Labour's farming minister faints 'at sight of meat' while touring beef freezer

Andy Burnham's new farming minister fainted "at the sight of meat" after becoming unwell during a tour of a beef freezer.

Stephen Morgan, who has been the MP for Portsmouth South since 2017, had been deployed on a tour of British farms and suppliers since the Prime Minister threw together his top team last month.

But the junior minister became embattled by his new briefing in the Lake District when he was shown a refrigerator storage unit at a food processing plant, packed full of raw meat.

"He’d been shown large chunks of beef as well as some steaks but then he felt faint.“He said something like, ‘I don’t feel too well — I need a moment," one farmer told The Sun.

"It’s not a great look for the farming minister to faint at the sight of meat."

The Labour MP explained that he "felt unwell", blaming the change in temperature between the extreme heat and cold storage and thanking those who helped him.

"Hats off to the brilliant ­people working in these conditions and temperatures to keep the nation fed," he added.

GB News has approached Labour for comment.

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