Short thread on this video:
Johnson says food and drink 'export market is growing all the time' in fact according to the Grocer, they were down '4.5% to £9.2bn in the first half of 2021 compared to 2020, and down more than 17% from the first half of 2019.' So not true.
Johnson says food and drink 'export market is growing all the time' in fact according to the Grocer, they were down '4.5% to £9.2bn in the first half of 2021 compared to 2020, and down more than 17% from the first half of 2019.' So not true.
https://twitter.com/BorisJohnson/status/1466744168764555267
2: Johnson says the 'Americans are lifting their ban after decades on British beef and lamb.' That ban had nothing whatsoever to do with membership of the EU and was a result of BSE aka mad cow disease. As it is lamb exports to the US generally are negligible. They don't eat it.
3: Government's own figures put the value of UK lamb exports to the USA at £35 million. Which is - well nothing.
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Finally he heralds the relaxation on whisky tarriffs to Australia as he heralds 'new markets'. Well as you all know by now that deal and the NZ one are expected to have only a teeny tiny effect on the UK economy. Our biggest food and drink export market was/is the EU and....
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