The Prince of Wales was accused of a 'poorly judged' decision to back the 'Pick for Britain' campaign, which aims to save fruit from rotting on the vine due to a shortage of European workers.
Prince Charles has been accused of"playing the lord of the manor" after urging furloughed workers in the U.K. to pick fruit for minimum wage.
The Prince of Wales warned food may rot on trees if Britons cannot be convinced to roll up their sleeves and gather it themselves.Much like Queen Elizabeth II's well-received COVID-19 special broadcast, the campaign's slogan,"Pick for Britain" invokes the wartime message"Dig for Victory" and the prince himself referenced the wartime Land Army.
The U.K. needs an estimated 80,000 extra workers as 98 percent of fruit pickers in the country in 2019 were from overseas, mostly Romania and Bulgaria. Next year, Britain is set to come out of its transition period with the E.U., with a new immigration system that may exclude seasonal workers.
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