Got boris into power though, even though the opportunistic scumbag never believed in it. All he believes in is his own fat arse.
What a surprise…not
Can this bunch of fuckwits do anything that actually helps the country and not destroys it?
Guess certain forgiven people are loving watching their paid for political party fuck over this country
Liz Truss “took charge” of that one and now she’s lead negotiator for EU talks with the NI Protocol in the mix and already flagged up by USA as of critical importance to UK/USA trade.
Guaranteed ballsup, just like everything else she has ever done. Another of the “whatever it takes” bunch who has never stuck to any principle and switches course whichever way the wind blows.
Nobody wanted Brexit more than fishermen. They got what they voted for and should get over it.
Did anybody actually think this would be good for the UK?
I’m not convinced that hormone dosed meat raised in low welfare conditions is an advantage, nor is bolstering the UK’s trade in pesticides and herbicides ([We make stuff banned in the UK / EU such as Paraquat and sell it to Australia amongst other countries](https://unearthed.greenpeace.org/2020/09/10/banned-pesticides-eu-export-poor-countries/))
As predicted, this will decimate what is left of our farming industry across various sectors and provide us with lower quality food in exchange for the nebulas potential of some tech deals and making it easier for our talent to emigrate.
Sure someone will make a killing importing Tim Tams but an individual companies profits seems a very high altar to sacrifice so much on.
Thanks again Brexit, you are making us really proud
You can read the summary of the impact assessment here:
It lists both the benefits and costs of this agreement. And you can decide for yourself if the £94m hit to farming is worth it.
I thought trade deals were supposed to help the country, not damage it.
Oh wait, the Tories are in charge. Stupid me !
Call me crazy, but if you can’t compete with a country that has similar costs of labour, on the other side of the planet, after all the shipping costs, maybe your industry needs to modernise or reform.
If a piece of beef travelling from the literal other end of the earth in a country with similar employment standards is still better value than a piece of beef produced in Britain maybe the farmers should go and learn from Australia
Good.
These are either tiny or loss making industries. They’re industries that overwhelmingly voted for this too. It’s both practical and moral to prioritize actual industries (services really).
To all saying that it’s crazy that British Farmers can’t compete with Australia farmers.. please stop as your lack of knowledge and critical thinking is embrassing.
To begin with the size difference is like and night and day.
The economies of scale alone means Australian Beef Farmers have a significant advantage over farmers not jusg in the UK but most of the world.
You then have things like the price of livestock is significantly lower, the price of medication, veterinary costs, feeding etc is all lower.
The costs of adhering to Government regulations is significantly higher in the UK also.
Aussie trade deal is basically essential in whatever form as the primary aim is to make it hard for any future uk gov to attempt to rejoin eu, even customs union. Thing is, nowhere gets close to eu standards. Fortunately the National Farmers Union like Murdoch have the ear of No 10 but not Brussels, the reason they all voted leave, and they have no option but to lobby for a lowering of uk standards.
I cannot stand all of the people cutting their noses off to spite their faces saying “this is what they voted for they should learn to live with it”. This isn’t what they voted for whatsoever. We were as a country, all lied to. Ok remainers may have seen through some lies, they may have voted out of self interest for other reasons, they may have not trusted our government to carry out what was promised. But the leave campaign told a tremendous amount of lies and targeted specific groups of the population with these lies. It doesn’t make you a better person than somebody who believed the lies so get off your high horse and stop being happy that it’s going to shit – because the country going to shit affects us all.
The whole ‘I told you so’ attitude boils my piss.
I hope every Brexit supporting farmer has to sell up and work for a big corporate farming company as they will be the only ones left. This deal wasn’t about trade but was about cementing our trading relationship with that region. It was a poor deal done quickly and now Truss is fixing her own party’s mess in NI, I feel sorry for NI they have become the used sticky tissue of Brexit by the DUP and Tories
What’s the carbon footprint of transporting all that produce from halfway around the world? Must be huge.
I did some googling, the largest Australian farm is 9140.625 square miles. The whole UK is 93627.843 square miles….
10 fucking % (ish) of the UK is one farm… one.
Yeah, let’s do an agricultural trade deal with that country, I’ll bet our farmers will love it. Lol.
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Got boris into power though, even though the opportunistic scumbag never believed in it. All he believes in is his own fat arse.
What a surprise…not
Can this bunch of fuckwits do anything that actually helps the country and not destroys it?
Guess certain forgiven people are loving watching their paid for political party fuck over this country
Liz Truss “took charge” of that one and now she’s lead negotiator for EU talks with the NI Protocol in the mix and already flagged up by USA as of critical importance to UK/USA trade.
