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Reaction of Tory front bench goes viral after MP warns of Brexit waste

Sir Roger Gale said one firm has had to trash £320,000 worth of produce "because there are no pickers and no drivers".

Jack Peat by Jack Peat
2021-09-18 09:55
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Tory frontbenchers looked less than impressed after Sir Roger Gale warned Parliament about excessive Brexit-induced waste.

The North Thanet MP said a lack of pickers and drivers has led to Birchington-based Thanet Earth ‘trashing’ £320,000 worth of produce in just three weeks.

Speaking at Prime Minister’s Questions, Sir Roger said: “On this Back British Farming Day we are at harvest time but all is not safely gathered in.

“In three weeks Thanet Earth, one of the largest glasshouse companies in the country, has had to trash £320,000 worth of produce because there are no pickers and no drivers, because of a lack of labour force. The crops are rotting in our fields and on our trees.”

Sir Roger asked for a covid recovery visa to be introduced immediately so this year’s crops are not lost. He also took a swipe at relaxed planning regulations saying: “We are not going to blaze a trail building on our finest agricultural land. That has got to stop, now.”

Sir Roger Gale (Tory MP) says one farming business in his constituency has had to trash £320,000 worth of produce due to no pickers and no drivers.

There are cries of “Brexit, Brexit” around the house… and the Govt front bench looks nervous.pic.twitter.com/uOE02uMe5w

— Dr Mike Galsworthy (@mikegalsworthy) September 15, 2021

But it was the reaction of the Tory front bench that really took social media by storm.

“Comprehensively rumbled,” one person wrote, while others wrote that Gale will be called to the headmaster’s office after that one:

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Their faces at 38 seconds. Comprehensively rumbled. Arrived here courtesy of a caller to @mrjamesob's brilliant show. https://t.co/cdBngld8W2

— Magic Spongers (@magicspongers) September 17, 2021

Head Prefect Patel making a mental note there…somebody’s going to be called to the headmaster’s office later. pic.twitter.com/IYDxhCwnGd

— Mavis (@MavisMoggie) September 18, 2021

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