Gloomy forecast for Christmas, winter period in Britain
Bianca Rahimi
Press TV, London
Christmas is around the corner and the British public is being warned that there might be a shortage of everything this festive season. Panic-buying is already underway amid a supply chain crisis in the country.
Food experts in Britain have been advising shoppers to buy Christmas dinner months in advance or they might go without – leading to a surge in sales. Demand for turkey has gone up 400 percent in recent days and even toy shops are warning their shelves might be empty soon.
With the pandemic easing, Brexit is back in the news, with food, fuel and labour shortages taking their toll. And that’s bad news for the conservatives, who promised to get Brexit done!
Under pressure, the government has now been forced to relax immigration rules, and start issuing emergency six-month visas for thousands of butchers, poultry workers and HGV drivers to save Christmas and prevent 100,000 animals being culled.
Nonetheless Prime Minister Boris Johnson insists there is no supply chain crisis, calling the current situation a symptom of an economy in revival.
For decades EU nationals have done labour intensive work on Britain’s farms –labor farmers say British workers just won’t do. And the fact is it will take years to train enough Brits to drive heavy goods vehicles. So it might not just be a winter of discontent lying ahead for Britain, but years of adjustment.
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