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The US wants British supermarkets to sell chlorinated chicken, and people are rightly crying foul – 15 ‘cluck off’ messages for Trump
Welcome to Episode 1,239 of ‘Brexit Benefits: the Nightmare Continues’, as we cross to the Department of Trade and Industry to see how the deal with the US is going, and – oh no! – it’s not great.
The so-called deal that Keir Starmer trumpeted in June has yet to be formalised, and Trump’s team has used that to try and gain multiple concessions, such as lower tariffs on US goods, an agreement to scrap plans for a big tech tax, and American access to UK health records to allow them to target the NHS with products.
They’re now pushing the UK to drastically lower some food standards.
The 51st state.
Trump demands that the UK allows American chlorinated chicken and hormone-treated meat into its supermarkets.
UK already agreed to pay more for US drugs, reduced tax on private equity managers, considering cutting tax on tech companies.https://t.co/l6fbYIg0j8
— Prem Sikka (@premnsikka) December 30, 2025
Farming campaigner Liz Webster explained the bigger picture behind this latest coercion attempt.
Chlorinated chicken isn’t about chlorine. It’s about regulatory philosophy.
UK & EU rules:
•regulate the whole production process
•prioritise animal welfare and hygiene upstream
•ban chemical “fixes” at the endUS rules:
•allow lower welfare and hygiene standards
•rely on…— Liz Webster (@LizWebsterSBF) December 29, 2025
Let’s hope 2026 Starmer listens to 2020 Starmer.
2025: Farmers Weekly, "US seeks food standards change as price for £31bn tech deal"
2020: Keir Starmer, "I don't want chlorinated chicken, and I don't think most people do"
Will Keir Starmer stick to higher standards, or will Keir Starmer give in and accept chlorinated chicken? pic.twitter.com/dy2d6Rxnzk
— Farrukh (@implausibleblog) December 29, 2025
Internet users got into a real flap about it, and we don’t blame them.
1.
Brexiteers : "Of course we won't have US chlorinated chicken and hormone-pumped beef on our shelves
….. oh wait " pic.twitter.com/fmdhowUCI3
— Alex Taylor (@AlexTaylorNews) December 29, 2025
2.
I’m a step ahead and have a garage full of chicken flavoured chlorine if anyone’s interested pic.twitter.com/gpcquB5Aif
— Florence Lox (@floboflo) December 30, 2025
3.
Who saw that coming? pic.twitter.com/ulybThkWWW
— Peter Stefanovic (@PeterStefanovi2) December 29, 2025
4.
Oh…. You know!! https://t.co/GulVGV6YVb
— Deborah Meaden (@DeborahMeaden) December 29, 2025
5.
When your Chicken Tikka Masala tastes a bit municipal swimming pool, you'll know it's the taste of #Brexit freedom. pic.twitter.com/ljGSf8Pkzk
— Alan Ferrier (@alanferrier) December 29, 2025
6.
The freedom from EU Brits voted for is the freedom to get bullied by the US into raising colon cancer rates https://t.co/1eXuLVkbGA
— Adrian P (@AdrianP_doc) December 29, 2025
7.
Great news for anyone in the UK looking to grow a third arm and possibly acquire superpowers. Worth mentioning US chlorinated chicken is banned for human consumption in the EU, probably under some chemical weapons treaty. pic.twitter.com/X1KruaqkaD
— Daractenus (@Daractenus) December 29, 2025
8.
Brexit's going well… pic.twitter.com/Wu8Fm1bDCj
— Edwin Hayward (@edwinhayward) December 29, 2025
9.
Labour can kiss goodbye to any hope of re-election if US food standards and their food itself are allowed here.
The stupidity of aligning yourself with Trump's US rather than Europe.
— George Tang (@georgetang2015) December 29, 2025
10.
Americas main issue with the rest of the world is that they put so much shit and fat in their food that no one else wants it. Rather then trying to raise their own standards they try to make everyone lower theirs, and making it everyone else’s fault, rather then their own
— Josh (@romanov4norris2) December 29, 2025
11.
Brexity consequences pic.twitter.com/hL1V2AylfP
— p (@DohaScot) December 29, 2025
12.
The United States Government are trying to blackmail the United Kingdom into purchasing chlorinated chicken and hormone-treated beef both of which are banned in the UK due to high food standards
The White House is using the collapse of the UK–US tech/AI deal as leverage… pic.twitter.com/MXQgXRgIh0
— Bricktop_NAFO (@Bricktop_NAFO) December 29, 2025
13.
Thanks again Brexit pic.twitter.com/7sJGGxGEM6
— Ross Ahlfeld ☧ (@BremenBod) December 30, 2025
14.
The @WhiteHouse demands British life expectancy be lowered to US averages. #chlorinatedshit #shitfood #BrexitDisaster #shitpolitics #MAGACultMorons https://t.co/GUrFuTInfN
— Rob Schäfer (@GerMilHistory) December 29, 2025
15.
Oh no, look what Europe is losing the Brits are so lucky to have this american delicacy available to them https://t.co/XedzKEGcg3 pic.twitter.com/SbLH1FJxfr
— Bacchus (@BacchusAwakes) December 29, 2025
We’re not expecting Keir Starmer to take this approach, but it’d be full-on Hugh Grant in Love Actually if he did.
Already gave Donald Trump £3bn of NHS budget per year for nothing.
Now he demands even more.
The only answer to Donald Trump is "Fuck off." pic.twitter.com/dVa15gAcN7
— BladeoftheSun (@BladeoftheS) December 29, 2025
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