‘A convenient scapegoat’: empty shelves are due to Brexit not the pingdemic – here’s the evidence | Byline Times
“Lorry drivers and shipping managers began to warn that we would see empty supermarket shelves because of a disastrous mix of new customs regulations and a lack of drivers as EU workers left the UK.”
As the images of empty supermarket shelves across Britain skyrocket, elements of the right-wing media have taken to blaming the so-called ‘pingdemic’. The narrative emerging is that supply and labour shortages – which have previously been blamed on Brexit – are instead the result of an …
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