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Governments failing the farmers and food industry

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varian Mon 11-Apr-22 19:34:04

500 tonnes of beetroot left to rot because of brexit

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-61039876.amp

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Daisymae Wed 06-Apr-22 21:03:25

Good point. Brexit has been a disaster all round. Can anyone point out how exiting has improved things? What happened to frictionless trade for instance?
www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/feb/17/brexit-life-outside-single-market-utter-disaster

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Coastpath Wed 06-Apr-22 20:52:42

About a month before the referendum I listened to a radio programme about food security. Several experts, all professionals in the field and/or academics, said that our agriculture and food production industry would be at severe risk if Brexit went ahead and that we, in isolation, could not provide adequately for ourselves.

We knew this at the time. Brexit went ahead.

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varian Wed 06-Apr-22 20:36:21

It is not just the government. The Labour Party seems to be terrified of explaining to the voters the truth about brexit - that it was brought about by fraud, lies and foreign interference and that it has irrevocably damaged our country - an utter disaster.

They dar not tell the truth about brexit.

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Whitewavemark2 Wed 06-Apr-22 19:47:33

Politicians have criticise the governments failure to address the problems as a result of Brexit and covid which has meant such a severe labour shortage, it means that crops are rotting in the fields and animals being culled.

The government is apparently doing nothing.

No change there then.

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