A key piece of data missing from the title “eventually a possibility” - it’s an interesting article but gosh is that title misleading.
I was about to ask if there really is a shortage. Not from UK but I worry for people.
There’s not a shortage in stores, to my knowledge, but I directly know a large number of people struggling to make ends meet. Multiple people being made homeless due to gas and electric bills, or building their life schedules around opportunities to get a free or cheap meal because even people with jobs are feeling the pinch.
So mostly what many others elsewhere in the world are experiencing, it just feels extra grim because much of the problems can be directly attributed to the Tory government who are currently in power. They’re almost certainly going to be voted out next year, but I wonder whether it’ll be possible to repair the damage that’s been done since 2010.
I mean… the title is pretty clear; it’s a ‘warning’ of a ‘risk’, not an announcement of the current situation. A risk is a possibility, and a warning of a risk must come before it is unfolding.
I disagree, “Experts warn of oil shortage due to Hamas-Isreali conflict” seems like a perfectly reasonable headline to see today and would certainly imply a timely concern.
The tile ‘warns’ of a ‘risk’ of civil unrest. It implies a food shortage is happening or imminent.
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YOU CAN’T CUT BACK
ON FUNDING! YOU WILL
REGRET THIS!Funding cuts? Our auditors are merely passing through…
“Currently just under 50% of the UK’s food is imported including 80% of fruit, 50% of vegetables, and 20% of beef and poultry, while the UK is almost completely self-sufficient for wheat, barley, lamb, and potatoes.”
Bread and Lancashire Hotpot yeah alright
Do we really need Mangoes
Halving the food supply seems like it might be a problem regardless of what actual foods are available?
I do not live in the UK, but I am sure that the UK needs vegetables.