Bonne chance Brandon Lewis when it comes to telling Europe to reduce charges

I read in the News Letter (December 30) that the secretary of state for Northern Ireland Brandon Lewis has insisted that companies in GB who send goods to Northern Ireland should not be charging extra and that parcel charges should remain the same as they are now.

(The article can be read here: ‘Parcel delivery charges to Northern Ireland should not rise after Brexit because there is no Irish Sea border, Secretary of State insists’)

Under the new UK/EU trade deal will the secretary of state also tell the French to reduce the price of their cheeses by 50%?

Bonne chance Brandon!

Freda E Woods, Bangor

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