If Britain’s capitalist food industry says it cannot guarantee supply in a disorderly Brexit, then shouldn’t socialists put a radical and effective policy forward that can?

The Guardian reports:

“Britain’s food and drinks industry has said companies may have to choose between working together to avert food shortages or paying large fines unless the government steps in to suspend competition law in the event of a no-deal Brexit.

“Collaboration between large companies is controlled to prevent cartels harming consumers. The Food and Drink Federation (FDF) told the BBC that the government had not yet confirmed that companies would be able to work together to direct food supplies if there were delays as a result of crashing out of the EU.”

Isn’t that enormously revealing?

First, it is recognition that market competition is anything but free. It is regulated in all sorts of ways. Some of that is due to accumulated…