Brexit: Australian TV presenters laugh at trade deal while in UK strawberry farmers give up

How is Brexit going? Well, today two more examples of it failing, are quite sobering. To start with over Brexit has got Australia TV presenters laughing at the trade deal with UK.

“Name 1 good export from the UK !”

“It’s hard. Black pudding ? Spice Girl CDs ? It’s more about what we can now sell to them.”

It comes as an extraordinary report in Politico detailed how Australia gained the upper hand over the UK.

During final negotiations over a dinner in Downing Street in June 2021, Boris Johnson seemingly caved in and left British farmers in trouble.

Those negotiations revolved around beef markets effectively allowing thousands more tonnes of Australian beef to enter UK markets.

Brexit Australian TV

Since the story broke, Liz Webster, chair of the Save British Food campaign group, told Yahoo News UK: “To hear we were served up in a silver salver is sickening.

“Yesterday I mourned for British farming [upon reading the report]. I mourned for the British countryside. I did cry.

“Today I am f***ing furious.

“The deceit, the arguments that have raged over Brexit for seven years… we have been called Project Fear, scaremongers… and we were right. This proves it. He [Johnson] should never be forgiven.

“It just shows the Australians saw him coming. They got him to make a huge concession and couldn’t believe their luck. It was the moment Britain was completely and utterly sold out. He sold Britain.”

This is damning !

Anyone thinking 🇬🇧 and Johnson didn't sell out to 🇦🇺 should watch these Australian TV presenters laughing out loud about it 👇

"Name 1 good export from the UK !"
"It's hard. Black pudding ? Spice Girl CDs ? It's more about what we can now sell to them" pic.twitter.com/WjUUGDSGKt

— Alex Taylor (@AlexTaylorNews) June 2, 2023

Strawberry

So how is it going in the UK, well as you can see a fruit farm, that has been going for 100 years, has given up growing strawberries saying “with Brexit it became more difficult and they (140 pickers mostly from the EU) just did not feel welcome.”

Left: Strawberry picking at Starkey's Fruit Farm; growing for over 100 years.

Right: Starkey's have stopped growing strawberries saying "with Brexit it became more difficult and they (140 pickers mostly from the EU) just did not feel welcome."

Ms Starkey added, "We have sold… pic.twitter.com/IoZKC4Q2Qo

— Farrukh (@implausibleblog) June 5, 2023

Dr Mike Galsworthy tweeted the story and wrote: “More Brexit damage.

“Article also points out seasonal EU workers didn’t want to come because they didn’t feel welcome after Brexit. So many people in this country underestimate how Brexit set an unwelcoming culture & message that drove away hard workers.”

More Brexit damage.

Article also points out seasonal EU workers didn’t want to come because they didn’t feel welcome after Brexit. So many people in this country underestimate how Brexit set an unwelcoming culture & message that drove away hard workers. https://t.co/wQlpW7SCdL

— Mike Galsworthy (@mikegalsworthy) June 5, 2023

Reactions

1.

"A family farm that has been producing soft fruits for 75 years has said rising costs have forced it to stop growing berries."

800 tonnes a year taken out of the market. Owner explicitly mentions Brexit as a key issue (can't get the staff any more). https://t.co/v9GHgXrCuW

— Edwin Hayward (@edwinhayward) June 4, 2023

2.

Nottinghamshire strawberry grower stops production: Traditionally they would use up to 140 pickers, mostly from the EU. "Many of them had come to us for years. But with Brexit it became more difficult and they just did not feel welcome." https://t.co/90P2eC5iCW

— Graham Simpson (@grahambsi) June 5, 2023

3.

We used to be awash with British strawberries before #Brexit.

Now they’re only going to be enjoyed by those of us who can grow them in gardens and allotments.

Who is going to feed the British people as more and more British farms give up farming food?https://t.co/XlOhdcJFOu

— Save British Farming 🇬🇧 (@SaveBritishFood) June 4, 2023

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