ANGUS Robertson has said that Brexit is the "biggest single factor" in the UK's supply chain crisis.

It has been a gloomy week on the sunlit uplands of sovereign Britain, as the smell of rotting and burning produce hits the nostrils of all. Or not quite...

The sausage manufacturer has already warned of food shortages this Christmas as companies battle to find staff after Brexit.

Some food supply companies are turning to prisoners on day release to fill the gaps in their workforce.

Abattoirs, butchers and meat processors are set to employ prisoners and ex-inmates to help plug labour shortages.