Global Britain, April 12, Catherine McBride
IF LIZ WEBSTER didn’t exist, would anyone invent such an entitled self-important nitwit?
For those who don’t know her, Liz Webster is a keyboard warrior who claims to be a farmer, although in 2019 she ran a recruitment agency placing nannies and household staff with families. Those of us (and there are many) who know real farmers also know they do not have the time to sit on Twitter all day and give interviews on TV and radio, all demanding the UK re-join the EU.
Nevertheless, her recent attack on Namibian beef exports is really beyond the pale.
Webster’s highly visible ignorance of real life in Britain as well as food standards and trade agreements was again on display when she posted on Twitter, “Global Britain means risking your life every time you eat” after reading the label on some supermarket minced beef that clearly stated the beef was from Namibia but minced and packaged in the UK.
So how was this life-threatening? The UK has a trade agreement with Namibia; it is a continuity agreement rolled over from the EU’s trade agreement with the Southern African Customs Union and Mozambique. That means Webster’s precious EU also has a trade deal with Namibia, and the same process and packaging would have been possible before Brexit.
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