Grant Shapps on the case for a free trade in Haggis…

“President Obama – whose family tree is said to go all the way back to a 12th-century king of Scotland – has never in his life been able to buy an authentic Scottish haggis for his family, not even on Burns night. Now, you may or may not like haggis… But, to paraphrase Voltaire: I may not agree with what the Scottish eat, but I will defend to the death their right to eat it! It would be wonderful to decriminalise haggis – but, of course, most trade barriers aren’t criminal in nature…”