We can set higher standards than the EU. We can't set lower standards. Max thinks this makes us the supplicant, but we were committed to keep raising food standards already before this deal. Fis… (View Post)

The *whitefish* party. Remember that the shellfish and salmon parts of fishing think this is a great deal. (View Post)

This is the key point which will sink the Tories. We are extending the Boris deal here whilst gaining much easier exports for what we catch. Not great for white fish but they are shouting that they w… (View Post)

There isn't one "fishing industry". The disparate parts have wildly differing priorities. Trade deal for shellfish and salmon is exactly what they have been lobbying for. The SFF peopl… (View Post)

British Meat Processors welcome the deal, and point out the b;leeding obvious: "A common misunderstanding is that an SPS agreement will mean Britain becomes a ‘rule taker’. In reality, we must c… (View Post)