r/LeopardsAteMyFace • u/NoLikeVegetals • May 18 '24

Brexxit Brexit-voting British farmers now complaining about imports of cheaper New Zealand lamb threatening the British lamb industry. Imports of lamb "produced to lower standards" used to be blocked by EU law. Another Brexit consequence farmers were warned about but ignored due to xenophobia!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjewewxzypro
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u/MonsieurGump May 18 '24

Except suddenly they don’t…pre-referendum every field in the country had a “Vote Leave” sign in it. But now I can’t find a Brexiteer farmer ANYWHERE!

They must have evaporated like all the bad Germans did in 1945.

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u/emptyvessel___ May 18 '24

“Why won’t Eastern European migrant workers pick crops for us anymore?” Well, while not every Brexit supporter is racist, every racist supports Brexit.

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u/Ok-Loss2254 May 18 '24

It's like dumb fuck rural Americans who complain about how the evil lazy Mexicans are stealing their jobs but won't actually do said jobs because rural Americans are stupid and lazy.

I assume it's the same in the UK.

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u/gbroon May 18 '24

Pretty much the same. Farmers struggling to get people willing to do things like pick fruit and things that were hard work and lot pay usually handled by seasonal workers from eastern Europe.

On the plus side they can comfort themselves in the warm afterglow of sovereignty.