Selling British-made naan bread to India the ‘ultimate embodiment of global Britain’, Treasury minister says
Selling Bedfordshire naan bread to India is the “ultimate embodiment” of global Britain, Liz Truss has said as she reassured businesses Brexit would boost trade opportunities.
The chief secretary to the Treasury said the government's Brexit and trade deals would open up more opportunities for businesses with the rest of the world.
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On a visit to Bedfordshire firm Signature Flatbreads, she said selling British-produced naan bread to India was exactly the type of “go-getting spirit” needed to make a success of Brexit.
Earlier today, Truss said: “Selling naan breads in India from a company based in Dunstable would once have been unthinkable.
“It's this type of entrepreneurial, and go-getting, spirit that will help the UK make a success of this once in a lifetime opportunity to reshape Britain.”
She added: “We are in a terrific position to take advantage of the new trading horizons open to us after Brexit, and I know that businesses in Bedfordshire and beyond are raring to go.”
More jobs could be created and more income generated across the country once the UK leaves the EU, she said.
The Treasury minister came under fire for her comments, with Labour MP Virendra Sharma, part of the campaign group Best for Britain, branding them “pretty pathetic” and a “sad trivialisation” of Britain's link with India.