Jersey spuds smashed by Brexit crisis

AT RISK Jersey potatoes A SHORTAGE of Jersey potatoes is being predicted as Brexit has led to foreign workers going home.

Farmers on the Channel Island say they do not have enough labourers to plant and harvest crops.

And prices will rise sharply if there are fewer spuds on shelves, they say.

Polish seasonal workers are heading home – with the weak pound, their improving economy and the shaky UK divorce from Europe all key factors.

Jersey royals producer Charlie Gallichan said: “We are desperately short of labour. We will be losing crops before long.”

Unite the union blasted farmers for paying paltry wages, adding: “If people are well treated then problems of recruitment are likely to be resolved.”