Up until now, the Labour Front bench has been promising to “Fix the Tory Brexit”, a statement echoed by Rachel Reeves in her speech to Conference, but the plaster seems to be cracking. David Lammy, in an interview with the BBC suggested that getting it right will involve renegotiating Boris’s deals, a move from Starmer’s position in January. Why this is controversial, I have no idea, if Labour don’t get their first, the Tories will. I should add that there is a growing support for rejoining the Customs Union and Single Market as solutions to the Northern Irish problems and the UK wide shortages and inflation. …
Why no pickled onions?
There are more pictures of empty shelves in the supermarkets. Most agree it’s logistics issue i.e. there are not enough lorry drivers. On the BBC’s reality check pages, they have some figures and a chart. This is also covered in the FT. The ending of freedom of movement is a significant cause as is low pay and high tax (i.e. IR35) .
It doesn’t really need much comment. …