How is Brexit changing UK food supply?

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Quietly, Brexit is already changing what we eat.
Some food products, including the iconic Marks & Spencer Percy Pigs, have already been caught out by the new Irish sea border on their way to Northern Ireland, and chilled meat products like British sausages, mince and chicken nuggets could suffer the same fate when the newly extended grace period comes to an end on 30 September.
Here, we meet three UK retailers who tell the New Statesman how Brexit is already impacting their businesses.
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Video directed by Phil Clarke-Hill
Reporting by Anoosh Chakelian
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[@Mrdresden]

But hey, at least you guys got "control" over what little fishing industry you still have......

[@maximilian4227]

Not even that, as I understand it, most fishing agreements come from a time far before the EU, some even from the 15th century. Why? Because fish never really cared for imagenary line in the sea xD

[@user-hp5fz3qs1u]

Ye. thanks to the bully boy's of the EU. Thank god We left . We can now get our lives back and our fish

[@TheGamingSyndrom]

@@user-hp5fz3qs1u are you trolling or just deluded?

[@14lachris]

@@user-hp5fz3qs1u And your fish are happier for it. It is only the fishermen complaning ;-)

[@TheGamingSyndrom]

@Erushbass fishing is an industry that has a networth of 0.1% of GBs GDP, leaving the EU gives a Net LOSS of 2.5% till the end of the year, congratulations, fish control gives you a profit of -45.000.000.000$ hope those billions are worth it

[@sandman6088]

Slower supply times, loss of business, increased bureaucracy - great job, Brexiteers. Y'all sure are winning. 😂

[@RobLocksley]

The man in this video does not have any problems sourcing food from local farmers it seems, and yet who is picking them if most farms haven't moved to mechanised workflow I wonder?

[@thomasschafer7268]

Boris. Great man. You can order in the US.

[@rhianimal19]

@@thomasschafer7268 His noggin can sit next to Trump's on a pike in the town square. Traditional values and all

[@user-hp5fz3qs1u]

Yes we have won . We have left the EU. And it's the best thing ever.

[@staredsky]

@@user-hp5fz3qs1u keep dreaming

[@kefaspl]

at 3:38 he really should say British emigrants not expats.

[@susanzundel6231]

Absolutely

[@offbeat65]

Migrants, or -- as some good brexiter commented the other day, talking about East Europeans, providing an insight into British psyche - gypsies.

[@markdowns9607]

Nope ex pats !

[@andyb8015]

Why not expats? I'm an expat.

[@ratheskin58]

@Leroy Jenkins v3.0 True. The "expat" mentality is a hangover from a wider British exceptionalism, and reflects an arrogance unsupported by political and social events of recent years. (Speaking as an English emigrant myself).

[@monzurahmed9551]

Brexit, the Gift that keeps on giving.

[@davidmarkwort9711]

You can grow as much as you like, but if there are not enough people to do the harvesting and transportation, then you have the problem you have now

[@susanzundel6231]

As a British immigrant living in Switzerland I buy Swiss -

[@thomasschafer7268]

No Problem with a Lot of fränkli.

[@TheGamingSyndrom]

being an immigrant in another country and watching bullshit go on in your country of origin always feels like watching a sinking ship from the coast

[@markdowns9607]

Your probably an expat but...as you wish !

[@shellminator]

@@markdowns9607 why would he be a expat? can't brits be immigrants?

[@markdowns9607]

@@shellminator in this day and age you can be whatever you want to be...if you prefer to be called an expat that is fine with me ! I don't expect you to understand that as you are not a buisnessman or even have a head for business let us say.

[@derekmab7734]

They gave an economic, business, legal decision to be made by people who spend their lives drinking and gossiping in pubs and others who keep watching soap, reality tv celebrities. What do you expect?

[@paulbroderick8438]

They considered that Britannia still ruled the Churchillian waves!

[@astralxing988]

The easiest trade deal in human history ...

[@cosmosadorabilis7677]

I am in London and supermarkets are empty. Super basic stuffs, like water, broccoli, apples and many more, are constantly in low supply. And this is just the beginning.

[@lucianocartino5312]

Live

[@jeffvaughan8761]

Never mind, you can top up the British Market shelves with the 40% that you can't export to the EU and we'll only have half filled shelves instead of nearly empty shelves.

[@leonardgrant6876]

Some optimism is required, where is the sentence "we are holding all the cards!".

