Theoretically the EU could be lobbied by the French to impose some new standard which benefits their farmers and costs ours. The reason they couldn't come up with a practical example is because … (View Post)

During the negotiations there were questions asked as to whether our negotiating team knew what they were doing. We found out since that Frost and Johnson had to be told by the officials what they ha… (View Post)

Meanwhile, there is a real compare and contrast between the Tory/SNP position and reality. SNP and Tories falling over themselves to condemn what they describe as a disaster for fishing. Meanwhile Sc… (View Post)

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)