Rishi Sunak, the prime minister of the UK, is receiving boos on social media for his “buy American” call as European social media users had a blast admiring the Swadeshi movements of the Brits. ” We should n’t be reliant on foreign food. Purchase British,’ ‘ Sunak posted on X.
Your government has made sure European farming is in problems! You’ve allowed foreign imports to sabotage American food, imposed tariffs, and paid us to grow flowers, among other things. ” Liz Webster, leader of Save British Farming, said.
” Babe light up the British are starting a Swadeshi motion,” a backlash article on X went viral.
” Why did you make it harder for farmers to provide it then, talent? ” a person replied.
I assumed you had a Coke addiction. Do you purchase entirely, craft, organic English cola? ” Sunak was contacted by a third social media users.
Food writer Jay Rayner posted” Where to terrible begin? There is n’t sufficient British food to obtain because the crass, misshapen, malicious clown- show of Brexit that you promoted, has undermined food production, courtesy of sick- thought out subsidies. Plus, brexit- operated boundary controls have stymied exports.”
In response, one joked:” Like to start the day with a glass of British tea or coffee. Before adding all those English spices to my lunch, a tiny squeeze of British grapefruit juice and a drizzle of European oil oil…”
Indians who mocked Rishi Sunak for rediscovering Mahatma Gandhi’s” Swadeshi” action made the harshest of quips.
British households have paid an incredible £7 billion since Brexit to cover the extra cost of trade barriers that apply to food imports from the EU, according to a report from the London School of Economics ( LSE ) last year. According to the researchers, business restrictions continue to stymie goods, driving up regular monthly costs by £250 during the cost of living problems.
A 2023 study by Farmer’s Weekly caught the feelings of English farmers seven decades on from Brexit. It found that 76 % of oilseed rape growers believed that leaving the EU had had a negative impact on their businesses, compared to 70 % of farmers who grow cereals. Also, 68 % of farmers with meat cattle, dairy cattle or sheep had a negative view. And the two industries that were even more unfavorable were those that raised vegetables ( 81 % ) and those that raised pigs (79 % ) were the worst.
