"A Bitter Taste in our Mouths": Brexit’s Border Control ‘White Elephants’ Spark Outrage

"A Bitter Taste in our Mouths": Brexit’s Border Control ‘White Elephants’ Spark Outrage

The UK government is under growing pressure to compensate ports and fresh produce businesses for post-Brexit border infrastructure now deemed potentially obsolete, as senior industry figures slam the multimillion-pound rollout of border control posts (BCPs) as a colossal waste of public and private money.“Border Control Posts are the white elephants of Brexit,” declared Richard Ballantyne, CEO of the British Ports Association, in a blunt assessm…