and furthermore they are among the hardest working which is proven by their productivity level which is more than twice that of their English piers.
@@fitzstv8506 Indeed. Think of the number of authors, poets and playwrights coming from the Emerald Isle.
@@thefrecklepuny Artists and playwrights aside Ireland produces some of the best Engineers, Doctors and Scientists in the world as well. In all aspects of industry and business worldwide there will almost always be an Irish person either at the helm or pulling the strings somewhere.
This should be shown on all TV/radio channels...Jo public has no idea what this means
2:30 French Opinel knives to check fruit quality haha
It shows how unbigoted the British are. The new British passport is also made by a French company. If only France was as open!
C est vrai a 100%.....
N. Farage, The promoter of Brexit disaster, said: "there will be no longuer EU after Brexit !! ".... I think there will be no longuer UK after Brexit, I'm quite sure the Scotts will take their independence if they're allowed to vote.
Errrr....the Scots WERE allowed to vote, unlike Catalonia, or Corsica, or numerous other culturally distinct regions in the EU.
@@markaxworthy2508Firstly, the EU had no input into any regional leave campaign. The EU allowed britain to decide its own fate, unlike the so-called united kingdom, which does not allow any region to leave. Ireland had to go to war to gain independence.
Secondly, the Scottish people were told leaving the english Union would mean leaving the EU. This they did not want.
Maybe bad now but just wait when truck drivers decline to go to Brexit Britain because of delay because of checks, Europe is also having problems recruiting drivers and as I saw on a back of a truck in Germany under a recruiting poster No UK
😂
That's correct = more and more EU transport companies are advertising with slogans like "we don't do UK tours"...
Rob, as always you've hit the nail on the head
The French must be laughing all the way to the Bank. Cheers again Brexiteers.
As a French, I have been laughing since 2016 ! What a mess you have been putting yourselves ! As if life wasn’t complicated enough !
Replying to @alantaylor1201
No, we're not, at least, those who are smart enough not to be misled by EU propaganda and are aware of what Brussels and Germany are preparing! He who laughs last laughs best.
Consider this - Every parliamentary political party, including the Conservatives, was pro-Remain in 2016. Only 140 Conservative MPs were Brexiteers, 187 were Remainers and 3 undeclared. All the other Parties were even more overwhelmingly pro-Remain. The whole political class was overwhelmingly pro-Remain. UKIP never had an MP elected to Parliament and so wasn't part of the political class at Westminster. The only representation UKIP ever got was in Brussels, where the list system allowed them to get a foothold they were able to expand. The constitutionally unnecessary Brexit referendum was called at a time of his own choosing by a Remain Prime Minister, leading a largely Remain parliamentary political party in a parliament overwhelmingly pro-Remain, at a time when the polls indicated that EU membership was not the electorate's leading electoral issue. Remain outspent Leave 3:2. Every major national institution was in favour of Remain and the Remain government chose the wording of the referendum question and advocated people vote No to Brexit. The poll of polls also indicated a small pro-Remain popular majority in the year up to the referendum. Remainers therefore hold a heavy share of responsibility for Brexit.
A satellite cannot withstand gravity! 😂😂😂
I believe they've still put some things off. They 'temporarily'' moved fresh fruit and veg to 'low risk' plant imports, instead of medium which they should be classed as. That means for now you won't need plant health certificates for them. They are needed on export to the EU.
If you listen to Boris again he said
There will be NO NON tariff barriers as a result of Brexit.
The double negitive coming into play here.
Are you accusing Boris of telling the truth?
@@markaxworthy2508 Witty retort.
This is more like farcical Monty Python skit. Remember the French castle in The Holy Grail? Think that way.
I genuinely can't decide which has been worse, the corruption or the sheer ineptitude.
Import taxes and tariffs harm your own consumers, your own economy and especially if those goods are not created within your own country. Brexit is a dose of self induced Karma for colonialism.
I really thought it would be exhausting to keep on laughing about the British comedy show "We Shoot Ourselves in the Knee," but I have to admit that the showrunners are able to add new and continuously more ridiculous twists with every program. Well done.
Can I just say thankyou britain for giving my nation, Ireland a big leg up, our economy was already booming but the extra business weve received from firms relocating to Ireland has been fantastic. And the fact you guys got the ball rolling again on a united Ireland has to be commended. Hi five. Btw you´re a laughing stock everywhere. I live in Germany and even mentioning brexit results in laughter and mocking.
