There's nowt like a nice bit of Sage Derby! When Sage Derby, or rather a Sage Cheddar masquerading as S-D, arrived on the cheese counters where I live in Germany, the reactions of shoppers was quite interesting- "Yeuch, green cheese-must be bad!" There was a similar reaction when I took a chunk to a party- by the end of the evening almost all of it had been eaten, to the accompaniment of comments like, "Hey, this cheese is really good!"

What 'hostility from our european partners'? Given the continueing demands from just about every british government for special conditions, exemptions, rebates etc. then it's hardly surprising that some european partners are feeling a little pissed-off with the UK. One should also bear in mind that UK ministries, particularly DEFRA, are very adept at re-translating texts from the EU to suit their prefered clientel/prejudices. Then of course there are the many EU financed/co-financed projects which, if left to HMG alone, would probably never have seen the light of day.