And people laughed… us included.
You may remember that infamous chat about Brexit that took place on Love Island last week.
On first viewing, the conversation did not seem very well-informed, and plenty of mockery ensued.
Hey, @Theresa_May, you still need a good wingman for #Brexit? Give our girl Hayley a shout.#LoveIsland @LoveIsland #SaveTheTrees pic.twitter.com/MVUIUTl7pl
— ITVX (@ITVX) June 8, 2018
We mean, a lot of mockery…
https://twitter.com/uksCRASH/status/1007745354928918528
https://twitter.com/AlonaBilunka/status/1007725418496045056
In what will surely be remembered as one of the defining moments of Brexit, Love Island‘s Hayley suggested that Brexit might have an adverse impact on British trees (there’s some debate that she actually said ‘cheese’ but for the purposes of this article, we’re interpreting it as ‘trees’).
And while we all laughed, it turns out Hayley might have been onto something.
Georgia teaches Hayley a thing or two about #Brexit… pic.twitter.com/T6Hn5DACKl
— Love Island (@LoveIsland) June 9, 2018
Speaking to The Sun, environmental experts said that Britain will have to rely on foreign tree imports in order to meet its target of planting more than 11 million new trees over the next quarter of a century.
But, Brexit will have an impact the border checks on tree and plant imports, and the necessary capacity to check the trees themselves has not been given to Britain’s Animal and Plant Health Agency.
Speaking to the Sun, an industry official said:
“Brexit means we might miss the tree targets, which is exactly what Hayley on Love Island warned about.
“Maybe we should make Hayley national tree champion.”
Looks like Hayley was onto something after all…
