Lack of foresight in business to blame for shortages, not Brexit
THE constant attacks on Brexit shows that the Remain minority is still unable to accept the 2016 referendum result, when the “disaffected majority” voted to leave the EU.
What a lot of troubles and difficulties the Remainers have caused since then!
By their bitter opposition to the will of the majority, they caused four long years of uncertainty and delay, tied the government’s hands in negotiations with the EU, and kept industry and commerce in a limbo of doubt and confusion.
Then, just as we achieved a partial Brexit, the country was devastated by the paralysing and crippling consequences of the Covid disaster, requiring huge expenditure, and affecting every sector of the economy.
One of the dire consequences of our EU membership was that the NHS, haulage, hospitality, retail and construction reduced recruitment and training of British workers.
They saved money by using cheaper labour from the EU, depressing wages and increasing unemployment.
The exodus of these workers at Brexit was entirely predictable, but British managers failed to plan for this obvious loss, and to train replacements.
Now they are demanding government help, to compensate for their astonishing lack of foresight and planning.
Another major factor hampering our recovery has been the hostile attitude of the EU, and its determination to punish us for leaving, by being as uncooperative and difficult as possible.
To summarise, the major setbacks to our recovery are the obstruction of the Remainers, the enormous destruction and expenditure of Covid, the incompetence of British management, and the hostility of our “friends” in the EU.
Brexit is not to blame.
David Hutton