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Originally Posted by ianch99

What is important here is not to listen to the binary cause specialists. "A problem is either caused by Brexit or it is not". Of course, you will get the zealots jumping on statements like "We have no fruit because of Brexit" but you would have to be naïve or a fool to be gas lit by their responses.

It may be a big shock but the world is more complex that this binary, cartoon-like representation. Most things that are happening to this country will have a Brexit contribution, the only discussion is how impactful this contribution is. For this situation, here's a well balanced perspective:

https://www.euronews.com/green/2023/...able-shortages



It is the highlighted part that is important here: our decision to isolate ourselves, in trading terms, means that suppliers will naturally choose easier markets to deliver to if they can .. this seems to the case here. Had we still been in the EU, we would be getting more supplies. Sort of obvious really.

I might have missed something but didn’t that commentator acknowledge that Ireland is having similar problems? Is that due in any way to Brexit?

Fact is, France and Germany are paying the higher price for the reduced stock of salad vegetables than our supermarkets were prepared to pay.