FISHERMEN, hauliers and other businesses are struggling to cope with Brexit. Here Leave voter Roy Hobbs offers his common sense advice to affected industries.
Fishermen
It’s pathetic to hear salty old sea dogs whining ‘We can’t sell this, we can’t sell that’. You’ve got a boat, so get a harpoon gun and some old plastic barrels – dirt cheap, I’d imagine – and get out there hunting sharks. The guy in Jaws made a living from it.
It’s not like anyone eats much fish anyway, apart from fish fingers, and I prefer sausages. You’d probably make more money renting your trawler out to other people – stick a tent on the back and it’d be perfect for a family boating holiday on the Norfolk Broads, while you sit at home counting the cash.
Hauliers
Sure, you’re stuck in lorry queues, but use the spare time to make money. Keep a laptop in your cab and make a fortune from Bitcoin or create a lucrative internet start-up. When you’re running your own Facebook, you can pay someone else to drive the lorry for you.
And don’t give me all this rubbish about getting your sandwiches confiscated. I saw a documentary about drug smugglers hiding great big bags of cocaine in their vehicles, so there’s no reason you can’t make a secret compartment for a tiny little ham sandwich.
Small businesses
Apparently you’re being hit by higher shipping costs and mountains of paperwork. So make something you won’t need to import components for, like wooden stools. There’s loads of trees in Britain. I can see one out of my window right now.
Better still, why not team up with one of these snowflake fishermen, load their trawler with your products and set off to foreign lands? You can sell directly to the locals and avoid red tape completely. It’s all so obvious to me. I can see why all the smart people voted for Brexit.
