Cheese queen Truss trumpets free trade deal with Japan, selling Stilton to people who are lactose-intolerant
Liz Truss: the queen of cheese, who once warned that Brexit would seriously harm the UK, is now proving it with a duff free-trade deal with Japan. It’s no different from the deal we had as part of the EU, but with added Stilton.
Liz Trust can’t get away from cheese, can she?
The International Trade minister has just announced a brand-new post-Brexit free trade deal with Japan. Hooray!
But didn’t we already have a free trade deal with Japan?
Yes. Yes we did.
But this one has added Stilton cheese!
Let’s review Liz Truss and her association with cheese:
Well, at least now she’s talking about exporting it…
https://twitter.com/BorisJohnson_MP/status/1304363589336207361
… to a country where most people can’t eat it – and a country where nobody eats Stilton at all:
Britain already has a superb free trade deal with Japan as a member of the EU. This is essentially the same deal – with one tiny change. We can now export Stilton cheese – great – the Japanese don't eat Stilton cheese. https://t.co/YLLmYcY4av
— Otto English (@Otto_English) September 11, 2020
So Japan has given us the same free trade deal we had as part of the EU, with added Stilton cheese. Not much of a victory, is it?
These people certainly don’t think so:
Has anyone got around to dismantling this fantastic Japanese free trade deal yet?
My strong suspicion is that's it's pure PR window dressing for a deal we already had (minus the stilton?).
— [email protected] (@timolarch) September 11, 2020
Japan "We said 6 weeks, it is now 8 "
UK " cheese "
Japan "as a nation we are predominantly lactose intolerant "
UK " don't care ! Stilton
japan " we take bonds of words seriously "
UK "lalalalala , you lost the war , "— Irishmonk (@castlvillageman) September 11, 2020
Oh and wait for it… here comes the punchline…
This is only an agreement in principle; the Japanese haven’t signed the deal yet. In other words, the Stilton may yet come off the (cheese) board.
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“The International Trade minister has just announced a brand-new post-Brexit free trade deal with Japan.” This is all anyone will see, the BBC will be over the moon, a new beginning, a new order, yeah, right.