Food manufacturing in the United Kingdom is slowing down and a few farms are shrinking. Many farmers say they’re suffering to manage.
Liz Webster is the chair of Save British Food and says it’s a disastrous scenario, “spiralling out of control.“
She represents a growing number of British farmers now calling for the UK to re-enter the single market.
“Trade is bound up in so much red tape. It couldn’t be worse for us. There’s two things, yes you’re selfish, you’re a business. But also I tend to look at it for the whole country and I’m really concerned for food security, food stocks and food supply.”
Webster is going on to mention that the fast resolution is to disencumber industry “by getting back in the single market as quickly as possible.”
And it’s not just those involved in farming who are changing their minds.
According to the British Polling Council, there has been a clear shift since the 2016 referendum, which they say has accelerated over the past year. 57% of British people now believe that Brexit was a mistake.
The wine industry is another that’s been significantly impacted. Many companies struggle to get wine across the channel.
Where once it took a matter of days for a delivery, now it can take months. Many in this sector are frustrated front-line politicians appear unwilling to debate a possible re-entry to the single market.
Ben Wilcock, from the Lant Street Wine Company says he is staggered “they’re no longer having this dialog presently, there are such a lot of companies available in the market who’re in point of fact suffering. Every day it annoys us… We want to have fair conversations concerning the customs union and the only marketplace.”
While this tide of public opinion has grew to become, the adverse have an effect on of Britain’s departure from the EU is still felt throughout many sectors.
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