Lord Price: 'UK has up to five years of bumps along the road'

Ex-trade minister is optimistic of an eventual good independent trading relationship after Brexit

The former trade minister Lord Price is unswayed. He voted remain and is still a remainer, despite spending a year at the heart of the government Brexit machine. "I voted to remain and if I voted again today I'd vote to remain," he explained. With the experience of more than a year in the trade department, criss-crossing the world banging the drum for Brexit Britain, he reckons the UK has up to five years of "bumps along the road" ahead.

"The UK had a remarkable set of opt-outs and opportunities," Price told the Guardian as he prepared to take an unpaid role as chairman of the Fairtrade Foundation.

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I don't think European countries want to impose tariffs on food