MPs unite to call for total ban on ‘wicked’ foie gras in the UK

Outlawing the sale of the controversial delicacy will now be easier because of Brexit but could still be challenged by the WTO

Foie gras has been served in one form or another at the banquets of the pharaohs and the court of Louis XIV.

But present-day fans are losing the battle to keep foie gras on the menu in Britain, after years of campaigning by opponents appalled at its production by force-feeding ducks and geese.