What happened to the great Brexit turkey shortage?

[johnofgwent]

This year I bought two turkey crowns frozen from either Aldi or Lidl I don't know which and don't care, about mid November. One became a taste test run around US Thanksgiving, the other became the main event. Both were very nice thank you. 

Fact is retailers of all kinds were offering whole birds or bits thereof daily to 24 Dec and had freezers full today 28th if anyone is feeling the need for more.

It's glib and cheap and not very chivalrous to say I told you this was a remoaner stunt and I shouldn't but F@@@ it I will. 

[Thomas]

I miss all the remongers on here , i really do.

I fondly remember the days of being told about impending house price crashes , mass unmployment and jobs lost at nissan.

They just love sucking at the teat of remains propaganda and lies dont they?

[Thomas]

 




https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/sep/26/christmas-turkeys-scarcer-uk-supermarkets-brexit-shortage


Howling. Project continuous fear at its very best.

[Thomas]

Orders ours from our butcher back in October, he told me then there would be no shortage.

The uk must have rejoined the EU on the quiet then

[Nick]

Almost as seriously, the champagne was likely to run out as well, at least according to the Guardian. In fact, the only thing forecast to be in plentiful supply was brussels sprouts, on account of a pretty good growing season. Without wishing to disparage the sturdy sprout, if that was going to be the centrepiece of Christmas dinner it was likely to be a fairly meagre meal. The explanation? Our departure from the EU meant there were fewer workers for the farms, and border controls would make it impossible to import enough food and drink. Some hardcore Remainers were getting ready to point out, with their weariest 'sadly we told you so' expressions, that outside the single market Christmasses would be very bleak from now on.

Except of course, none of it happened. For all the scare stories, there were lots of turkeys available in the shops, and as many pigs in blankets and bottles of champagne as you felt like buying.




https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/what-happened-to-the-great-brexit-turkey-shortage-

Orders ours from our butcher back in October, he told me then there would be no shortage. 

[Thomas]

I bet there was a Turkey shortage in The Lizard, or maybe a Lizard shortage in Turkey.
Probably neither.

im sure we must start a thread on the subject of did any project fear predictions turn out to be true?. ( as well as our own one man project fear propagandist pappysmurf)

[Barry]

I bet there was a Turkey shortage in The Lizard, or maybe a Lizard shortage in Turkey.
Probably neither.

[Streetwalker]

Was getting slowly pissed in the club on Christmas eve when around mid afternoon the cry went up ''half price Turkeys in Waitrose''  . 

In the end their were too many of them .The rumour mongers mistakenly thought we really cared whether we had a Turkey or not . I just made sure I had a few joints of meat in the freezer on stand bye and maybe pick a bird up later .

In the end I couldn't  even be bothered to walk across the road to  get a half price one .

[Thomas]

Almost as seriously, the champagne was likely to run out as well, at least according to the Guardian. In fact, the only thing forecast to be in plentiful supply was brussels sprouts, on account of a pretty good growing season. Without wishing to disparage the sturdy sprout, if that was going to be the centrepiece of Christmas dinner it was likely to be a fairly meagre meal. The explanation? Our departure from the EU meant there were fewer workers for the farms, and border controls would make it impossible to import enough food and drink. Some hardcore Remainers were getting ready to point out, with their weariest 'sadly we told you so' expressions, that outside the single market Christmasses would be very bleak from now on.

Except of course, none of it happened. For all the scare stories, there were lots of turkeys available in the shops, and as many pigs in blankets and bottles of champagne as you felt like buying.




https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/what-happened-to-the-great-brexit-turkey-shortage-