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London: Brandishing a kipper at a packed campaign event, Boris Johnson railed against EU red tape he said was punishing the producer of the smoked fish, only to be accused by Brussels on Thursday of “fake news”. Johnson used the kipper to emphasise why his country should leave the EU as soon as possible.
Addressing members of his ruling Conservative party at a London rally on Wednesday, he said the fish came from “a kipper smoker in the Isle of Man who is utterly furious”.
“Because after decades of sending kippers like this through the post, he has had his costs massively increased by Brussels bureaucrats, who have insisted that each kipper must be accompanied by this -- a plastic ice pillow,” he said, holding that up too.
But Anca Paduraru, the EU Commission’s spokeswoman for food safety and health, rejected this at a Brussels briefing on Thursday. (AFP)
Addressing members of his ruling Conservative party at a London rally on Wednesday, he said the fish came from “a kipper smoker in the Isle of Man who is utterly furious”.
“Because after decades of sending kippers like this through the post, he has had his costs massively increased by Brussels bureaucrats, who have insisted that each kipper must be accompanied by this -- a plastic ice pillow,” he said, holding that up too.
But Anca Paduraru, the EU Commission’s spokeswoman for food safety and health, rejected this at a Brussels briefing on Thursday. (AFP)
