EU’s food propaganda leaves a bitter taste

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EMAINERS have told us for months that the price of food would soar as a result of Brexit but now it seems that the EU wants to give us donations from its famous butter mountains and wine lakes for free.

Put in your orders for baguettes with Parma ham and brie, washed down with a bottle of claret.

The whole saga should be treated as a joke but, on a more sinister level, the warning from Conservative backbencher Andrew Bridgen should be taken seriously.

He rightly notes that for there to be a food shortage in Britain, the EU would have to erect non-tariff barriers to stop it being imported.

In doing so, the EU would be breaking international law. Given that Britain is the biggest market for things such as champagne, Irish beef and much more it would also be an act of incredible self-harm.

The reality is that this is all part of the propaganda war against Brexit.

We agree with Theresa May who today expresses her confidence in Britain’s “innate strengths, enviable resources and enormous talent”. As she says, our best days are ahead of us – outside the EU.

She is also right that history will judge those involved in Brexit and we are sure the guilty verdict will be delivered on the Brussels machine and its Remainer supporters who underestimate the strength of this great country.