Britannia, and its (wait-for-it!) withdrawal from the European Union means that a shortage of often-European harvesters will take a bite out of the Queen's behind in the form of higher food prices. Or anyway, that's how one columnist sees it.
Farms in the UK rely on fruit and vegetable pickers from the European Union. But this summer they’re staying away, and the harvest will be hi....
In a recent survey, 30% of agencies who supply workers to British food businesses said they don’t expect to be able to source sufficient workers for the remainder of this summer’s peak picking period.’
Independence offers the freedom to fail with national pride.
ReplyDelete"In a recent survey, 30% of agencies who supply workers to British food businesses said they don’t expect to be able to source sufficient workers for the remainder of this summer’s peak picking period."
ReplyDeleteInsane! Is this saying Britain can feed itself if it had enough farm workers, but since farm workers are expected to work for next to nothing, there aren't enough farm workers?
This has nothing directly to do with Brexit, this has everything to with with the EU's and Britain's and America's stupid economic systems.