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🇦🇺🇬🇧The government has signed its first (from scratch) trade deal post-Brexit.
And it is every bit as damaging as warned.
It fails to protect our farmers long-term and allows imports of food produced at lower standards.
[The Australia Deal: A thread]
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bbc.co.uk/news/business-…
And it is every bit as damaging as warned.
It fails to protect our farmers long-term and allows imports of food produced at lower standards.
[The Australia Deal: A thread]
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bbc.co.uk/news/business-…
The free trade agreement with Australia would allow Australian food to be imported that's been produced at lower environmental & animal welfare standards.
Whilst UK standards of food are by no means perfect they differ significantly from Australia. Here are just a few e.g.s:
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Whilst UK standards of food are by no means perfect they differ significantly from Australia. Here are just a few e.g.s:
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Australia’s animal welfare standards tend to be lower than the UK. Just a couple of examples: Australia allows hormone-treated beef and ‘mulesing’ - the removal of a sheep’s skin while it is still alive. ciwf.org.uk/news/2021/06/u…
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[DEBATE THREAD] It's #AgricultureBill time🚜Today MPs will participate in some of the most important #Brexit votes to date, including to #SaveOurStandards. Tune in here for all the main takeaways👇
But first, it's worth remembering the journey we've taken to this point. In 2018, the government announced "landmark" agricultural reforms to a subsidy system that would reward British farmers for improving nature and tackling climate change gov.uk/government/new…
Since then a lot has been revealed about the threat the UK's new trading context could bring to food standards and the reforms stemming from the bill. Read the Future British Standards Coalition's first report on the bill sustainweb.org/resources/file…
The Future British Standards Coalition interim report – out today as the #AgricultureBill returns – shows that we can maintain bans on lower quality food imports AND sign ambitious trade deals.
But the report also shows a few other things… [1] sustainweb.org/news/oct20-fut…
But the report also shows a few other things… [1] sustainweb.org/news/oct20-fut…
Some have sought to claim that putting safeguards in law will unfairly impact or stop #trade with poorer nations. This is misleading. We *already* trade w/ countries in the Global South and can continue to do so. & setting high import standards has helped to increase exports [2]
🧵 on why you should be worried about Cummings ordering MPs to betray YOU by breaking Govt's manifesto pledge to uphold or even enhance our food, #AnimalWelfare & #Environment standards —plus why MPs should listen to you and vote for the Lords Amdts to the #AgricultureBill🚜: 
Let's look at the numbers:
92% of the British Public want current farm animal welfare standards to be maintained in trade negotiations with the US and other countries.
(YouGov for #WWF, Oct 2020)
#SaveOurStandards
92% of the British Public want current farm animal welfare standards to be maintained in trade negotiations with the US and other countries.
(YouGov for #WWF, Oct 2020)
#SaveOurStandards
78% of the British Public think that our animal welfare standards are high.
So why would we want to lower them?
(YouGov 28Sep2020)
#SaveOurStandards
So why would we want to lower them?
(YouGov 28Sep2020)
#SaveOurStandards
For Tory MPs in *Rural 75* & *Rural 50* seats how you vote on #AgricultureBill Lords' Amdts will prove decisive in GE2024. Don't kid yourself we'll forget. 95% of the public back #SaveOurStandards.
(List of MPs in *R75* & *R50* seats in .@WCountryBylines catchment area follows)
(List of MPs in *R75* & *R50* seats in .@WCountryBylines catchment area follows)
#Cornwall R75
.@scottmann4NC
.@sheryllmurray
.@stevedouble
.@DerekThomasUK
.@thisischerilyn
#Cornwall R50
George Eustice
#Devon R75
.@MelJStride
.@AnneMarieMorris
.@neil_parish
.@Geoffrey_Cox
.@AnthonyMangnal1
#Devon R50
.@simonjamesjupp
.@SelaineSaxby
#SaveBritishFarming 🚜
.@scottmann4NC
.@sheryllmurray
.@stevedouble
.@DerekThomasUK
.@thisischerilyn
#Cornwall R50
George Eustice
#Devon R75
.@MelJStride
.@AnneMarieMorris
.@neil_parish
.@Geoffrey_Cox
.@AnthonyMangnal1
#Devon R50
.@simonjamesjupp
.@SelaineSaxby
#SaveBritishFarming 🚜
#Dorset R75
.@Simon4NDorset
.@chrisloder
#Dorset R50
Sir Christopher Chope
Richard Drax
.@Michael4MDNP
#Somerset R75
.@LiamFox
.@Jacob_Rees_Mogg
.@DJWarburton
.@JSHeappey
#Somerset R50
Ian Liddell-Grainger
.@MarcusFysh
THX to Neil Parish+Simon Hoare for leadership on farming🚜
.@Simon4NDorset
.@chrisloder
#Dorset R50
Sir Christopher Chope
Richard Drax
.@Michael4MDNP
#Somerset R75
.@LiamFox
.@Jacob_Rees_Mogg
.@DJWarburton
.@JSHeappey
#Somerset R50
Ian Liddell-Grainger
.@MarcusFysh
THX to Neil Parish+Simon Hoare for leadership on farming🚜
MONDAY: #AgricultureBill is back in the Commons.
Most MPs are well-intentioned & #BackBritishFarming, but the truth is, unless standards are enshrined in law, there is a high probability risk farming will be undermined. .@Keir_Starmer understands this.
#SaveBritishFarming
Most MPs are well-intentioned & #BackBritishFarming, but the truth is, unless standards are enshrined in law, there is a high probability risk farming will be undermined. .@Keir_Starmer understands this.
#SaveBritishFarming
.@trussliz thinks it's worth undermining our food, farming, animal welfare, countryside & Enviro standards to get trade deals, but has she weighed up the trade-offs? Trade deals gains are tiny compared to losses from trashing our standards —not just £ losses.
#SaveBritishFarming
#SaveBritishFarming
Losses from trashing our food, farming & environmental standards are not limited to the 25-50% of British farms DEFRA expects to go bust.
There'll also be massive costs to public health (those who suffer + the #NHS) from food produced by methods banned here.
#SaveBritishFarming
There'll also be massive costs to public health (those who suffer + the #NHS) from food produced by methods banned here.
#SaveBritishFarming
