View Single Post
Old 17-01-2022, 12:49   #3793
BenMcr
Virgin Media Staff
 
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Manchester
Services: 360 x2, Maxit TV, Sky Sports and Sky Cinema. Gig1
Posts: 17,929
BenMcr has a pair of shiny starsBenMcr has a pair of shiny starsBenMcr has a pair of shiny starsBenMcr has a pair of shiny stars
BenMcr has a pair of shiny starsBenMcr has a pair of shiny stars
Re: Britain outside the EU

Quote:
Originally Posted by Chris View Post
Prior to our being in the EU we imported most of our sugar from the Caribbean.
That's for historical and colonial reasons though, rather than the most effective current market to source from.

---------- Post added at 12:49 ---------- Previous post was at 12:47 ----------

Quote:
Originally Posted by Chris View Post
Domestic beet production was, and still is, modest in size.
I thought that one of the arguments for Brexit was to help our domestic producers? All of the current post-Brexit activity seems more to about swapping one import market for another and still not developing our internal industries.
__________________
I work for Virgin Media but all views are my own.
BenMcr is offline   Reply With Quote