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AIBU to think Brexit voters did not foresee the gov shafting UK farmers

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SancerreSunsets · 19/05/2021 15:58

During the build up to the 2016 referendum I saw several massive boards advertising Leave in local farming fields ... as a pro-European, it was the sight of these boards that made me worry about the potential outcome of the vote and my fears became reality.
Now it's possible that Johnson's gov will agree a trade deal with Australia that will flood our market with cheap Australian produce (that is not subjected to the same standards as in EU countries). It's even being suggested that this will make farming in the UK unviable and the gov will have to pay farmers off! This seems mental! Brexit voters I know are keen to buy British produce. Will they and the Brexit voting farmers now being to complain about the Brexit they're being given? They might be listened to more than Remain voters ... we tried for years are generally ignored.

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donquixotedelamancha · 20/05/2021 20:47

Fairly certain the NFU advised farmers to vote Remain

It did. Got some grief for it.

Do we actually know whether farmers broadly voted in favour of Brexit?

Similar to general populace but a bit more leave leaning.

sadie9 · 21/05/2021 18:08

How is Australian beef shipped to the UK, is it vacuum packed and refrigerated and flown over?

SunflowersAndLavender · 21/05/2021 18:36

Apart from the hormone injected beef issues, we do also need to consider food security. If the gov decide to sack off agriculture in the UK, what happens if we get involved with some diplomatic blunder ... and other countries seek to take action against us ... we will have no food.

That's a really good point and it's not just diplomatic spats, it's repeats of the Covid crisis, and the recent Suez blockage that could leave us vulnerable as well.

I think it's important that with anything that is absolutely essential (food, utilities, transport fuel) that we should aim to be as self-sufficient as it's reasonably possible to be. That's not to say that we shouldn't ever buy in any of those things from anywhere else, but we shouldn't allow ourselves to become completely reliant on others.

Nutrafin · 21/05/2021 18:45

Cant farmers must switch to growing little union jack flags? Still a great market for those.

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