‘If Johnson refuses to save our bacon, farmers should dump pig carcasses outside Number 10’
Pigs in peril: yes, I’m using the same image as before – of a pig that looks like Boris Johnson. It’s to establish a ‘running theme’ between stories on this topic.
A shortage of butchers and abattoir workers caused by Brexit means 4,500 pigs are likely to be culled within days – and the government isn’t even talking to farmers.
It seems the government is not only failing to help the UK’s livestock farmers; it is refusing to help them.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s only reaction to the crisis was a poor taste comment last week that the pigs would have become “bacon sandwiches” anyway – stupidly missing the point that they’re not going to become any kind of foodstuff at all.
Meanwhile, it seems his government is failing to help the UK farming industry – which faces implosion – while signing trade deals with foreign countries for substandard food.
It seems this is the true meaning behind the Brexit slogan about “Taking back control”: destroying the UK farming industry and buying bad food from abroad.
For a snapshot of the situation, watch this BBC interview with a pig farmer – and take note of the comment on Twitter that this is someone who campaigned for Brexit . Undoubtedly this person is now regretting turning a blind eye to Johnson’s lies:
Watch this video.. and then understand that Kate Morgan did not just vote for Brexit, she campaigned for it. And she told others to ‘get over it.’ https://t.co/FRUZNQD2g1
— Joris Zwart (@joriszwart) October 9, 2021
Personally, I like Sam Brook’s suggestion of how farmers should deal with this issue:
You know that French farmers would be dumping those pig carcasses outside number 10.
— Sam Brook (@SlothBracelet) October 10, 2021
It really is the only way to bring the situation home to Boris Johnson: dump it on his doorstep. Do any of our farmers have the guts to do it?
UPDATE October 12, 2021: Minutes after this story went up, a Facebook commenter wrote: “Don’t do that – we know what those Tory boys do with dead pigs.”
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