"Treasury adviser: farming and fisheries are not important"
That's like saying the wheels aren't important on an airplane because they make up only 1% of the weight. But when the wheels come off, you're pretty much doomed... theguardian.com/politics/2020/…
That's like saying the wheels aren't important on an airplane because they make up only 1% of the weight. But when the wheels come off, you're pretty much doomed... theguardian.com/politics/2020/…
We import nearly half of all our food. After Brexit, with customs and trade friction, we'll need to rely on more home-grown food. So what do the Brexit wreckers do? Pigeonhole farming in the same category as the auto sector and other manufacturing, as an industry to run down...
But you can't eat faith or hope or dreams or belief or patriotism or positivity or the result of a vote or a million votes.
If we start seeing shortages because of Brexit, people aren't going to go "well, that's ok... I didn't really want to eat anyway".
If we start seeing shortages because of Brexit, people aren't going to go "well, that's ok... I didn't really want to eat anyway".
