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exactly, theatre.

it wont have. it only said standards should be applied, those standards remain open to change. just political theatre.

less calories used to stay warm, so when consume same calories get larger. its another factor among many.

that would be a good summary. no new standards or safeguards proposed, nothing to prevent standards being changed. only a narrow requirement for a trade negotiation to include standards.

my point was chicken is protein, filling and no particularly calorific, not really leading cause of obesity . deepfrying on the other hand is a problem. wider point, obesity is culmination of foods, lack of exercise, lifestyle, modern living (central heating for example), and manipulation of...

think deep frying has more impact on obesity than whether its organic or mass produced. this issue doesnt need more conflations.

dont buy the poor country angle either. the amendment is to flush something, generates a lot of other lies in the process. its a simple clause to say any trade negotiation must enforce food standards. it doesnt stipulate any food standards, doesnt repeal any standards, or say anything else...

i agree with that. problem with this discussion is its more about politics and actual food standards.

which ones? can you or anyone explicitly cite standard or safeguard that is removed now? this is the amendment in discussion to help.

it is quite bonkers, nothing new though, already import meat (and other foods) from around the world. chicken from Thailand, lamb from NZ, beef from Brazil.

a fair point, a product of our adversarial politics. flip side, if you read the amendment you'd wonder why the Lords bothered, its seems weak (ministers can change standards to meet imports). smarter political minds would have waved it through.

what secondary legislation, nothing was passed. they voted against an amendment that directed ministers to follow existing standards. so you mean use of secondary legislation that already exists and could be used to change standards? we have a very topsy turvey world, seems problem with...

what are the implications?

the title isnt true is it, nothing has changed to standards?