"Keith Willshaw" wrote in message
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"Spiv" wrote in message
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Nonsense. Britain invented globalisation in the 1700s.

Dont be silly, goods were being traded around the known
world by the Phoenicians. In Iron age graves in the UK
archaeologists have found wine jars from the Med
while Cornish Tin and Welsh gold have turned up in
Rome, Etruria and North Africa.

See "Empire" by Niall Ferguson.

The UK has consistently imported produce
and products that are cheaper than the home
market. When it comes down to it, it can feed itself.

No it cant, for a very few years in the 80's and 90's by
using vast amounts of fertiliser, mono culture and with
heavy subsidies we came close but the cost was exorbitant
both in cash terms and in environmental terms

It can feed itself. Much of the UK is national park. That can be used if
needed for crop growing.

In 1939 it was not ready,still importing vast quantities
of food from the empire and others. By
1945 internal food production was way ahead
of 1939.

But still nowhere near self sufficiency.

It didn't need to be in 1945, as it imported food from its North American
colony, Canada, by then with the U boat problem suppressed.

In fact food rationing was worse
in the years immediately following
WW2 than during the war itself
as much of the food available from
US, Canadian and other countries
was diverted to feed a starving Europe.

Very true. Basic foods were there, it was the imported stuff like sugar and
the likes.