It may be a concept alien to members of our ruling Tory party that one function of government is to intervene in markets when the results of such an intervention would be in favour of its population – in this case with food.
Whilst Coffey eschews personal blame, she does have the responsibility to action a credible plan to mitigate the damaging effect of Brexit on our food supply. There are no such shortages in Spain, France, or the rest of Europe.
We cannot get all the food we need from abroad. Government inaction impairs food production and distribution at home. Fruit and vegetables are affected now, but the “generous” EU-replacing trade deals with Australia and New Zealand will adversely impact our meat producers who are already missing out on the EU market. Fish is a familiar losing story.
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