yeah that's what I meant. I wonder if Labour have any policies on how to get British farmers and producers a better deal, so we can buy stuff here that was grown here? Tomatoes for example, I don't mind paying extra for the "on the vine" ones which actually have flavour. I'd pay even more if good British tomatoes were on sale
Labour have been a bit more in interested in food and farming and its impact, and importance since they cottoned onto the fact that not all country dwellers, and nor landworkers are Tory voting, tweed wearing pheasant blasters.
It's the Tories who are (unsurprisingly) less interested in market regulation or protecting workers rights.
Unfortunately brexitting although a labour policy partly because of the desire for renationalisation has played thoroughly into the 'anti protection' 'free marketeers' hands particularly when it comes to farm gate prices.
The CAP although imperfect in many ways, did give some protection against shocks in the system, protected against the very worst labour conditions, and of course encouraged (generally) better environmental practices.
In short - we're worse off, as an industry outside of the CAP, than inside it
You can of course as a consumer seek out the produce of more ethically run businesses, and buy via the shorter supply chain .
