Coffey would rather make us eat Baldrick’s favourite veg than admit Brexit is a failure

Britain’s politicians can’t bring themselves to tell the truth about empty shelves, writes James Moore

Environment secretary Therese Coffey has told people to eat turnips (PA)

First it was Asda and Morrisons. Then Aldi and then Tesco joined the party in limiting sales of some fruit and vegetables. So who is next in line?

Conspicuous by its absence from the list is Sainsbury’s. I’m told it has no intention of joining the party. That might generate Britain’s number two grocer some extra sales if it can keep its shelves stocked. But it remains to be seen if it can.

The big grocers have sufficient stock to serve their customers. But that’s not true of some retailers who are not above topping up their stock from the supermarket shelves.