Our pleasure. It warms the cockles of my heart that we are giving such widespread pleasure. No thanks necessary.
It's fantastic, you yourself have managed to do what Napoleon never managed.
I am certain that from the depths of his tomb at the Hotel des Invalides he is holding his sides with laughter.
I think Bonaparte's sense of humour did at Waterloo.
I love your good old British accent !
Being a "frog", I could secretly rejoice of the UK post-Brexit difficulties. I could say "I told you so, you roast-beef !".
But I won't, 'cause the truth is I was sincerely sad, and worried, to see you leave the Union. And we face such nationalist forces in France that could severe the country, hence I understand the false promises of "freedom" and their success.
Merci, et bravo pour votre Français ! 😁👍
Sadly, for many of us on the continent - whether British (like me) or native continentals (like my Portuguese wife) - Brexit has been both hugely entertaining and depressing/pitiable in equal measure. And most European countries have a populist element like the Brexiteers to contend with. Usually on the far left or far right or both.
Brexit is a lesson for us all of the dangers of underestimating foolish, nostalgic people and the rage that they wish to insight in others because of things that we genuinely can do something about: addressing inequality and fairness and offering a realistic and positive, achievable vision that will make people's lives better. Populists are gaining ground because they offer a (false) promise of "something better" that is far darker. While we given them a monopoly on presenting clear visions and simple solutions to our electorates, they're only going to get stronger.
The key to all of this is far better national leadership. And not trying to base policies on analysis of Twitter trends. Leading from the front is preferable to trawling through the sewer when it comes to formulating a cohesive national vision. Most countries are crying out for good leadership that they can believe in. Mainstream politicians regrettably are not, for much of the time, showing anything like the leadership that is required.
A rare mature response.
@@appstratum9747Globalism is the problem. Same as here in the states!!
Apparently we have to tolerate this for the next twenty years.
Seems fair. After all, the Brexiters had to tolerate EU membership for 40 years between referenda.
Thank you.
Great vid Rob
Make Britain great again.......yeah right.
What shit do you smoke dude
@@Dan-pv7mh I expect that is supposed to be amusing, probably is if I knew what a dude is. Are you mailing from Paris Tx.
In France the feeling is mixed about Brexit.
We felt the move was not justified, as the UK benefitted from a hugely profitable situation before, we also do witness London’s struggles, be them political, economical or even societal.
YET
We are also aware that a number of things need be changed in Brussels, and have become wary of the personel working there.
Many will mistake said persons for the whole principle of the EU, but at the end of the line: it is people that need to be changed, alongside a number of rights and freedoms destroying laws that they have passed over the last 25 years, starting with the likes of Duisenberg and Barroso.
We share a similar view in Italy
They need to remove the veto right, bring forward direct elections of the members of the commission and remove the Bolkenstein directive
Hey, you didn't expect the Tories to tax their City of London Finance Industry mates to actually contribute to Public Entitlements and Government Functions, did you?
"Smugglers drink of the Frenchman's wine, and the Dover docks suit the smugglers fine, who gives a damn for the excise man, it's the smuggler life for me, it's the smuggler's life for me."
😂😂😂 désolé les amis... 😂😂😂 take it on blojo ! He is having a ball with his ruSS FRIENDS 😮
Errrr....it was Macron who went off to meet Putin when Johnson was sending 2,000 anti-tank missiles to Ukraine. Heck, Johnson even thinks it a good idea for Ukraine to join the EU.
@@markaxworthy2508 that's called diplomacy though
@@Hepad_ Went well, didn't it?
@@markaxworthy2508 It failed, which is to be expected with Macron
PLEASE Scotland go out of UK and into EU for the Whisky
Ireland has whiskey.
You know...Northern Ireland, Ireland and Scotland can always form a Celtic Nation if they want to.
So you would have Scottish Celts, Ulster scots, Northern Irish Celts and Irish celts together.
Sounds like a perfect plan. 😂
And they could always name that new country United Celts or short UC. 😏😁
@@ax.f-1256 That is about as likely as the UK, USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand forming a country.
The Irish and Scots are hardly likely to gain independence and then subsume themselves in a new state with a new hegemon.