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Thread: F*ckin Brexit

  1. #641
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    Not been keeping on the ball with news lately for obvious reasons but I see the tories UK-US trade deal is going well.

    Special relationship my erse!

  2. #642
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    Nearly 2 weeks free of newspapers, radio and obviously anything that’s on the telly.

    Wasn’t this going to be the easiest deal ever made?

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    I see it's took 3 years for the fishing industry to finally catch on that they were being spoon fed an absolute load of pollocks regarding the benefits of brexit.

    Still huge waits trying to get fresh seafish on to the continent and problems with the increased quotas they were promised among other things.

    They seem to be the only ones who believed they weren't going to get sold out.

  4. #644
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    Serves the b@stards right.

    They stole my European citizenship.

  5. #645
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    The tory supporting fishing industry f ucked up big time by following the biggest con trick of all time.

    No idea what they expected by losing access to their biggest single market, but f uck them.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TheDeeDon View Post
    The tory supporting fishing industry f ucked up big time by following the biggest con trick of all time.

    No idea what they expected by losing access to their biggest single market, but f uck them.
    It was almost war-time like waving of the union jack and invisible borders being disputed. 'British fishing rights in British waters for British fishing boats only'.

    They completely forgot that British people don't eat the seafood they wanted monopolized quotas on.

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    Agree DD.

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    Our shelves are bare. Supermarkets in Britain have resorted to rationing tomatoes because of huge shortages.

    Asda has set a limit of three per person on tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers and other salad veg, while Morrisons has a maximum of two per person. Other supermarkets are set to follow suit and they say the shortages will last "weeks".

    And the cause is... you guessed it, Brexit.

    But as ever, this is disputed. The media have settled on "cold weather in Spain" as the reason for the problems. Oddly though there is no tomato shortage in... Spain.

    They claim it is a Europe-wide shortage. But there is no tomato rationing in the EU.

    We have issued an open challenge on social media for anyone to send us one single example of the rationing of fresh produce from anywhere in the EU, and no one has. Because it doesn't exist.

    In fact, Twitter is full of photos from Spain, France, Italy, Greece and beyond showing supermarkets positively heaving with tomatoes. Our own supporters living in the EU have told us there are no shortages. European media are reporting on a UK tomato shortage, not a European one.

    There is only one country with a problem, and once again it is the one that has cut itself off from the rest of Europe.

    Yes, we have no tomatoes

    Now, there is some truth in the point about the weather. Spanish tomato production is down. Moroccan tomato yields – which the UK hoped to rely on instead of EU crops – are down further.

    So how is Brexit the cause?

    Britain has long relied on imported EU fruit and veg during the winter. But since Brexit produce has been having a hard time making it from the EU without long delays and queues at ports, as shown by the noticeably shorter shelf lives lately.

    Now, imagine you are a tomato grower with a shortfall. There is enough demand to sell your whole crop inside the EU single market, where you face no barriers between countries. Why would you bother to incur the expense and inconvenience of shipping it across the Brexit border?

    One further relevant piece of evidence: the tomato problem is not affecting Northern Ireland!

    Brexit has also increased Britain's reliance on non-EU imports, which in the case of tomatoes means Morocco. They have been worse hit than Spain, with floods and cancelled shipping.

    Inside the EU, countries can rely on each other when problems like this hit, and rapidly shift around supply chains to keep the shelves well stocked. But outside the EU, we're on our own.

    Just remember this

    If you only remember one thing from this message, make it this:

    There is tomato rationing in Brexit Britain. There is no tomato rationing in the EU.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 57vintage View Post
    Our shelves are bare. Supermarkets in Britain have resorted to rationing tomatoes because of huge shortages.

    Asda has set a limit of three per person on tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers and other salad veg, while Morrisons has a maximum of two per person. Other supermarkets are set to follow suit and they say the shortages will last "weeks".

    And the cause is... you guessed it, Brexit.

    But as ever, this is disputed. The media have settled on "cold weather in Spain" as the reason for the problems. Oddly though there is no tomato shortage in... Spain.

    They claim it is a Europe-wide shortage. But there is no tomato rationing in the EU.

    We have issued an open challenge on social media for anyone to send us one single example of the rationing of fresh produce from anywhere in the EU, and no one has. Because it doesn't exist.

    In fact, Twitter is full of photos from Spain, France, Italy, Greece and beyond showing supermarkets positively heaving with tomatoes. Our own supporters living in the EU have told us there are no shortages. European media are reporting on a UK tomato shortage, not a European one.

    There is only one country with a problem, and once again it is the one that has cut itself off from the rest of Europe.

    Yes, we have no tomatoes

    Now, there is some truth in the point about the weather. Spanish tomato production is down. Moroccan tomato yields – which the UK hoped to rely on instead of EU crops – are down further.

    So how is Brexit the cause?

    Britain has long relied on imported EU fruit and veg during the winter. But since Brexit produce has been having a hard time making it from the EU without long delays and queues at ports, as shown by the noticeably shorter shelf lives lately.

    Now, imagine you are a tomato grower with a shortfall. There is enough demand to sell your whole crop inside the EU single market, where you face no barriers between countries. Why would you bother to incur the expense and inconvenience of shipping it across the Brexit border?

    One further relevant piece of evidence: the tomato problem is not affecting Northern Ireland!

    Brexit has also increased Britain's reliance on non-EU imports, which in the case of tomatoes means Morocco. They have been worse hit than Spain, with floods and cancelled shipping.

    Inside the EU, countries can rely on each other when problems like this hit, and rapidly shift around supply chains to keep the shelves well stocked. But outside the EU, we're on our own.

    Just remember this

    If you only remember one thing from this message, make it this:

    There is tomato rationing in Brexit Britain. There is no tomato rationing in the EU.

    It's nae Brexit though.

    It is either

    Sturgeon
    War in Ukraine
    Sturgeon
    Corbyn
    Labour government 97-2010
    Sturgeon
    Russian hackers
    Chinese Balloons
    Sturgeon
    North Korea

  10. #650
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    You know how bad it is when a Tory Donor uses the word "Disaster"


    https://www.theguardian.com/business...-uk-eu-economy

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