[@childoftheuniverse2644]

We held the fool and the death.

[@la7dfa]

Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way... Pink Floyd and Monty Python described the English and UK so well.

[@JohnsysChannel]

we had 5 Aces.

[@williampatrickfagan7590]

Reason for a dislike is background music. I hear everything but unfortunately understand nothing with noise in background. music is noise to those wearing hearing aids. Hear everything understand nothing. If you want support sound quality.is just as important as visual. I sign off now as I do NOT understand a word you are saying.

[@joromsimpson718]

Lool i liked the music

[@williampatrickfagan7590]

@@joromsimpson718 I heard the music. But not the dialogue. If you have hearing aids you can hear one sound well two sounds badly.

[@joromsimpson718]

@@williampatrickfagan7590 ooohhhh my bad i understand now. Sorry for my ignorance

[@williampatrickfagan7590]

@@joromsimpson718 To err is human.

[@delevator8755]

There are captions to this video (proper ones, not just autogenerated). And even the autogenerated kind are often good enough. Just trying to help here, not making a point.

[@notch7139]

yeah but wine from Australia is going to be 17p cheaper

[@teddyboysdontknit810]

And it’s not only food, thousands of U.K. online retailers sold into the EU 27 countries, now with the VAT, handling fees and delays it’s almost all over.

[@michelez715]

As in English speaker living in Europe, and an avid reader, I bought books online. Now with VAT and delays, you don't know what you're going to be charged, so I hope to find some bookshops in Europe who sell English books. And as an aside, postage on books from America has gone astronomical, like £18 to £20 for one book, that itself may have cost £5!!

[@flitsertheo]

@@michelez715 There is Waterstone's in Brussels.

[@susanzundel6231]

British immigrants please

[@framegrace1]

Love how producers are sending all the veggies to "Norther Ireland" instead of France. They must be eating like 100x more vegetables that before the Brexit. Curious.

[@TheGamingSyndrom]

well, time to grow veggies in the garden again chaps.

[@hannofranz7973]

Or on the balcony

[@jeant763]

40% of the business lost due to Brexit. Overcome that amount, nearly impossible.

[@TheGamingSyndrom]

45 billion/ year in gdp loss.... but atleast yall dont have to pay 9 billion/year to the eu anymore

[@bobbyfischer6786]

@@TheGamingSyndrom its hilarious how brainwashed and angry people get

[@thomuk2006]

So pointless.... well ok blue passports!

[@tedf1471]

(Made in France...)

[@Gibbo1]

They look like black passports

[@lostmoose7352]

Now, thanks to Nigel & Yellowhair...Britain is f....d.

[@williampatrickfagan7590]

UK had a £27 billion pounds trade surplus with Ireland before Brexshit. In other words Ireland bought £27 billion pounds than Ireland sold to U K. That trade surplus has disappeared.

[@peterdunlop7691]

In May our good exports to the EU we’re back to prepandemic May 2019 levels. EU imports haven’t caught up yet, and now our total goods trade deficit with the EU has halved from £8b/month to £4b.

[@gloin10]

And the British Corner Shop has just exported 60 jobs to the EU. Thanks Brixiteers...

[@harryclarke3217]

Be interested to know ....how many of these businessmen voted in favour of Brexit and if they still think it was a good idea ?

[@alexwars8327]

Isn't amazing how all of that wouldn't be possible and achievable without Brexit.

[@RobLocksley]

I don't see why not? Supply and demand through getting the cheapest. The UK food regulations have yet not been lowered so this food is good enough for the EU. Maybe the good thing about Brexit is that Farmers have to invest into mechanised farming and stop relying on human hands to pick the food for a pittance. When in EU you are not allowed to go under its standards but are free to go over.

[@strategon28]

@@RobLocksley But the Brexiteers want to have the freedom to change food regulations. All regulations, in a nutshell. That was the reason for Brexit.

[@swanky_yuropean7514]

Yes its amazing how limiting your free choice is doing wonders.

[@80robs92]

Mechanised Farming is expensive. I don’t think that small an mid sized farms are not able to switch. So they might give up business. And still today there are fruits and vegetables which cannot be harvested by machines. They rely on workers.

[@patrickokeeffe539]

Do not forget the happy fish and less EU nationals.

[@tiwtid6055]

*Fewer

[@FoodwaysDistribution]

Plant more! do you even have enough workers to harvest now?

