Turnip King: Brexit root of the problem

BRITAIN'S Turnip King used to produce 30 million of the vegetable every year, but says business collapsed after the Tories came to power.

- BEN TURNER

Farmer Richard Parry, who had a farm in Therese Coffey's constituency, cast doubt on the Environment Secretary's suggestion that people turn to turnips to confront a lack of fruit and veg in supermarkets.

He says a combination of rising energy prices and labour shortages, partly caused by Brexit, made his turnip business financially unviable.

Reacting to Ms Coffey's claim, Richard said: "I think she's got the wrong vegetable." Richard's annual crop of 30 million turnips enough to stock all of Britain's supermarkets - earned him the title of Turnip King among his peers.