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@burneside Nothing to say then about post Brexit trade deals potentially threatening the UK farming industry?
@Lynne Nothing to say about the Common Agricultural Policy adding 17% to the cost of food in the EU? What deals are the NFU talking about? Must be like the supermarkets, they know things that we do not, apparently...
Put a tax on the processed foods then, like they are thinking of doing on plastic bottles and the like. What is the saying "???????? there's a way". There has got to be a way to get people to change their eating habits to achieve a more healthier life style.
@flo - Quite! @majorp - If people can't afford to eat because of rising prices then they will eat what they can afford. Which is what is already happening. Lots of processed foods with added sugars,hydrogenated fats and salt. @burneside - Perhaps the author has seen the light . And the i does not have a clear anti Brexit agenda - it has contributions and readers from and ...
If some people can't afford to eat because of rising prices, it could be a good thing all round. I understand the NHS is under exreme pressure from those that carry too much weight. Increase the prices of bad foods and lower the price of good foods. Now I don't know good from bad so don't anyone dare ask me what they are. There are however healthy foods and unheathy foods as there are ...
Hi Tracy, Nice to see you at the Smugglers yesterday. Wish you all the best in your new "role"
If somebody is posting quotes they should not expect others to have to use Google to find the source. Edit: It's rather ironic that a former political editor of the Daily Mail is writing for the i. I realise it is no longer owned by The Independent, but it is staffed by former Indy journalists and has a clear anti-Brexit agenda. No wonder it has been quoted so much earlier in this thread.
It's fairly easy to Google these days. https://inews.co.uk/opinion/james-chapman-take-no-deal-brexit-off-table/ Author: James Chapman James Chapman is former director of communications at HM Treasury and chief of staff at the Department for Exiting the EU. Prior to that he was political editor of the Daily Mail (*shudder*)
It is normal practice when quoting text that the source is also included. I suspect the author is a rabid Remoaner, hence your reticence to post the link. A no-deal Brexit might not be as bad some fear, this article from the Institute of Economic Affairs reveals how the Common Agricultural Policy actually raises the cost of food by some 17%, compared to world market prices: Imagine there ...
Let's open up negotiations on that. Do a trade perhaps. What are your thoughts on the impact of food prices in the UK should we end up with a No Deal Brexit scenario.