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Damn you would have thought the remainers might have said something

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  • NotAllThere
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    I think we did. Rather along the lines of "you won't be able to get the cheap overseas workers over here come Brexit". To which your lot generally replied -well they'll have to pay a decent wage then.

    What matters is: is the economy overall suffering? Will this benefit or harm your average UK citizen? If it will benefit, then great! A real Brexit dividend.

    So I can't see anything has changed. Same argument as 2015.

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  • Eirikur
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    Daily Mail

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  • Damn you would have thought the remainers might have said something

    Seems lorry drivers are in short supply because the cheap eastern European drivers went home.

    Maybe they could have painted it on the side of an HGV - £20 an hour for lorry drivers is far too much! We want to pay minimum wages so supermarket profits aren't reduced.

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art....html#comments

    Fresh food is being left to rot undelivered as supermarket shelves and restaurant plates sit empty due to nationwide HGV driver shortage, fruit and veg boss says
    • Supermarkets are finding it increasingly difficult to replenish their shelves
    • A shortage of truck drivers in the UK is causing problems across retail firms
    • Tim O'Malley of Nationwide Produce said fresh food is rotting in cold storage
    • He said tax changes, Brexit and Covid are all contributing to the current crisis
    Surely it would have tilted the balance in the vote let us carry screwing workers by using cheap labour.

    He said Britain has been reliant on large numbers of EU drivers who have returned to their home countries instead of remaining in the UK.

    Worse still for the industry, truck drivers are not included on the Government's list of skilled labour so new arrivals will need immigration paperwork which makes the UK less attractive.
    oh and HMRC have helped...

    He also said changes in the rules of self employment have seen a 25 increase in agency driver charges, which has a further impact on the cost of a delivery.

    Mr O'Malley said British truck drivers are getting older on average, with 13 per cent over 60 compared with one per cent under 25.

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