[@transforgoku]

And those who do will have to be payed more, not just the slave wage like before brexit, they'll keep losing money anyway...

[@rugbygirlsdadg]

Grow stuff which can be mechanically harvested. The potential winners from this are the companies which can design and build machinery which can harvest crops which are currently harvested by hand.

[@deadbzeus]

So become America and have everything made out of wheat and corn basically

[@bartekpulkowski9765]

Not an issue. Just cut all the orchards, and start new ones, for mechanical harvest. 10-15 years and it will be flying.

[@digitalcommunist6335]

@@bartekpulkowski9765 lmao. By that time all the gammons will die from hunger.

[@harrybryan9633]

@@digitalcommunist6335 You say that like it is a bad thing.....

[@Taladar2003]

Apparently TV interview transport is slow too. Publishing something in July with interviews from April.

[@deadbzeus]

On the plus side as a Canadian I always wanted to visit the UK but it was always too expensive, it is way cheaper to go now though.

[@transforgoku]

I think it'll remain cheap for a long time, good luck with your travel...

[@hannofranz7973]

Take enough food along.

[@peterl5804]

Told you so is not popular, but I told you so.

[@annoyingbstard9407]

So the argument is trading within the uk - too small, trading globally - too big, trading with the continent - just the right size. I’m convinced.

[@ianstobie]

Interesting - but had to bale out after a couple of minutes because of the music. Missing a good proportion of the key words people were saying because of the sound interference. And my hearing is pretty good, so I expect many people will have had it worse. Just do some basic research into your audience. It's not an issue of taste about the music. It's about knowing what proportion of your intended audience are likely to have difficulty with this kind of mixed sound track. If you feel you need the music then separate it in time from the people speakng. If the place you are recording is itself unavoidably noisy (not the case in this instance) you can tackle that by putting subtitles on screen for that segment. Think about your audience!

[@California.sun77]

Not British but I've always loved the UK. I'm really sad to see this. I'm hoping things work out for you guys.

[@fredcarson2791]

Alexandra Bohn. Well here, at least is one commenter not simply blaming Brexit for problems of workdwide origin. It's like a breath of fresh air. Thanks Alexandra.

[@gingin21jr]

Cry baby cry. You wanted the Brexit, now live with the consequences.

[@fredcarson2791]

Gao Bizi. Yes, I voted for Brexit and have no regrets about that. The EU is sore because it has lost the cash flow from Britain. They shouldn't have abused our membership the way they did. It's pointless trying to blame Brexit for shortages which the rest of the world suffers as well. I'm a Brexiteer and proud of it and a darn sight more cheerful than most of those making comments here.

[@mbingham10]

Great, back to how it used to be, salad in the summer and stew in the winter, best thing that ever happened to the UK,

[@slaneyside]

lol can't wait to go to kent on a hop picking holiday just like the good ole days 😆

[@dune6727]

Except there is no salad, it's rotting in the fields

[@mbingham10]

Plenty where we shop, what it needs is the work shy from home to be made pick it, perhaps specially adapted walking sticks with nippers on the end and a grab

[@edharris2395]

@@dune6727 if that's what you believe...

[@peoforsgren7411]

At 0:21, is it clearly understood that the UK gets MOST of its imported food from EU? Out of the 45% imported, 26 are from EU and 19 from elsewhere.

[@strategon28]

So Brexit is the time of cale ... interesting. Well, it's healthy, isn't it?

[@tedf1471]

Kale, used to be cattle food primarily...

[@la7dfa]

Cale, insects and seaweed thats what the UK will survive on after Brexit. :)

[@cassieoz1702]

@Pehr Sundbergh kale

[@carolewood3482]

No shortages here in Spain and a great range of all items. More fully vaccinated in Spain and fewer deaths. Brexit is a complete disaster.

[@ruairievans]

Pointless comment, Spain is still in the EU and is this true more people are vaccinated in Spain? Also COVID-19 and Brexit are separate issues so why put the 2 together?

[@paulmcgroggan7749]

Poor guy he though they where winning then the race started and he was still putting on his shoes

[@ketugrahagraha3673]

Ah! Interesting point. "Great empire" we say. Being an empire is not something to be proud of. It is something TO BE ASHAMED OF.

[@hazelhatswell4268]

Not sent a single pallet to N. Ireland eh? No problem! N. Ireland is getting deliveries from the EU via the Republic!

