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posted by martyb on Sunday March 03 2019, @09:00PM   Printer-friendly
from the time-to-stash-some-cash-and-buy-extra-popcorn dept.

Six of the eight border IT systems viewed as critical for a no-deal Brexit are at risk of failure, compounded by their reliance on each other and the fact delivery partners aren't ready.

[...] The report, prepared before Prime Minister Theresa May said she would allow Parliament to vote on a possible delay, treats 29 March 2019 as Brexit day – but it is clear some of the issues won't be resolved by a delay of just weeks.

The NAO said that six of the eight IT systems ranked as most critical for no deal by the cross-government Border Delivery Group are "at risk of not being delivered to time and to acceptable quality".

These include Defra's Import of Products, Animals, Food and Feed System (IPAFFS) and Automatic Licence Verification System (ALVS), both of which have their IT components listed as amber-red, and HMRC's CHIEF (Customs Handling of Import and Export Freight), which is ranked as amber.

Source: Three-quarters of crucial border IT systems at risk of failure? Bah, it's not like Brexit is *looks at watch* err... next[*] month

[*] Linked story was dated 2019-02-28, so it's this month. --Ed.


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 03 2019, @09:21PM (22 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 03 2019, @09:21PM (#809544)

    And even then, the chance of a second referendum threatens to nix it altogether.

    The people voted wrong.

  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by isostatic on Sunday March 03 2019, @09:50PM

    by isostatic (365) on Sunday March 03 2019, @09:50PM (#809553) Journal

    The people have changed their mind having seen how shit brexit really is.

    If the people haven't changed their mind, then the result will be the same as before - 17 million will vote to remove the rights of 65 million.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 03 2019, @09:51PM (10 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 03 2019, @09:51PM (#809554)

    The people voted wrong.

    That's what the rulers say when people decide against rulers' plans. Then the referendum is tried again, until the desired result is achieved.

    • (Score: 5, Interesting) by PartTimeZombie on Sunday March 03 2019, @10:00PM (9 children)

      by PartTimeZombie (4827) on Sunday March 03 2019, @10:00PM (#809559)

      It's the traditional rulers of the UK who are pushing so hard for Brexit, as it suits their needs.

      With the help of Rupert Murdoch, and his upper class Tory friends, Brexit is being imposed on the UK, despite it being a disaster.

      Do you wonder why some many of the hard-line Brexiteers are moving their principle residence to France? (Or Monaco where the taxes are so low). Or, of course doing what Mr. Dyson has done, and moved their entire business to Singapore after telling everyone how great Brexit would be for Britain.

      Has anyone figured out where that extra £245 per week is coming from yet?

      • (Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Sunday March 03 2019, @10:09PM

        by PartTimeZombie (4827) on Sunday March 03 2019, @10:09PM (#809565)

        Whoops, I meant £245 million per week.

      • (Score: 1) by khallow on Monday March 04 2019, @11:36PM (7 children)

        by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Monday March 04 2019, @11:36PM (#810048) Journal

        It's the traditional rulers of the UK who are pushing so hard for Brexit, as it suits their needs.

        And those "traditional rulers" would be? Are the lizard people becoming disenchanted with the EU?

        • (Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Tuesday March 05 2019, @12:22AM (6 children)

          by PartTimeZombie (4827) on Tuesday March 05 2019, @12:22AM (#810063)

          The ruling class. Take a quick look at the backgrounds of the typical Tory cabinet member.

          They went to a prep school, a public school, and Oxbridge, just like their father, and his father before him.

          • (Score: 1) by khallow on Tuesday March 05 2019, @06:21PM (5 children)

            by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday March 05 2019, @06:21PM (#810335) Journal

            The ruling class. Take a quick look at the backgrounds of the typical Tory cabinet member.

            I also took a look at previous Brexit-opposed ministries. They were "ruling class"-heavy too.

            • (Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Tuesday March 05 2019, @07:51PM (4 children)

              by PartTimeZombie (4827) on Tuesday March 05 2019, @07:51PM (#810393)

              previous Brexit-opposed ministries

              You've misunderstood what ministry means in terms of the UK government then.

              They were "ruling class"-heavy too.

              Yeah, well, that's kind of what ruling class means.

              • (Score: 1) by khallow on Tuesday March 05 2019, @08:11PM (2 children)

                by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday March 05 2019, @08:11PM (#810399) Journal

                You've misunderstood what ministry means in terms of the UK government then.

                Of course, I though you were referring to the cabinet. But what do the actual, real-world ministries have to do with your entertaining story? I'm not seeing a lot of evidence to support the claim that they backed Brexit.

                • (Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Tuesday March 05 2019, @09:49PM (1 child)

                  by PartTimeZombie (4827) on Tuesday March 05 2019, @09:49PM (#810436)

                  In the UK a Ministry is the politically neutral government department, staffed by career public servants.

