Rogues gallery:
Members of the new Trade and Agriculture Commission:
- Robert Anderson
- Professor Lorand Bartels (Chair)
- Gracia Marin Duran
- Catherine McBride
- Jim Moseley
- Cedric Porter
- Meurig Raymond
- Kate Rowell
- Shanker Singham
- Sir Lockwood Smith
- Andrew Swift
- Nick Von Westenholz
I did see Jim RT Mosley is on the board!
Perhaps RT want to be in charge of import standards as well as food "standards" and SFI policing.Meurig Raymond was a previous RT board member whilst President of NFU.
Nick von W is extremely capable and, in my opinion, a first class advocate for farmers.
The gedogen principleAsk the Dutch, what they do with the rules - they're just as much in the EU-reka as anyone else has been. But they are (generally) far more business-like and produce "with the rules" as opposed to "under rule", if you see what I mean?
Funny thing is, very few places in the world wear their regulatory burden like a badge of honour.
If I was placed on a curfew, for example, then I wouldn't be shouting about it