[@Swordart2022]

Background music too loud.immigtants btw

[@KieranGarland]

Loving these new vids. Keep em coming.

[@digitalcommunist6335]

I left that blighted island 25 years ago right after University. God riddance.

[@Gibbo1]

So did a lot of people but they seem to come back for healthcare in their latter years

[@demos113]

It's not going well at all.

[@lazylad8544]

Lots of eu citizens stayed after brexit. It was never as bad as predicted or as good as expected. We just have to evolve and get on with it.

[@philipdclarke5657]

#Brexit speak, "soe and harvest more" oranges, grapes, avocados, lemons, mangos, olives, rice, etc. Hahahaha. Enjoy your new diet of potatoe chips.

[@gsq3615]

Guys!1!1! Just remember strong and stable!1!!1!

[@danielstarr8957]

Hey UK, y'all are welcome to join us and become the 51st state of America 😉

[@Nygaard2]

I'm not sure it would be to your advantage...

[@danielstarr8957]

@@Nygaard2 there are so many ways that comment could be taken by me lol.

[@Nygaard2]

@@danielstarr8957 ;) Feel free to pick one

[@sanjayfurtado3993]

Boris probably wants it. He was an American citizen just a few years ago.

[@monkeyman321]

U.K. will start gettin tons of immigrants from Latin America and the same story will repeat itself 🤣

[@andrewswindells8286]

Brexit is really going well isn‘t it

[@Stew282]

The evidence indicates it's going considerably better than expected, and the UK is actually doing rather well. And, as this video shows, the predicted catastrophe for food supplies hasn't happened. Did you even watch the video?

[@shelleycheong5960]

I don't get it! There is a whole wide world out there who are willing to purchase, why concentrate on Europe only...sigh!

[@drcarp7377]

Project fear they called it!

[@oliverseitz9215]

Be British! Eat more fish to save queen and country!

[@williampatrickfagan7590]

U K trade surplus with Republic of Ireland was 27 billion pounds. This trade surplus has now been eliminated. Worse, the now U K trade deficit with the Republic of Ireland is Growing. In other words G B Exports to Republic of Ireland are dropping month on month. Only winner is Ireland. Cross Border trade is booming in. both directions.

[@maxmad7295]

delllllishious english boiled kale mmmmmm with marmite on top you cant beat that ahahahah

[@JohnsysChannel]

Marmite, the British Multinational owned German developed spread in German made glass jars lol.

[@strangemagic5502]

Apparently covid is affecting food supplies more than brexit and not just here. Just grateful we aren't having the devastating floods with covid.

[@vatsmith8759]

So what? Independence comes at a price, as we knew it would when we voted for it.

[@marcusjt]

Ridiculous background music 🤦‍♂️

[@mrmrmrcaf7801]

Brexit negative: Financial services (UK used to do a lot of financials for the EU,billions lost), fishing industry, agriculture ,hospitality ,freight transport air and land ,ETC ... any business that was based on low wages all destroyed.Future big corporate investments from counties like China or America are now gone too not to mention the small business suporty from EU is now GONE. Brexit positive: Boris will handle the money instead of the EU :) and Fish thank you for Brexit.

[@Stew282]

Have you ever considered a trip to planet Earth?

[@staredsky]

Happy with your Brexit now? enjoy it :)

[@ruairievans]

If you don't live in the UK, this is not your buisness..

[@staredsky]

@@ruairievans lololololol

[@exb.r.buckeyeman845]

Sod the chefs, times coming when we All will be desperate for food. Restaurants will be a thing of the past apart from the elites. Start checking out foraging because that’s all that will be available for us cannon fodder.

[@crookedpaths6612]

Kale and herring apparently will be plentiful.

[@Exsugarbabe1]

@@crookedpaths6612 yeah....:-(

[@rajagopaln6641]

Less fish catch and brexit saves lots of fish

[@daijirokatoh3769]

Congrats, you found out how to save the fish, you just had to bankrupt you fishermen 😂 you guys are genius!

[@rajagopaln6641]

@@daijirokatoh3769 these guys voted for brexit n now criticising same bureaucrats for the system which obstructing their business… funny

[@saragonmcenany6229]

What a disaster no upsides

[@morganangel340]

FREEDOM ! - independence form Brussels bureaucrats.

