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16 Jun, 7 tweets, 5 min read
.@Ianblackford_MP: "This morning, the details of the disastrous trade deal with Australia are slowly seeping out.

It tells you everything you need to know that those details are being celebrated in Canberra but are busy being concealed in London." #PMQs Image
.@Ianblackford_MP: "For all the spin, it’s clear this Tory government has thrown Scottish farmers and crofters under the Brexit bus, just as they sold out our fishing communities." #PMQs
.@Ianblackford_MP: "So today, those with most to lose from this deal, don’t need to hear the Prime Minister’s usual waffle.

Their very livelihoods are at stake. Just this once, they deserve honest answers from this Tory government." #PMQs
.@Ianblackford_MP: "Can the Prime Minister confirm that from day one of this deal, 35,000 tonnes of Australian beef and 25,000 tonnes of Australian lamb will be free to flood the UK market - tariff-free?" #PMQs
.@Ianblackford_MP: "In the Tories desperation to get a post-Brexit trade deal with somebody, anybody, they have given the farm away, literally.

It is blindingly obvious who the winners and losers are in this deal." #PMQs Image
.@Ianblackford_MP: "The UK government’s own assessment says the Australia deal is worth just - and I quote - 0.02% of GDP.

You would need 200 Australia deals to come close to mitigating the cost of Brexit." #PMQs Image
.@Ianblackford_MP: "We were told that Brexit was all about taking back control - but for our farmers and crofters there has been no scrutiny, no consultation, and no consent.

If the PM is really so confident about the benefits does he have the guts to put it to a vote?" #PMQs

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