And equally, I know people to whom the prospect of buying artisanal eggs with chicken $hit still on them is a distant dream; people buy what they can afford, and apart from a privileged few, don't have the luxury of considering provenance.

Going slightly off topic that could make a whole thread in itself. In an economy built on credit and debt I'd say it's quite the opposite.

Just imagine the level of debt it they had bought British made goods

Seriously though, as a nation, we have been encouraged to source from the cheapest nation and in my trade, we have seen goods move from being manufactured in the UK, to Portugal, to China and slowly to India (although the EU put a 20% anti dumping tariff on Indian produced goods).
Ironically, the anti dumping tariff has done nothing to save the Portugese manufacturing base and they have suffered in exactly the same way as the UK did 30 years ago.
We keep hearing that the UK should concentrate it's manufacture on more technical or innovative products but, there just isn't enough of this "high value" manufacture to create employment for 30 million people.

all too early to speculate, not even triggered the article yet to leave, then thats upto 2 years to do so

long wait to see the benefits

How many rich individuals wanted us to remain in the EU? So many are now going to the end of the gravy train. The EU benefits the political class but the working classes got left behind. The vote for Brexit may have been a vote for uncertainty but at least it is a chance for change.

Sure there are going to be changes, but without the E.U. why would you believe the "working classes" are going to get a better deal?

Most of the employment law that protects workers has been through European directives, do you think any new rights will be implemented post Brexit?

The hard right of the Tory party have been trying to get out of Europe since day one, & now with the support of the disillusioned lower class they have achieved their goal - oh the irony.

Anyhow, what's the next referendum topic going to be, now we're heading down the Pre-2nd World War Germany route?

I'll go for the re-introduction of Capital Punishment, with a seventy percent result in favour.

Go Britain.

Do you really see the hardened lumpenproletariat of the UK heading off to Norfolk for four months to pick vegetables?

I realise that the leading Brexiteers have already admitted the immigration control subtext was basically a lie, but are we still getting the extra £ 300m+ a week for the NHS, or has that gone the way of the immigration claims too?

My bet is that we 'leave' the EU sometime in the next ten years, for some kind of affiliate status, which gives us access to single market. But in return we still need to pay the same level of net contribution we do now, we still need to have freedom of movement (there might be some token concessions about needing to have job before they come) , oh and to access that single market we'll need to be compliant with the EU law we no longer have any say in. But we will be officially OUT, even if OUT isn't what the Brexiteers thought they were getting.

depends how much they will pay..

if no foreign workers to do it they will have to

all talk anyway for a few years yet, nothings changed as we have not left yet

Depends whether they are guaranteed the actual four months work and get paid a wage they can live on for doing it.

more talk of the EU army today, we were warned

For what reasons would you be against (or be fearful of) an EU army?

Presumably the same reasons as he's surely against (or fearful of) NATO. Loss of control, anyone? Needing to take control back?