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Originally Posted by TheDaddy
Yes nothing reeks more of getting your country back, freedom and not being governed by foreigners more than surrendering your ability to sustain yourself with homegrown food. Looks like Patrick bloody Minford was right for just about the first time in his life, we will have to sacrifice agriculture and manufacturing as well on the brexit alter
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My reference to the corn laws was deliberate. The protectionism they entailed placed an unnecessary drag on the economy, and their eventual removal made food cheaper, thereby improving living standards and allowing more disposable income to be spent elsewhere. The whole British economy benefited. Protectionism is always shortsighted in the end.