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Squinty wrote:ETON RIFLES, ETON RIFLES.

Moggy wrote:

Squinty wrote:ETON RIFLES, ETON RIFLES.

He might be going to festivals now, but I bet you will never see Davey Cameron down in a tube station at midnight.

Squinty wrote:

Moggy wrote:

Squinty wrote:ETON RIFLES, ETON RIFLES.

He might be going to festivals now, but I bet you will never see Davey Cameron down in a tube station at midnight.

People accused him of Going Underground after Brexit, but it actually turned out he was in a Strange Town called Malice.

Moggy wrote:

Squinty wrote:

Moggy wrote:

Squinty wrote:ETON RIFLES, ETON RIFLES.

He might be going to festivals now, but I bet you will never see Davey Cameron down in a tube station at midnight.

People accused him of Going Underground after Brexit, but it actually turned out he was in a Strange Town called Malice.

Did the Jam ever do a song called “stupid ham faced banana split”?

If not, then they should have as it would have been perfect for a time like this.

Squinty wrote:

Moggy wrote:

Squinty wrote:

Moggy wrote:

Squinty wrote:ETON RIFLES, ETON RIFLES.

He might be going to festivals now, but I bet you will never see Davey Cameron down in a tube station at midnight.

People accused him of Going Underground after Brexit, but it actually turned out he was in a Strange Town called Malice.

Did the Jam ever do a song called “stupid ham faced banana split”?

If not, then they should have as it would have been perfect for a time like this.

Nah. It's surely the Bitterest Pill I ever had to swallow.

(I'm sorry)

Britain may have to live off cheese and salmon omelettes after no-deal Brexit

Britain would run out of food on this date next year if it cannot continue to easily import from the EU and elsewhere after Brexit, the National Farmers’ Union has warned.

Minette Batters, the NFU president, urged the government to put food security at the top of the political agenda after the prospect of a no-deal Brexit was talked up this week.

“The UK farming sector has the potential to be one of the most impacted sectors from a bad Brexit – a frictionless free trade deal with the EU and access to a reliable and competent workforce for farm businesses is critical to the future of the sector,” she said.

Batters’ warning comes a fortnight after the Brexit secretary, Dominic Raab, said Britain would have “adequate food supplies” after Brexit.

While Downing Street has insisted it is confident an agreement can be made in time, the international trade secretary, Liam Fox, warned over the weekend that the prospect of a no-deal Brexit was now at “60-40”, fuelling fears at the NFU and among food importers.

Food security in Britain is in long-term decline, with the country producing 60% of what it needs to feed itself, compared with 74% 30 years ago, according to figures from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).

In a statement issued by the NFU, Batters expressed concern that Britain would not be able to meet its food needs if Brexit was mismanaged.

Research showed 7 August 2019 would be the nominal day that Britain would run out of food if it were asked to be wholly self-sufficient based on seasonal growth, the NFU said.

The temperatures of the past few weeks have put Britain’s food production capabilities into sharp focus and underlined concerns.

Batters said the consequences of there being no agreement could be mitigated if the government took immediate action and gave domestic production its “unwavering support”.

Changing eating habits over the past three decades have helped fuel the increasing reliance on food grown overseas, with perishable items such as tomatoes, lettuce and citrus fruits expected to be available all year round.

But global economics have also contributed to imbalances in foods that can be produced in the UK.

According to figures from the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board, the UK is a net exporter of meat, but relies heavily on imports such as bacon from Denmark, which exports 90% of its pork.

Britain exports more milk and cream products than it produces, and imports almost three times as much cheese as it exports, almost twice as many eggs and almost 20 times as many fresh vegetables, according to HMRC statistics for 2017.

Among the few surplus products are whisky and salmon.

The NFU said the figures showed Brexit is an opportunity for British food producers to redress the balance.

“The statistics show a concerning long-term decline in the UK’s self-sufficiency in food and there is a lot of potential for this to be reversed,” Batters said.

“And while we recognise the need for importing food which can only be produced in different climates, if we maximise on the food that we can produce well in the UK, then that will deliver a whole host of economic, social and environmental benefits to the country.”

Benzin wrote:Yet the farmers voted heavily in favour of Brexit

KK wrote:Obviously the U.K isn’t going to run out of food in the doomsday scenario sense, but it may lead to less choice and definitely higher prices. Say, Cherries from Spain and the U.K. for example: around about £2 a box. Cherries from California can be up to £8 (M&S). I think that’s the type of thing we can expect if there’s no deal.

Also look how earlier in the year Fage Greek yoghurt disappeared over pricing issues. You’ll probably have stuff like that happening all over the place.

KK wrote:Obviously the U.K isn’t going to run out of food in the doomsday scenario sense,

Lagamorph wrote:On the up side ration book manufacturing will be a new growth market.

Rex Kramer wrote:

Lagamorph wrote:On the up side ration book manufacturing will be a new growth market.

I'm sure there is a French company that could provide them at a good rate.

KK wrote:It would finally mean a big change in attitudes from consumers, manufacturers, and supermarkets who will have their hand forced by outside factors, seeing as we currently bin 16% of our fruit and vegetable output because of imperfections, and something like 130,000 gallons of British milk is swilled every single year. How disgusting is it that as a nation we’re throwing away £10billion of food every year, most of it when we’ve brought it home.