Guaranteed ballsup, just like everything else she has ever done. Another of the “whatever it takes” bunch who has never stuck to any principle and switches course whichever way the wind blows.
Nobody wanted Brexit more than fishermen. They got what they voted for and should get over it.
It’s worth noting that [the report](https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1041629/impact-assessment-of-the-free-trade-agreement-between-the-united-kingdom-of-great-britain-and-northern-ireland-and-australia.pdf) seems to indicate that this is a hit to growth, meaning it is both annual (not just a one-off cost) and permanent.
Did anybody actually think this would be good for the UK?
I’m not convinced that hormone dosed meat raised in low welfare conditions is an advantage, nor is bolstering the UK’s trade in pesticides and herbicides ([We make stuff banned in the UK / EU such as Paraquat and sell it to Australia amongst other countries](https://unearthed.greenpeace.org/2020/09/10/banned-pesticides-eu-export-poor-countries/))
As predicted, this will decimate what is left of our farming industry across various sectors and provide us with lower quality food in exchange for the nebulas potential of some tech deals and making it easier for our talent to emigrate.
Sure someone will make a killing importing Tim Tams but an individual companies profits seems a very high altar to sacrifice so much on.
Thanks again Brexit, you are making us really proud
You can read the summary of the impact assessment here:
[https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-australia-fta-impact-assessment/impact-assessment-of-the-fta-between-the-uk-and-australia-executive-summary-web-version](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-australia-fta-impact-assessment/impact-assessment-of-the-fta-between-the-uk-and-australia-executive-summary-web-version)
It lists both the benefits and costs of this agreement. And you can decide for yourself if the £94m hit to farming is worth it.
I thought trade deals were supposed to help the country, not damage it.
Oh wait, the Tories are in charge. Stupid me !
Call me crazy, but if you can’t compete with a country that has similar costs of labour, on the other side of the planet, after all the shipping costs, maybe your industry needs to modernise or reform.
If a piece of beef travelling from the literal other end of the earth in a country with similar employment standards is still better value than a piece of beef produced in Britain maybe the farmers should go and learn from Australia
Good.
These are either tiny or loss making industries. They’re industries that overwhelmingly voted for this too. It’s both practical and moral to prioritize actual industries (services really).
To all saying that it’s crazy that British Farmers can’t compete with Australia farmers.. please stop as your lack of knowledge and critical thinking is embrassing.
To begin with the size difference is like and night and day.
The economies of scale alone means Australian Beef Farmers have a significant advantage over farmers not jusg in the UK but most of the world.
You then have things like the price of livestock is significantly lower, the price of medication, veterinary costs, feeding etc is all lower.
The costs of adhering to Government regulations is significantly higher in the UK also.
Aussie trade deal is basically essential in whatever form as the primary aim is to make it hard for any future uk gov to attempt to rejoin eu, even customs union. Thing is, nowhere gets close to eu standards. Fortunately the National Farmers Union like Murdoch have the ear of No 10 but not Brussels, the reason they all voted leave, and they have no option but to lobby for a lowering of uk standards.
I cannot stand all of the people cutting their noses off to spite their faces saying “this is what they voted for they should learn to live with it”. This isn’t what they voted for whatsoever. We were as a country, all lied to. Ok remainers may have seen through some lies, they may have voted out of self interest for other reasons, they may have not trusted our government to carry out what was promised. But the leave campaign told a tremendous amount of lies and targeted specific groups of the population with these lies. It doesn’t make you a better person than somebody who believed the lies so get off your high horse and stop being happy that it’s going to shit – because the country going to shit affects us all.
The whole ‘I told you so’ attitude boils my piss.
I hope every Brexit supporting farmer has to sell up and work for a big corporate farming company as they will be the only ones left. This deal wasn’t about trade but was about cementing our trading relationship with that region. It was a poor deal done quickly and now Truss is fixing her own party’s mess in NI, I feel sorry for NI they have become the used sticky tissue of Brexit by the DUP and Tories
What’s the carbon footprint of transporting all that produce from halfway around the world? Must be huge.
I did some googling, the largest Australian farm is 9140.625 square miles. The whole UK is 93627.843 square miles….
10 fucking % (ish) of the UK is one farm… one.
Yeah, let’s do an agricultural trade deal with that country, I’ll bet our farmers will love it. Lol.
*’How many sheep and cows ya got mate?’*
*’Dunno, most of them’*
> [*How long can the British people be deprived of the opportunity to have Arnotts® Tim Tams™ at a reasonable price?*](https://i.inews.co.uk/content/uploads/2020/06/PRI_154960184.jpg)
– The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
…but therefore cheaper food for consumers presumably?
The Venn diagram for people who say ‘All Australians are stupid, aren’t they?’ and who voted for this to happen – it’s one circle.