Re: Stockpile your popcorn
@reubs007
"30% of the UK’s food supply comes from the EU. 11% comes from non-EU countries. Is your plan to quadruple the supply of food from non-EU countries overnight?"
Yes if needed. It is pretty daft to state we buy so much from within the protectionist block because the reason we buy there is the protectionist block. There is a world market and its not overnight changing supplies but prepared for the known brexit. The outcome being an expected reduction in food prices as we are no longer in the protectionist block.
"None of this food could travel through EU countries without reams of paperwork, checks and delays. Shipping food from places like Argentina obviously takes a while."
A while like we know its coming so order stuff to arrive as we have normally done so far? Argentina not being in the EU so not much of an issue there? If the EU bogs its economy down with paperwork thats gonna hurt them, but with an entire world market that exists already we will be fine. Its not a sudden change, its one coming for years now.
"I assume therefore we are talking about a constant stream of planes bringing millions of tons of food into the UK from non-EU countries? Who is going to pay for all this?"
Probably shipping I would expect for a lot of it but probably air freight too. And its nothing new so nothing new. What do you mean who will pay for what?
"We have literally just seen supermarket shelves emptied by panic buying and this was when there were no supply constraints."
A temporary panic buy where items couldnt get from storage to store faster than it left the shelves and solved in a couple of weeks of such constant pressure. Amusingly corner shops seemingly stocked while stores raided. Yet not a problem and solved quickly. From an unexpected and actually swift changing issue (instead of dragging on for years)
Biting the hand that feeds IT
