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We have the same issues in Sweden. Farmers screaming for workers whilst people being laid off left, right and center. Strangely enough, even though people are out of work there's no interest in some minimum wage strawberry picking...
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Why can't UK based people do this?
I'd imagine that some of the people who have been furloughed now have sufficient time on their hands to help out...
kboy
MattG87
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Also be interesting how people react when we start a mass airlift of 'non-skilled' workers who don't meet the criteria of an Australian style points based system to stop food from rotting, unpicked in the fields
https://www.farminguk.com/news/government-urged-to-charter-planes-to-bring-farm-workers-to-uk_55326.html