                  I checked my previous comments, and can see no point where I asserted the civil service have been pro or anti brexit.

                  Several cabinet members however have resigned due to their views on brexit, for various reasons. Google Jacob Reese-Mogg for example.

                  • (Score: 1) by khallow on Tuesday March 05 2019, @11:44PM

                    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday March 05 2019, @11:44PM (#810490) Journal

                    I checked my previous comments, and can see no point where I asserted the civil service have been pro or anti brexit.

                    [...]

                    It's the traditional rulers of the UK who are pushing so hard for Brexit, as it suits their needs.

                    [...]

                    The ruling class. Take a quick look at the backgrounds of the typical Tory cabinet member.

                    They went to a prep school, a public school, and Oxbridge, just like their father, and his father before him.

                    [...]

                    You've misunderstood what ministry means in terms of the UK government then.

                    Whatever. Most ministers in the previous administration were anti-Brexit and they were ruling class as well. And most ministries have stayed the same no matter what talking heads are around.

              • (Score: 1) by khallow on Tuesday March 05 2019, @08:11PM

                by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday March 05 2019, @08:11PM (#810401) Journal
                Oh BTW: "Take a quick look at the backgrounds of the typical Tory cabinet member. " I gather someone else has trouble understanding what "ministries" are too.
  • (Score: 5, Interesting) by Rosco P. Coltrane on Sunday March 03 2019, @09:55PM (7 children)

    by Rosco P. Coltrane (4757) on Sunday March 03 2019, @09:55PM (#809556)

    The people always vote wrong:

    - The choices of society presented to them always end up profiting megarich tax evader fuckers.

    - The candidates they get to vote for are always the same critters, whose sole real job it is to do the bidding of the aforementioned megarich tax evading fuckers - and get high on power while they're at it.

    In the end, the people always lose. It's just that for some reason, they never seem to realize it: they keep hoping, believing, voting, getting disappointed, then hoping again, believing again, and voting again for the same sumbitches who disappointed them before.

    I'll never understand why people think voting is so important. Voting is exactly like pushing those fake crosswalk and elevator buttons [nytimes.com]: you think you've done something, but the outcome has nothing to do with it. Voting is part of the theater that keeps the populace from revolting against the megarich fuckers.

    • (Score: 5, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 03 2019, @10:04PM (3 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 03 2019, @10:04PM (#809562)

      The history of human civilization is a millenia long struggle of ordinary people trying to escape subjugation by powerful people. It's the eternal struggle - the 2 political sides broadly represent the two forces. Go back to every point in history and rulers are crushing little people. In the long game, things have improved for the little people. Government itself is a taming of the absolute power of monarchs. Some want to get rid of govt. I wonder who?

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 03 2019, @11:03PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 03 2019, @11:03PM (#809581)

        Libertarians?

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 04 2019, @12:02PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 04 2019, @12:02PM (#809742)

        the 2 political sides

        If you think there's only two sides in politics you've already been subjugated, and it's best if you not vote at all. Please?

      • (Score: 1) by khallow on Monday March 04 2019, @11:38PM

        by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Monday March 04 2019, @11:38PM (#810049) Journal

        Government itself is a taming of the absolute power of monarchs. Some want to get rid of govt.

        Except when it isn't, of course. For a notable historical example, the government of Joseph Stalin did a remarkably poor job of taming Uncle Joe's homicidal paranoia.

    • (Score: 3, Informative) by PiMuNu on Monday March 04 2019, @11:21AM

      by PiMuNu (3823) on Monday March 04 2019, @11:21AM (#809739)

      > The people always vote wrong:

      Speak for yourself...

      Study history some. Try wikipedia for "Glorious Revolution", "Great Reform Act", "Suffragettes Movement", "Great Strike" for a mix of democratic and non-democratic reform in UK. If the current generations are too indolent to manage the powers that be, then they deserve the powers that be.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 04 2019, @07:10PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 04 2019, @07:10PM (#809926)

      income taxes are for idiots, cowards, traitors and sellouts. which are you?

    • (Score: 1) by khallow on Tuesday March 05 2019, @11:46PM

      by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday March 05 2019, @11:46PM (#810492) Journal

      In the end, the people always lose.

      Yes, it's too bad that being wealthier, longer lived, freer, etc world-wide doesn't count as winning.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 03 2019, @09:56PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 03 2019, @09:56PM (#809557)

    Br-egg-sit now! [sky.com]

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 03 2019, @10:59PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 03 2019, @10:59PM (#809579)

    Maybe the people were 'voting' under the mis-influence of gleeful state players.....
    The sh!t flieth in close formation over England. Shall Arthur arise, or turn back ridiculed by the general populace?