Jacob Rees Mogg defends continued import of Foie Gras on the grounds of personal choice(his)
The Government is planning new animal welfare legislation but looks set to exclude the import of two items which were set to be banned on the grounds that their production involves animal cruelty (neither are allowed to be produced in the UK).
The first is fur, which apparently is imported from Canada and used in the headgear of the coldstream guards one sees, for example, in Whitehall.
The second is foie gras which is made by force feeding ducks and geese and is imported from France. Jacob Rees Mogg has objected to the ban on the grounds of personal choice- his own it would appear.
Speaking about the potential impact of Brexit in the Commons in 2018 he said there be some initial issues and people should ensure their butlers kept the larder well stocked with foie gras and claret. In 2019 again in the Commons he defended Johnson’s hard Brexit deal by claiming it was the Tournedos Rossini of deals, a beef fillet steak topped with a slice of fried foie gras.
Given that Rees Mogg claims he hates garlic and indeed the French in general is love of foie gras, aide from being indefensible is interesting…
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