Britain faces food shortage and it is going to be permanent

A warning put out by a trade association chief points out that the days of being able to obtain practically any item from the supermarket shelf are over and that shoppers will confront persistent food shortages.   While this does not mean that people would go hungry, Ian Wright, the chief executive of the Food and Drink Federation, believes that the days of practically all items being readily available have passed.    However, Downing Street does not agree to the idea that shortages will be “permanent” and insisted that the…