The first minister accused the UUP of speaking "complete trash" and attempting to "scaremonger and to deceive people outside".

BBC: Policing and Justice transfer

But is it coherent to scaremonger about food security in Europe and yet to call for less intensive (and thus less productive) agriculture?

ECONOMIST: Charlemagne

It accused America of trying to "scaremonger by exaggerating security concerns" and said that if Mr Obama was referring to China, those concerns were '"imaginary", because China had a great reliance on trade and so a real stake in keeping sea lanes open.

BBC: Obama's victory over China?