Coronavirus: Is food rationing the way forward?

The last time the UK had a rationing system was during World War II, when the government introduced it in 1940. It was slowly lifted after the end of the war in 1945, but didn’t finally end until 1954.
Today the UK remains dependent on imports for the majority of its food. That may be fine during non-volatile times but in the age of the Covid-19 pandemic, logistics are vulnerable to borders closing down and the risk of truck drivers falling ill with the highly contagious virus.
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