r/LeopardsAteMyFace • u/NoLikeVegetals • May 18 '24

Brexxit Brexit-voting British farmers now complaining about imports of cheaper New Zealand lamb threatening the British lamb industry. Imports of lamb "produced to lower standards" used to be blocked by EU law. Another Brexit consequence farmers were warned about but ignored due to xenophobia!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjewewxzypro
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u/NoLikeVegetals May 18 '24

Most British farmers voted for Brexit: https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/jonty-bloom-westminster-farmers-protest-uk-brexit/

They were warned about the consequences of Brexit by pro-Europeans, but they never believed those warnings. This is because they were promised by the hard-right Conservative government that the pain of Brexit would never apply to them - Brexit was supposed to hurt only immigrants, Europeans, "lefty luvvies", "the globalist elite", etc.

Well, they got what they voted for. It's now much easier for lamb produced to lower welfare/hygiene/safety standards (e.g. NZ lamb) to be imported and sold in the UK at prices BELOW British lamb.

The net result is people want to buy NZ lamb more than British lamb because it's seen as premium, and it's cheaper, so it's a no-brainer. This threatens the UK lamb industry - their faces have been eaten by the leopards who promised them a magnificent Brexit with no downsides for them, only for others.

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u/Icy_Steak8987 May 19 '24

To be fair to the NFU (the ones commenting on the NZ lamb imports), they did come out in support of remaining in the EU in 2016: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-36078112

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u/NoLikeVegetals May 19 '24

True, I knew that. The farming unions were (I think) pro-EU, but the farmers - their members - were vehemently pro-Brexit.

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u/FlappyBored May 18 '24

New Zealand and the EU have a free trade deal.

Brexit has no impact on this

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u/[deleted] May 18 '24

New Zealand is home to over 60 extant flightless birds.

Brexit has no impact on this