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Cont: Brexit XII

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-uk-food-shortages-eu-imports-b2485561.html

Winning all the way:

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Specialist meats such as Parma hams and Spanish chorizo sausages could begin disappearing from the shelves of UK supermarkets and delis because of costly new Brexit checks, food sector chiefs have told The Independent.

Rishi Sunak’s government has been warned of major supply problems with EU meat and dairy products when extra red tape and inspections are imposed on imports from April.

Some suppliers of specialist products, like French cheeses, will give up on Britain because of the extra expense and “huge hassle” involved in sending goods, say industry bosses.

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But what about the canapés - I see this being a turning point for the nation!

;)
 
For a while now I’ve been having to be creative to smuggle certain foodstuffs out of the UK because of regulations; if they tighten up on stuff going the other way my family in the UK are going to be gutted.
 
malbui said:
For a while now I’ve been having to be creative to smuggle certain foodstuffs out of the UK because of regulations; if they tighten up on stuff going the other way my family in the UK are going to be gutted.
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Yes! We have to have the same creativity when we nip over to Gibraltar to pick up some of the very few 'Brit' things we still desire. Yes, they do look through shopping bags infrequently.

For some unknown reason a lot of the UK immigrant population here really miss their Richmond pork sausages - they're foul and disgusting. Spain has plenty of good food available.
 
sinnikal said:
Yes! We have to have the same creativity when we nip over to Gibraltar to pick up some of the very few 'Brit' things we still desire. Yes, they do look through shopping bags infrequently.

For some unknown reason a lot of the UK immigrant population here really miss their Richmond pork sausages - they're foul and disgusting. Spain has plenty of good food available.
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Yeah, to be honest I can't think of much I'd want to import if I lived in Spain. I've spent many months over there over the years and never once had a yearning for UK products.

Apart from Marmite, of course.
 
GlennB said:
Arghh! My Camembert, I love Camembert! Does it freeze OK? Can I stockpile?

The bastards!!
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A shop near me stocks Camembert from Cornwall. It's every bit as good as that from France.

It's not cheap though.
 
malbui said:
Yeah, to be honest I can't think of much I'd want to import if I lived in Spain. I've spent many months over there over the years and never once had a yearning for UK products.

Apart from Marmite, of course.
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Perhaps Vegemite would be easier to get hold of?
 
I just thought that since it only has to come from Australia, rather than across the English Channel, it might be more readily available.
 
Mojo said:
I just thought that since it only has to come from Australia, rather than across the English Channel, it might be more readily available.
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To be fair it can be found in a couple of specialist shops.

Alongside other emetics.
 
malbui said:
A pale imitation. I’m sufficiently integrated into Swiss life to drink Rivella, but I draw the line at Cenovis.
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Funny. Most of my English friends in Geneva tend to prefer Cenovis to Marmite!

I've always thought that Rivella was some kind of dishwashing liquid, until I tried the stuff, and then I was sure.
 
P.J. Denyer said:
I suspect any significant agreements may now be good as impossible. The 'Give Away Everything For A Quick Headline' deals Truss/Johnson negotiated can't be repeated without destroying farming completely, but who's going to accept a worse deal?
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The UK's only negotiating tactic was "give us our portion of the old EU quota or else". Canada replied "or else what?" and they ran away, bravely.
 
Northern Ireland will no longer have to automatically follow future EU legislation, as part of an agreement between the DUP and the UK government, that will see the DUP end their boycott of the Northern Ireland assembly. As per usual, this will also see the UK government throw money at Northern Ireland, in this case £3,3 billion.

https://www.theguardian.com/politic...ower-sharing-restart-northern-island-dup-deal

No word yet from the EU on what their take on this is.
 
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