Politics

‘Be more patriotic about cheese,’ says Michael Gove

Everything is normal, nothing to see here.

So says the headline on the BBC website after claims that that cheese prices could go up 40% post-Brexit.

Over to BBC News.

“The environment secretary said that would not happen if consumers started buying more British cheddar.

‘I am deeply concerned about your unpatriotic attitude towards cheese,’ he joked to the Labour MP quizzing him.

He said his department was “very pro UK cheddar” – and Britain’s dairy farmers would respond to what the market wants.

His attempts to show off his knowledge of cheddar, by naming varieties such as “Montgomery or Lincolnshire Poacher”, were cut short by environment committee chairman Neil Parish.”

Thank goodness for that.