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Heskie<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://me.dm/@jeremygaunt" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>jeremygaunt</span></a></span> <br>I went to a plant fair recently and met an old friend, an award-winning nurseryman who had similar woes to share. He recounted how the formerly flourishing trade in <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/plants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plants</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/seeds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seeds</span></a> and general <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/horticultural" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>horticultural</span></a> exchange has not just been made more difficult and expensive but in many cases has literally been stopped dead in its tracks by <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Brexit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Brexit</span></a>.<br>The elephant in the room of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/brokenbritain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>brokenbritain</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/crumblingbritain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crumblingbritain</span></a> is the whole mess of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/sad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sad</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Brexitbollocks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Brexitbollocks</span></a></p>
Jeremy Gaunt<p>I ate dinner at a local restaurant last night. The owner said they were closing because of <a href="https://me.dm/tags/Brexit" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Brexit</span></a>. Can&#39;t get staff, food imports too difficult, electricity costs soaring higher than they did in EU. </p><p>There was more -- and in a way more disturbing. She is a Pole with British citizenship who has been here for 30 years. Since Brexit, she says she has experienced a lot of abuse. She never did before. <a href="https://me.dm/tags/sad" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>sad</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/Brexitbollocks" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Brexitbollocks</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/brokenbritain" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>brokenbritain</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/crumblingbritain" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>crumblingbritain</span></a></p>