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Cory Wong: "Bluebird" (Feat. Chris Thile)

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus8/15/2021 6:17:42 am PDT

Meanwhile, in Brexitland:

Post-Brexit jobs crisis sparks huge backlog of pigs on farms

A “potentially disastrous” backlog of thousands of pigs is building up on East Anglian farms due to labour shortages at meat processing factories, said industry leaders.

A shortage of workers is affecting many business sectors following the post-Brexit changes to immigration rules, which have ended free movement across borders and forced many Eastern Europeans - which food and farming firms rely on - to seek employment in other countries.

Last week, the National Pig Association warned consumers it could “lead to empty retail shelves, which is likely to result in more imports”.

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All this was expected. And still the UK decided to leave the biggest thing going for its ag sector - an open market to 7x the population of the UK. I wonder how many of these pig farmers voted for Brexit.