General Discussion
Elections will be held on Thursday 15th Feb for 1 x Dawlish Town Councilor for Central Ward and 1x Teignbridge District Councillor for Dawish North East and Central Ward
And how about more orangeries and hot houses or whatever it is that would be needed so that we can grow our own oranges, lemons, limes, grapefruits, melons, avocados, bananas and the like.
If the demand for British produce increases then the cost of it will also increase. The economic law of supply and demand will see to that. And on that subject, I've just had a thought (as I do on the odd occasion or so ), if overseas food stuffs get more expensive and a consequent demand for home grown produce leads to an increase in their prices as well, then perhaps we'll have ...
So if you want free movement to the UK to cease then logically you would support a hard Brexit. Have you started to food hoard yet for when the hard Brexit food shortage/increased cost of food hits these shores? Enjoy the snow.
A rough guide; Hard Brexit (amongst other things) = UK leaves EU customs union and its full access to the single market. Which would mean a significant increase in bureaucratic checks on goods passing through ports and airports. Tariffs. Delays. Soft Brexit (amongst other things) = UK stays in EU customs union . Which means that goods would not be subject to hold ups at ports and ...
Well, if we make our own rules such that little changes, what is the point in coming out? To control immigration? The only way we can do that as far as I can tell is by going for a 'hard' brexit.
Well, as I see it, we either stay with the customs situation that we presently have with(in) the EU or we don't, and if we don't the above could easily be the result. All I'm doing is pointing out possible outcomes from the referendum result.
If lorries at Customs are piled up at Dover Then food trucks at Calais can't travel over (approx 80% of our imported food comes from the EU)
We may not need those fresh food stuffs 12 months a year but it's what we are now used to having. Indeed many in this country have never known any different. Unlike food, cars don't go 'off' whilst waiting for customs clearance.
You may never have had all this food when you were a kid but plenty of (younger) others have! You may not like french cheese and wine (and Italian and Spanish as well) a but plenty of (younger) others do! And we can only hope that all those oranges don't go 'off' whilst waiting in lorries for customs clearance. And no matter how good British farmers are they cannot provide this country ...
