21-10-2021, 10:27 AM
It would have been nice though if our leadership - and not just political - had seized the covid lockdown period as an opportunity to switch focus towards self sufficiency and away from overshore production. I know some companies are doing it and others have plans, but when we cannot even produce our own cat food in sufficient quantities to keep our moggies alive, there is something really unbalanced about our economy. Our dependence on international suppliers is, as the OP points out, a serious weakness, and leaves us vulnerable in all kinds of ways.