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Re:How the UK lost its shipbuilding industry by fmajid on Monday November 10, 2025 @07:18AM (#45875223)
The UK imports half its food, and was almost starved into submission by Nazi U-boats during WW2,, so you’d think they would know this, but laissez-faire ideology is strong in the ruling class.
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Re:How the UK lost its shipbuilding industry by tekla on Monday November 10, 2025 @11:52AM (#45877853)
The UK was never even near starvation levels during WW2. Bread, Vegetables and Fish were never even rationed.
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Re:How the UK lost its shipbuilding industry by tim333 on Monday November 10, 2025 @01:00PM (#45878709)
We import a lot by value but less so by calories. We could probably get by on domestic bread and potatoes if blockaded but the oranges, bananas and tuna fish would be in short supply.
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