Politics

[bolty58]

18 hours ago, Ani said:

You said May was the new Thatcher. Your track record ain't great. 

True. Every so often I back an outsider which doesn't run a place.

Do I care? Not one fucking jot.

Suella appears to be a conviction politician to me. A conservative not born with the silver spoon in her mouth of Mauritian and Kenyan heritage. Ticks all the boxes eh? BAME inclusivity.

[bolty58]

18 hours ago, Casino said:

Thats generous

 I thought so too.

Suella PM and Priti as 2-I-C. Dream team.

[bolty58]

13 hours ago, royal white said:

He’s told you where to get tomato’s and now he’s an old racist. 
 

You have serious issues you lad. 

Understatement of the fucking year!

Chuck in rape fantasies. He's a sick puppy.

[globaldiver]

2 hours ago, bolty58 said:

Understatement of the fucking year!

Chuck in rape fantasies. He's a sick puppy.

He’s our top keyboard warrior, though

[Cheese]

6 minutes ago, globaldiver said:

He’s our top keyboard warrior, though

Obsessed 😘

[fatolive]

As usual everyone polarised

Just spent a bit of time in Ireland. 
cousin has a farm there , can say with cast iron surety that the shortage is there is the bad weather in Morroco and compounded by the cost of energy to grow and replace the missing quantity. He’s not bothering with any greenhouse crops because of the cost to produce this year. 
the exact same is true of the growers in the UK , but the uk issues are further compounded by Brexit and lack of supply. 
 

so, everyone can find a snippet to suit their argument and I’m sure everyone will but both things are true. 
 

 

[mickbrown]

3 hours ago, bolty58 said:

True. Every so often I back an outsider which doesn't run a place.

Do I care? Not one fucking jot.

Suella appears to be a conviction politician to me. A conservative not born with the silver spoon in her mouth of Mauritian and Kenyan heritage. Ticks all the boxes eh? BAME inclusivity.

Conviction politician?

That'll be why she's shitting herself and trying to find a safe seat. Obviously.

[Spider]

16 minutes ago, fatolive said:

As usual everyone polarised

Just spent a bit of time in Ireland. 
cousin has a farm there , can say with cast iron surety that the shortage is there is the bad weather in Morroco and compounded by the cost of energy to grow and replace the missing quantity. He’s not bothering with any greenhouse crops because of the cost to produce this year. 
the exact same is true of the growers in the UK , but the uk issues are further compounded by Brexit and lack of supply. 
 

so, everyone can find a snippet to suit their argument and I’m sure everyone will but both things are true. 
 

 

No

NOTHING bad is because of Brexit.

Nothing. You’re just wrong.

[mickbrown]

My mistake, her seat is being rearranged and she might not even get selected, which would be a shame.

[Spider]

4 hours ago, mickbrown said:

My mistake, her seat is being rearranged and she might not even get selected, which would be a shame.

Surely she should stop in the first constituency she arrives in?

[kent_white]

This made me chuckle.....

 

 

 

[Cheese]

21 hours ago, royal white said:

Spain is the same as the U.K.? You sure? Where do other countries get their Tomato’s from? 
 

Why are people ignoring the fact that the ROI are having a shortage?

https://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/national/tomato-shortage-asda-and-tesco-in-northern-ireland-introduce-customer-limit-of-three-on-certain-fruit-and-veg-4037757

 

Mr Lappin said that the empty shelves in supermarkets may be down to using different supply chains.

He commented: "We have noticed people coming in because they can’t get certain things at their local supermarket, hopefully when they’re here they’ll purchase another item or two as well.

He said: “We go to the (wholesale) market every day and we’ve been able to maintain our in-shop stock levels reasonably well.

"A lot of the supermarket products come via England so there’s issues there coming via Belfast port. With the wholesalers here that 99% of independent greengrocers buy from, their produce is imported and brought through Dublin so there’s no issues that way.”

Edited February 25, 2023 by Cheese

[Tonge moor green jacket]

53 minutes ago, kent_white said:

This made me chuckle.....

 

 

 

Get some planted. Leaves are a good veg as well. Yum yum.

[royal white]

45 minutes ago, Cheese said:

https://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/national/tomato-shortage-asda-and-tesco-in-northern-ireland-introduce-customer-limit-of-three-on-certain-fruit-and-veg-4037757

 

Mr Lappin said that the empty shelves in supermarkets may be down to using different supply chains.

He commented: "We have noticed people coming in because they can’t get certain things at their local supermarket, hopefully when they’re here they’ll purchase another item or two as well.

He said: “We go to the (wholesale) market every day and we’ve been able to maintain our in-shop stock levels reasonably well.

"A lot of the supermarket products come via England so there’s issues there coming via Belfast port. With the wholesalers here that 99% of independent greengrocers buy from, their produce is imported and brought through Dublin so there’s no issues that way.”

Not sure what your point is here? 

[gonzo]

28 minutes ago, royal white said:

Not sure what your point is here? 

There are issues with stuff coming in through British ports but not many coming through EU ones?

[royal white]

4 minutes ago, gonzo said:

There are issues with stuff coming in through British ports but not many coming through EU ones?

Nope, that doesn’t make sense 

[Cheese]

50 minutes ago, royal white said:

Not sure what your point is here? 

According to the greengrocer in the article:

• Supermarkets in Northern Ireland are stocked with produce from England.
• Independent grocers are stocked with produce from local wholesalers, who get their stock from the EU.
• Supermarkets in Northern Ireland are having to ration certain produce.
• Independent grocers are not.

[royal white]

1 minute ago, Cheese said:

According to the greengrocer in the article:

• Supermarkets in Northern Ireland are stocked with produce from England.
• Independent grocers are stocked with produce from local wholesalers, who get their stock from the EU.
• Supermarkets in Northern Ireland are having to ration certain produce.
• Independent grocers are not.

And what has that got to do with the the problem in the ROI? 

[Cheese]

16 minutes ago, royal white said:

And what has that got to do with the the problem in the ROI? 

It's the same story both sides of the border.

[royal white]

Just now, Cheese said:

It's the same story both sides of the border.

So the same as here you mean. I thought the EU weren’t having problems with food? Isn’t the ROI part of the EU? 

[Wanderlust]

[bolty58]

Have to start pitying the losers. They are completely consumed by it.

[Spider]

Seven years.

And they’re still in Belfast cupping the EU’s bollocks for an oven ready deal.

But yeah, everyone knew this would happen as it’s exactly what we all voted for.

“In seven years, we’ll still be relying on Brussels for a result”

Thats what it said on my ballot paper anyway.

[gonzo]

Always remember @Casinobeing the first to mention NI. Nobody ever replied and previously Id not even thought about myself or ever seen it mentioned in the press.

It was like it was just forgotten about till after the vote

[Spider]

19 minutes ago, gonzo said:

Always remember @Casinobeing the first to mention NI. Nobody ever replied and previously Id not even thought about myself or ever seen it mentioned in the press.

It was like it was just forgotten about till after the vote

Give it back to the ROI and a lot of our headaches disappear.

move Celtic and rangers over there at the same time and we’re golden.