Man tells arch remoaner we can survive without a Spanish lettuce

[DimPrawn]

Question Time audience insists Britain can live without fresh lettuces in a no deal | Daily Mail Online

'We're resilient in this country... we'll find a way to get lettuces from Spain to England': Question Time audience cheers as man challenges Gina Miller over threat of vegetable shortages after no deal Brexit

[Old Greg]

Question Time audience insists Britain can live without fresh lettuces in a no deal | Daily Mail Online

Thanks. My favourite Mail and Express articles are about Leavers making a point on QT or LBC. Critical for maintaining gammon morale in these dark times.

[Eirikur]

Question Time audience insists Britain can live without fresh lettuces in a no deal | Daily Mail Online

As the average brexiteer never buys fresh food and only eats rubbish from Iceland or microwave meals, I'm not surprised that gammon is not worried about fresh vegetables coming into the UK

[vetran]

hmm

Top Lettuce Exports by Country

1. Spain: US$811.6 million (30.5% of total lettuce exports)
2. United States: $517 million (19.4%)
3. Netherlands: $248 million (9.3%)
4. Italy: $247.1 million (9.3%)
5. Mexico: $234.7 million (8.8%)
6. Belgium: $92 million (3.5%)
7. China: $86.1 million (3.2%)
8. France: $80.4 million (3.0%)
9. Germany: $49.8 million (1.9%)
10. Canada: $43.7 million (1.6%)

[meridian]

hmm

Top Lettuce Exports by Country

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You missed one:

12. United Kingdom: $19.7 million (0.7%)

Presumably we're self-sufficient in lettuce during the growing season?

[SandyD]

Arrrgh we know we can survive but its not survival we are after... we want to stay prosperous !

[meridian]

Arrrgh we know we can survive but its not survival we are after... we want to stay prosperous !

Once we're out of the EU we can allocate some of the £350m per week to sending every family a lettuce each week.

[Old Greg]

Arrrgh we know we can survive but its not survival we are after... we want to stay prosperous !

The government was saying that it won't be Mad Max, but they've downgraded this to survivable.

[shaunbhoy]

fresh vegetables coming into the UK

We have no need of "fresh vegetables" as long as YOU are planning on staying.

[Eirikur]

We have no need of "fresh vegetables" as long as YOU are planning on staying.

Potato price rises will put you out of work, spudbhoy