The UK is too densely populated to be agriculturally self-sufficient, thus all major parties believe in free market principles when applied to food imports, bec

The UK is too densely populated to be agriculturally self-sufficient, thus all major parties believe in free market principles when applied to food imports, because attempts at protectionism would lead to huge inflation and would doom any party that tried it. The only debate is whether food should be imported from the US or from the EU.