I really hope I'm wrong.

The UK people who voted Conservative for a hard Brexit did so thinking it'll make the country better.

Your side won and you've got what you wanted. Now we will see if the warnings from remainers and the left are project fear or whether they are true.

I've predicted a doubling down on thatcherite economics, a poorer country and trade deals which open up health and education to US companies. I don't think many of the people who voted for Johnson want these things.

Things could get fairly bad or extremely bad. I want to be wrong but I fear that I'm not.

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SW-User

@NativeOregonian A lot of the agricultural industry relies on cheap labour from Eastern Europe. There were already stories this year of crops not getting picked because of lack of labour as there were fewer migrant workers. I live in a fishing town, most of the catch is sold to EU countries. I'm not sure leaving the EU is going to help either of these groups.

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@SW-User in Kent I know two farmers who threw the towel in this year went bankrupt & left the fruit on the trees. Both were adamant it was lack of pickers that caused them to fold.

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@SW-User The option they have is to pay better wages, the knock on from that would be higher prices.

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@SW-User can't compete with imports if you put price up.

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@SW-User That's true, and probably wouldn't get contracts with big supermarket chains.

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@SW-User exactly they demand and drive the prices down

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@SW-User Something needs to be done about it. Shop local and eat seasonal!

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@SW-User but currently that's not what the UK consumer seems to want.

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@SW-User I don't have much time for a lot of the UK at the moment to be honest.

RubySoo · 56-60, F

@SW-User i know a lot of folk in the farming community. Times have been hard for a long time...but a lit of them cant seemuch point in carrying on.

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@RubySoo especially in your area. If there is no deal for 2021 on lamb farming will be in big trouble 80% of UK products go to EU and will Dave a 40% tariff.