Another Brexit fiasco.... British cheeses failed to get to the World Cheese Awards in Portugal as they failed to clear customs in time (now being from a non-EU country).
In the scale of the disasters of Brexit its not going to to be a big thing (although it will be for the frustrated cheese makers), but is emblematic of how myopic the Brexiters were about the impact of their successful plan to leave Europe....
theguardian.com/food/2024/nov/…
UK cheeses miss out on international prize after getting stuck in customs
At the World Cheese Awards in Portugal, British entries were conspicuous by their absence after failing to clear import controlsTomé Morrissy-Swan (The Guardian)
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Nicole Parsons
in reply to Emeritus Prof Christopher May • • •Brexit was incited by Russian disinformation & right wing elites weaponizing anti-migrant bigotry.
independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli…
vox.com/2016/6/25/12029786/bre…
tmg-uk.org/news/brexit-anti-im…
bbc.com/news/uk-37193140
As Heather McGhee's book "The Sum of Us" describes, bigots are willing to give up a lot to keep something as useful as bigotry alive.
Give up the bigotry & Russia's "divide & conquer" lies loses its efficacy.
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia…
csis.org/blogs/brexit-bits-bob…
Brexit was fueled by irrational xenophobia, not real economic grievances
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TerryB
in reply to Nicole Parsons • • •Emeritus Prof Christopher May
in reply to TerryB • • •@TerryBTwo @Npars01
Yup, I'd agree; the EU had been a useful scapegoat & target for years, often by people/politicians who then moaned about the vote to leave....
Wigbert B 🎻🏛🎭🎤🗞🎥📚
in reply to Nicole Parsons • • •@Npars01
that is not really surprising now, is it?
Ben, Broken By The News
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