Monday, September 27, 2021

Turkey shortage in the UK?

An Epoch Times headline reads "Millions of Britons Could Face ‘National Shortage’ of Turkeys This Christmas".

Here are some excerpts from the article.

Millions of Britons could face a “national shortage” of turkeys, toys, and trees this Christmas due to a lack of skilled European employees following Brexit, according to the chair of a farming association.

Kate Martin of the Traditional Farm Fresh Turkey Association (TFTA) told the PA news agency that Christmas could see a “national shortage” of turkeys on the UK’s supermarket shelves, driven by the declining supply of skilled European workers.

Shortages are never due to supply issues.  They are always due to Government or other actions that interfere with free-market prices.

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