UK food tsar slams dysfunctional supermarket culture, which he blames for shortages of fresh produce. #TurnipGate https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-64853683

The UK's “shortage of vegetables“ due to #Brexit among other things is being reported in Norwegian news. #BrexitReality #TurnipGate https://www.klartale.no/verden/2023/03/03/storbritannia-mangler-gronnsaker/

In fact, she put it very precisely that *if* a foodstuff was available in the UK then it would also be available in #NorthernIreland. That says precisely nothing about products that are *not* currently available in the UK (e.g. tomatoes), or whether products available in NI would also be available in the UK. This subtle but important point seems to have been lost on many. 😏 #NorthernIreland #WindsorFramework #TurnipGate

Quite something that Von der Leyen said the #WindsorFramework means “the same food will be available in Northern Ireland as in the rest of UK” when, uniquely in Europe, the UK is rationing salad vegetables. Turnips all round, I guess? #NorthernIreland #TurnipGate

Fruit and vegetable shortages could be “tip of the iceberg”, warns farming union. 🥬 #TurnipGate https://apple.news/AB-yWv39_Qj2PTsp9l_N6zw

This is the UK Environment Secretary’s response to the shortage of fresh food thanks to #Brexit? Eat turnips? What an absolute embarrassment of a government. 🤦‍♂️ #ToryCorruption #ToryIncompetence #ThereseCoffey #TurnipGate https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-64745258