Around £550 million has been spent on purpose-built facilities to conduct post-Brexit checks. Most of this money came from UK taxpayers, with the remainder being covered by local authorities and other organizations. However, following a recent change in policy by the UK government, these facilities will no longer be required.
The one in Portsmouth cost £25 million. It is designed specifically for government inspections, nothing else,
Mike Sellers, director of Portsmouth International Port, told the Guardian. The cheapest option would be to demolish it.
The Government Inspector was an 1836 play by Nikolai Gogol, described by Wikipedia as a comedy of errors, satirizing human greed, stupidity, and the extensive political corruption of Imperial Russia
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The main character, Khlestakov, personifies irresponsibility, light-mindedness, and absence of measure
. Remind you of anyone?
Joanna Partridge, Portsmouth’s £25m border post stands empty after minister’s imports U-turn (The Guardian, 5 July 2022)
Wikipedia: The Government Inspector
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