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Former Trade Sec/Current No-Deal Enthusiast, Peter Lilley tells #PM: HMRC at ports needn't carry out more checks after No Deal "they can give priority to flow over compliance". Turn the UK into a smugglers' paradise, while DEMANDING Irish/EU border stays open? Yah, sure, Pete.~AA
Lilley went on to claim there's an "outside fear French authorities may deliberately slow things down at Calais... we don't control Calais, Calais may decide to be obstructive." All but the most ardent Brexiters must now see excuses are being prepared for the oncoming chaos. ~AA
Incredible stuff, even by Brexit standards. Peter Lilley says “President Macron might declare something a bit like the Berlin Blockade”. Then when asked by @EvanHD how exactly we went from “sunlit uplands” three years ago, to this, he blames Remain for “Project Fear”. ~AA
