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Damn you would have thought the remainers might have said something

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    #61
    But doesn't Brexit fix all this? No more reliance on cheap foreign labour.

    Maybe over the next year or so wages will rise for crap jobs like veg picking, meat packing and cleaning.
    Scoots still says that Apr 2020 didn't mark the start of a new stock bull market.

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      #62
      Originally posted by DealorNoDeal View Post
      But doesn't Brexit fix all this? No more reliance on cheap foreign labour.

      Maybe over the next year or so wages will rise for crap jobs like veg picking, meat packing and cleaning.
      It seems that is already happening with the whines coming from the various employers being now forced to pay a living wage.

      I don't know why anyone with any sense would support further abuse.
      Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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        #63
        Originally posted by DealorNoDeal View Post
        But doesn't Brexit fix all this? No more reliance on cheap foreign labour.

        Maybe over the next year or so wages will rise for crap jobs like veg picking, meat packing and cleaning.
        And consumers will complain about the increase in the cost of food with trade deals bringing in cheaper produce and our home grown industry will die off. It feels like we've already been there, done that.

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          #64
          Originally posted by ladymuck View Post

          And consumers will complain about the increase in the cost of food with trade deals bringing in cheaper produce and our home grown industry will die off. It feels like we've already been there, done that.
          We could have protected it any time we wanted. I suppose this is how the plantation owners complained when slavery was abolished.

          We probably could still avoid the issue by automating and beat our competitors who still use manual labour.

          Just remember before the combine harvester.
          Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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            #65
            Originally posted by vetran View Post

            I don't know why don't you try to find some facts?
            The answer is yes, farmers (mostly in England) voted out. As such, I'm happy they get what they voted for as they did 'win', didn't they

            https://www.bidwells.co.uk/what-we-t...ferendum-poll/
            I am what I drink, and I'm a bitter man

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              #66
              Originally posted by Whorty View Post

              The answer is yes, farmers (mostly in England) voted out. As such, I'm happy they get what they voted for as they did 'win', didn't they

              https://www.bidwells.co.uk/what-we-t...ferendum-poll/
              577 is not a large sample.

              They voted for a lack of CAPs - which they got.

              The ones not getting subsidies from the EU voted to lose the subsidies.

              They knew that the overseas workers would dry up and were open to mechanisation.

              You keep supporting exploitation it looks good on you!
              Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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                #67
                Originally posted by vetran View Post

                577 is not a large sample.

                They voted for a lack of CAPs - which they got.

                The ones not getting subsidies from the EU voted to lose the subsidies.

                They knew that the overseas workers would dry up and were open to mechanisation.

                You keep supporting exploitation it looks good on you!
                Interesting Not sure I've said anywhere I support any of this ... I'm laughing at your desperation to try to find something, anything, that supports Brexit

                How about this poll from 2017 ... slightly larger sample size, same results

                https://www.fwi.co.uk/news/farmer-su...w-poll-reveals
                Last edited by Whorty; 1 July 2021, 18:08.
                I am what I drink, and I'm a bitter man

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                  #68
                  Originally posted by Whorty View Post

                  Interesting Not sure I've said anywhere I support any of this ... I'm laughing at your desperation to try to find something, anything, that supports Brexit

                  How about this poll from 2017 ... slightly larger sample size, same results

                  https://www.fwi.co.uk/news/farmer-su...w-poll-reveals
                  vaccination good, exchange rate good. the EU butt fecked - we are done here!
                  Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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                    #69
                    oh look it seems the farmers didn't want brits.

                    https://ukandeu.ac.uk/low-paid-jobs-...19-and-brexit/

                    https://www.theguardian.com/money/20...-uk-applicants

                    hmm
                    Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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                      #70
                      Originally posted by vetran View Post
                      You'd think it would be easier using Brits. No language issues, no need to fly them in or provide accommodation.

                      I guess the farmers prefer to stick with a tried and tested formula. They know Eastern Europeans stay the course and get the job done. Why risk your crop on an unknown quantity.
                      Scoots still says that Apr 2020 didn't mark the start of a new stock bull market.

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