[@saragonmcenany6229]

@@morganangel340 behold you can’t spell unless you mean slaves to new paperwork ‘forms’ required to trade as third country with nearest customers

[@saragonmcenany6229]

@Leroy Jenkins v3.0 faux freedom? Just a rule taker now

[@saragonmcenany6229]

@Leroy Jenkins v3.0 Parliament always been responsible law making body. You carry on believe the nonsense

[@saragonmcenany6229]

@Leroy Jenkins v3.0 lost freedom of movement in Europe. 100% under the thumb of Sovereign Etonian rule. The unique feature of the EU Member States all remain sovereign and independent states,. They pool some of their 'sovereignty' in areas where it makes sense to work together and mutually benefit from like trade protection of environment

[@jeancruz8449]

Let all the veggies rotten and keep it by yourselves EU doesn’t need someone who don’t want them as well end of story 😂🤣

[@SuperStareGry]

I am glad to hear that after brexit everything is working out. Finally nhs is getting infused with that extra 350mil a week. I hope all other industries are getting as much attention. But judging at how much air are being spouted out by any brexiteer i don't see a reason why it shouldn't be. Of course brits can now put their favorite crop picking gloves on and pick their crops as well. A sea of benefits.

[@Waage001]

🤦‍♂️

[@manuelgarciabarbero1872]

But, why all this suffering? I don´t get it!!!

[@catinthehat906]

This isn't suffering, this is inconvenience. Without Brexit the UK was heading inexorably toward a 100 million people in a few decades. We have 20,000 people from the tiny island of East Timor just living around Oxford who all came in with Portuguese passports. Two thirds of the Somali refugees let into the Netherlands decided to move to the UK. It just wasn't sustainable.

[@manuelgarciabarbero1872]

@@catinthehat906 well, this is great for the UK. The empire, where all brits were living in, does not exist anymore, but the world diversity does at your own door. Great!!! Furthermore, you Will now need them to drive yout lorries and pick your fruits. Double great!!!

[@catinthehat906]

@@manuelgarciabarbero1872 Neither East Timor and Somalia were ever part of the British Empire so that line of your argument is rubbish. The employment rate of Somali men in the UK is around 15% the lowest of any ethnic group so that doesn't stand up either.

[@manuelgarciabarbero1872]

@@catinthehat906 you are right. Almost the only two places on earth that did not enjoyed the great British imperial experience. Perhaps the do not work because nobody wants them

[@catinthehat906]

@@manuelgarciabarbero1872 I think you will find British colonialism was not really different from the Spanish (particularly with the Inquisition) or Portuguese and certainly more benign than the Belgian.

[@liasummers1824]

only an shadow of what Iraq suffered under sanctions

[@andriesvanderwalt1849]

No you import because you want cheap food for big profit margins and are not concerned about Global warming buy local and stop sending fish to the EU for processing that's not going green

[@samuililas6798]

UK People voting Brexit, sou👍🧠🏴‍☠️

[@martinbyrne6643]

God bless Brexit , its the best thing since sliced bread , I love brexiteers.

[@sovietunionjack1505]

GOOD! This Country needs to eat LESS!!!

[@Divedown_25]

Nah... just project fear. Have to check worldwide for new market lads... building customer base in Nepal and Argentina instead of bad controlling nearby EU

[@swanky_yuropean7514]

I'm sure the average Argentinian with an income of 500$ a month cant wait to buy premium food airlifted in from the UK. If there was just an easy way to sell your food hassle free to your rich next-door neighbour where everyone agreed on some basic rules, that would have been great.

[@bahamut149]

@@swanky_yuropean7514 One word: Sarcasm.

[@ab-ym3bf]

@@bahamut149 nowadays one cannot be sure of that.

[@slaneyside]

you know the further a product is transported the higher the cost right? nepal to uk 4532 miles, argentina to uk 7378 miles, estonia to uk 1915 miles, uk to bulgaria 2065 miles...the last two being the furthest away eu countries and how much produce do we get from those two countries? most of it comes from a lot closer than that. when are you going to wake up?

[@tommasovacca536]

I see every food in supermarket. Fake news

[@markthomas328]

As I always say.....tell me 1 just 1 benefit of brexit

[@janekennaway8008]

Unlike the EU the UK knows full well what it feels like when a country wants to leave us but we don't punish them.

[@steveosborne2297]

Tell that to Scotland

[@edharris2395]

@@steveosborne2297 how have we punished scotland? I remember the last time they wanted out; they wanted to keep the British pound - which quite reasonably is impractical

[@andreastagni8358]

Tell that to Ireland. The UK literally split it in two.

