Lance Forman
(Picture: SUSANNAH IRELAND)A Brexiteer’s attempt to defend Brexit has resulted in him scoring a profound own-goal.
Posting on Twitter, Lance Forman, a salmon businessman who previously served as a Brexit Party MEP, complained about people criticising the policy, and said “Brexit is going just fine.”
He said:
Brexit is going just fine. Blaming things that have nothing to do with brexit is a remainer derangement. Own it.
— Lance Forman (@LanceForman) October 8, 2021
So far, so fair enough. Except earlier this year, Forman said that the UK government should compensate the seafood industry for Brexit-related disruption.
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While he said problems with fishermen not getting the appropriate certification to transport goods across borders wasn’t “a problem of Brexit”, he said the “short-term issues” hadn’t occurred before Britain left the EU and called on the government to support them until things had settled down.
“It’s a problem of our bureaucracy not being ready in time and they should have been ready,” Forman told the Independent Business Network in a video interview.
We are facing short term problems getting fish into the EU and the govt needs to get a grip, and compensate companies where possible if the EU insists on making life difficult. The NI food situation also needs resolving promptly.@LanceForman #brexit pic.twitter.com/bgSiXZklLZ
— Independent Business Network (@IndBusNet) January 19, 2021
“In the mean time I think that the government really has a duty to support those businesses to compensate them for the losses they might have incurred.”
Short term or not, these issues were indeed Brexit related so people were quick to point this hypocrisy out:
If I want a bit of free comedy entertainment, I’m reassured in the knowledge there’s always Lance Forman’s Twitter page to turn to for a few hearty chuckles. https://t.co/Obk5ya6VDE
— Miffy🏳️🌈 (@miffythegamer) October 8, 2021
How to argue with yourself, and lose: A masterclass by Lance Foreman. pic.twitter.com/tuhIqhg9Qa
— Skew Spew Barmy Hairdo Curmudgeon Bigot and Smug💙 (@SkewSmug) October 8, 2021
Brexit is going just fine by the man who wanted a govt handout to cover his falling profits.
— Taureau (@7691Toro) October 8, 2021
How to argue with yourself, and lose: A masterclass by Lance Foreman. pic.twitter.com/tuhIqhg9Qa
— Skew Spew Barmy Hairdo Curmudgeon Bigot and Smug💙 (@SkewSmug) October 8, 2021
A bit awkward.
