Quote Originally Posted by jon1959 View Post
Are you claiming that the absence of so many European workers in Cornish hospitality and farming in particular (true of other sectors too) is nothing to do with Brexit? Covid travel restrictions have contributed to the acute labour shortage but everyone I spoke to during a 17 day walking holiday there only 2 months ago put Brexit forward as the main cause. Hotels and restaurants were shut as a result and in some areas crops were left in the fields. I expect most of them voted for Brexit - but they were clear about the local impact.
Brexit didn't make anyone leave. It granted leave to remain to millions, including hundreds of thousands more than we thought were here.

The pandemic meant many chose to go home, understandably so at such a worrying time but they have a right to come back.

You can't seperate it from the pandemic. And crops have always been left in fields. Its just the stories get retweeted with gusto when it's brexit related.