‘Shortage of flower pickers because of Brexit’ as fewer daffodil flowers to be harvested
In a “normal year” around 150 pickers would harvest the daffodils, but this year they have just 30.
The UK is the first and so far only country to have left the EU and Brexit was and is the withdrawal of the United Kingdom (UK) from the European Union (EU) and the European Atomic Energy Community (EAEC or Euratom). The official withdrawal was at 23:00 31 January 2020 GMT (00:00 CET).
In a “normal year” around 150 pickers would harvest the daffodils, but this year they have just 30.
"Tell me again how we can't afford to give nurses a proper pay rise?'
The UK’s export market suffered a total fall of £750 million - a 75.5 per cent decline from the previous January, the FDF said.
“If Westminster maintains its control, recent history shows what Scotland can expect: an economic recovery hindered by a hard Brexit that is already taking a significant toll and the continued, systematic undermining of devolution, which is weakening our parliament’s powers to maintain food and environmental standards and protect the NHS ...
"The referendum was five years ago now, we don’t want further division. We accept we’ve left, we’ve got a deal, let’s make it work.”
Elsewhere, Professor Jeremy Brown, a member of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), warned a “very large number” of at-risk people could develop a “serious” Covid-19 infection if restrictions are lifted now.
"The scars are deep. Independence would be Brexit Mark 2."
Andrew Lynas told MPs that buying mozzarella cheese from one of his long-standing suppliers in England now requires eight separate processes under the Northern Ireland Protocol.
"These adverts claim that British business is going from strength to strength.... and ignores the alarm bells they have been sounding", the letter reads.
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