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Chopper's Brexit Podcast Episode 38: Britain is on course for a ‘Goldilocks Brexit’ says Michael Gove, as he raises prospect of plastic straw ban

Plastic straws could be banned from restaurants and bars after Brexit, Michael Gove has said.

The Environment secretary was challenged on Chopper’s Brexit Podcast on whether the UK might follow the example of countries like Rwanda which have banned plastic bags.

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On the subject of whether he might ban plastic straws after Britain has left the EU next year, Mr Gove said: “Watch this space.”

He added: “If it is bad, then banning it is a good thing. But we have to take a balanced approach towards the EU.

“There are some good things about the EU but one of the things about being inside the EU is that there are some steps that we might to take environmentally but can’t yet.”

On the Brexit talks Mr Gove declined to say if he preferred a hard or soft Brexit, saying he wanted a "perfectly-timed Brexit".

Mr Gove said: “As with soft boiled eggs, the division between hard and soft can be over-stated.

“What we want is a perfectly-timed Brexit to ensure that it is neither too hard nor too soft. In that sense a perfectly timed Brexit, if I can move from eggs to porridge, a ‘Goldilocks Brexit’.”

In the podcast interview, available on the Telegraph’s website from 6am on Friday, Mr Gove disclosed that he preferred fishing to hunting or shooting.

A keen fan of Radio 4's The Archers, Mr Gove also said that he preferred the character of Brian Aldridge – a big supporter of Brexit – to his farming rival David Archer.

 

 

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