[@janekennaway8008]

@@andreastagni8358 Ireland did it to themselves and are still doing it

[@janekennaway8008]

@@andreastagni8358 No that was the EU

[@Danwade7979]

So Ireland became 100% vegetarians the only positive contribution of brexit from Irish people in Ireland 😂😂

[@Santeduardo]

Honestly i hope GB fall in a very cruel crisis, i Hope Germany take revenge. Salve Germania 🇩🇪

[@TheGamingSyndrom]

thats a bit too cynical....theyve dug their own hole, we just kinda watch them dig further

[@peterdickinson7842]

Man cannot live by physical food alone time to chiuahua the Last Will and Testament of Jesus again to find the truest friend! Do you ken?

[@vincentmckenna1755]

Supermarkets are full

[@sewingBay1255]

Not mine

[@LarsPallesen]

Not anymore they aren't.

[@vincentmckenna1755]

Go aldi/lidl

[@monkeyman321]

@@vincentmckenna1755 the German ones?

[@vincentmckenna1755]

@@monkeyman321 the sell more British stuff

[@deswillis3490]

We can find other sources for our needs .there are better suppliers out in the big wide world that are only less that 24 hours away in emergency

[@swanky_yuropean7514]

Such as?

[@markdowns9607]

@@swanky_yuropean7514 Everything is being sourced from non EU countries these days...

[@ab-ym3bf]

@@markdowns9607 lie

[@markdowns9607]

@@ab-ym3bf virtually everything !

[@ab-ym3bf]

@@markdowns9607 lie

[@fredcarson2791]

It makes me sad when I see a video attracting so many moaning minnies in the comments. Pull yourselves together you lot. The real reasons for these supply problems are the final breakdown of world supply methods which were simply unsustainable, coupled with the 'just in time' policies of many large retailers. Then there was the shifting of heavy freight from rail to road, madness I recognised in the 1960s as soon as it was stsrted. I'm surprised that folly lasted so long. Cheer up for Pete's sake and stop blaming Brexit for the constant infantile attemps of the EU to undermine Britain. There are food shortages all over the world and it isn't confined to Britain. I fully support Brexit and I'm glad I do and voted accordingly. Britain is a great country of world renown and I'm glad to be British and had the sense to vote for its withdrawal from the EU which was never any good to us. I face the same shortages as everybody else and you won't hear me moaning.

[@Sayitlikitiz101]

Yes, you're absolutely right! I always said that the United Kingdom of Great Delusion & Northern Ire is the greatest country in Britain! I don't doubt for a second it will have a bright finale. You're a cool boomer! PS: If things go out of hands, "please help me" is "bitte hilf mir" in German. Don't bother with French.

[@pederskram4376]

Actually, there's no food shortage. It's only a matter of changing your eating habits. Besides, how do you think speculators think when they can eye a maximum earning by creating a so called food shortage. So there will be less Italian prociutto di Parma, less Spanish, French, Italian or whatever EU wines to chose from ! No Brit is gonna die if these disappear or increase in price. The UK must adapt and produce better, more affordable food. Russia did exactly that. They've seen an increase of quality food, like cheeses, milk products, vegetables and meat. I'm no English but I wonder how this brexit is effecting people. It's not the end of the world. Yes BJ and other politicians mislead the voters. But done is done. Get over it.

[@slaneyside]

fried spam and eggs hmmm yummy

[@minimax9452]

absolutely - one brexiter evend said you would eat grass instead of beeing in the EU. I am from germany: here only cows eating grass

[@la7dfa]

They say the same in North Korea too. Insects and grass are healthy. Just one fat guy in the whole country.

[@minimax9452]

@@la7dfa great !😅

[@LarsPallesen]

I can see all the Brexit benefits are lining up nicely :-) We've gone from "we will prosper mightily" to "we won't die - we'll just have to pay more for our food".

[@leehotspur9679]

Welcome to a Remoaners special edition

[@ab-ym3bf]

Typical that you have nothing substantial to say. Truth hurts doesn't it.

[@yuenkoi]

Wellcome to the Brexit Sir …….. hahahaha

[@LarsPallesen]

Do you understand the difference between an opinion and a fact? That greengrocer had lost ALL exports to Ireland since January. That wasn't his opinion. It's a fact.