Eat turnips not tomatoes: Environment Secretary tells Brits facing veg shortage as she warns of month of bare shelves
23/02/2023
Eat turnips instead of tomatoes, Environment Secretary Thérèse Coffey has told Brits facing the vegetable shortage.
Richard Parry had a farm in Therese Coffey’s constituency and slammed the Environment Secretary's tip for Brits to turn to turnips amid a fruit and veg shortage in supermarkets.
UK faces food shortages as up to 75% of seasonal worker roles unfilled – even Mail admits Brexit a factor
20/05/2022
Before Brexit most of Britain's seasonal crop pickers came over from eastern Europe.
Former UK diplomat reveals that foreign secretary made dismissive remark in 2019.
Express goes bananas over EU
03/06/2016
The staunchly eurosceptic Daily Express has published a listicle about the “amazing things we get back if we leave EU”. / “From powerful vacuums to straight banana’s (sic), here are all the things we’ll get back if we vote out,” the paper says. / The piece has been getting widely shared online. But does it pass the FactCheck test?