Suspect Device Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 48 minutes ago, welshbairn said: The aim isn't British jobs for British workers, it's full automation. Can you fully automate strawberry picking? Or care home work? Don't think that the robots are that good or cheap enough yet. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 1 minute ago, Suspect Device said: Can you fully automate strawberry picking? Or care home work? Don't think that the robots are that good or cheap enough yet. One half of the population will eventually be employed to look after the half. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 23 hours ago, bendan said: MISSUS BUNFIELD, I AND MY COMMUNITY WILL NEVER, NEVER, NEVER ACCEPT A GREEN LANE. IT MUST BE RED, WHITE AND BLUE 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williemillersmoustache Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 VoteLeave in Government need the perpetual war with the EU bogeyman to deflect from the monstrous arse they're making of everything and to froth up their base. It's not that complicated. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Kersey Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clown Job Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
O'Kelly Isley III Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 57 minutes ago, Clown Job said: Even by the Telegraph's rabid right-wing standards this an absolute brammer of a piece. For 'ever-so-patient Lord Frost' read 'aggressively obdurate and bone-headed', whilst that 'tragic period of weakness in British politics' was on reflection demonstrably an accurate portent of the shitfest which is now unfolding by the day. And if 'no self-respecting nation would ever regard an unequal treaty as a settled matter' why would the UK Prime Minister not then pursue a just settlement instead of expediently and duplicitiously signing it in order to indulge his own timeline and catchphrase ? 'Jingoistic' doesn't do it justice; I suspect the laptop was bouncing on the writer's lap as he typed it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soapy FFC Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 1 hour ago, Clown Job said: one of the replies to this tweet sums it up quite neatly 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antlion Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 9 minutes ago, O'Kelly Isley III said: Even by the Telegraph's rabid right-wing standards this an absolute brammer of a piece. For 'ever-so-patient Lord Frost' read 'aggressively obdurate and bone-headed', whilst that 'tragic period of weakness in British politics' was on reflection demonstrably an accurate portent of the shitfest which is now unfolding by the day. And if 'no self-respecting nation would ever regard an unequal treaty as a settled matter' why would the UK Prime Minister not then pursue a just settlement instead of expediently and duplicitiously signing it in order to indulge his own timeline and catchphrase ? 'Jingoistic' doesn't do it justice; I suspect the laptop was bouncing on the writer's lap as he typed it. Scottish Brits: “Aye we would, m’lord!” 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10menwent2mow Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 (edited) On 09/10/2021 at 10:22, Billy Jean King said: On 09/10/2021 at 09:56, Detournement said: You are talking about production switching from the UK to the EU so that obviously leads to increased transport mileage. There is zero chance of fields in the UK being left fallow to import crops from Europe or beyond. Farmers may bluff for a year or two to try and try to force the government's hand on immigration but long term they need to produce. I don't think we are heading towards a golden age for agricultural workers but it should be an improvement on the EU era which was exploitative, cruel and completely unsustainable. Everyone who defends the 2015 status quo is very much telling on themselves. You are deluded. It's migrant workers or no workers in these industries. I'm interested to know how much you think they would need to raise wages to in order to fill all their vacancies with Brit workers ? It's not just agriculture. See hospitality which relies on EU labour not just to staff the establishments but to harvest the stuff to supply the establishments oh and the folk to deliver the stuff to the establishments. In 2019 83% of EU migrants of working age living in the UK were employed,compared to 76% of UK born, we had about 3/4 of a million job vacancies in the UK, yet we had 2.3million EU nationals working in the UK. So unless every unemployed person was prepared to take on three jobs that Johnny Foreigner was doing. I suggest we're a wee bit goosed. Edited October 10, 2021 by 10menwent2mow 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bob Mahelp Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 10 hours ago, O'Kelly Isley III said: Even by the Telegraph's rabid right-wing standards this an absolute brammer of a piece. For 'ever-so-patient Lord Frost' read 'aggressively obdurate and bone-headed', whilst that 'tragic period of weakness in British politics' was on reflection demonstrably an accurate portent of the shitfest which is now unfolding by the day. And if 'no self-respecting nation would ever regard an unequal treaty as a settled matter' why would the UK Prime Minister not then pursue a just settlement instead of expediently and duplicitiously signing it in order to indulge his own timeline and catchphrase ? 'Jingoistic' doesn't do it justice; I suspect the laptop was bouncing on the writer's lap as he typed it. It's how the right wing works these days, isn't it ? Constantly fighting wars....against the EU, against 'woke', against 'cancel culture'....distracts people from the chaos of a government that is unfit to govern. It's an ideology, it's populism, and it's powerful enough to keep the Tories in power and allow them to do the bidding of billionaire media barons, and the rest of their supporters. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clown Job Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 11 hours ago, Soapy FFC said: one of the replies to this tweet sums it up quite neatly Apparently it was an excellent deal back in December 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speckled tangerine Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 (edited) 12 hours ago, Soapy FFC said: one of the replies to this tweet sums it up quite neatly Just like two months ago, more extremely concerning issues with my MS medication, manufactured in the Netherlands. Supply is extremely scarce. This is the reality now. Nothing is improving and worse still, no effort is being made to improve things. Here's Frost more or less firing the gun on a trade war with the EU. This country is fucked. Edited October 11, 2021 by speckled tangerine 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTJohnboy Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 1 hour ago, Clown Job said: Apparently it was an excellent deal back in December So fucking damning that, isn't it? How the f**k do they get away with it, and never called to account for it? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soapy FFC Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 Can someone please clarify. Is Frost one of these unelected bureaucrats that Brexit was all about removing from the UK decision making process? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antlion Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 14 minutes ago, Soapy FFC said: Can someone please clarify. Is Frost one of these unelected bureaucrats that Brexit was all about removing from the UK decision making process? Nah, because he was born in Derby and went to Oxford. Those kind of unelected bureaucrats are spiffing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 14 hours ago, O'Kelly Isley III said: Even by the Telegraph's rabid right-wing standards this an absolute brammer of a piece. For 'ever-so-patient Lord Frost' read 'aggressively obdurate and bone-headed', whilst that 'tragic period of weakness in British politics' was on reflection demonstrably an accurate portent of the shitfest which is now unfolding by the day. And if 'no self-respecting nation would ever regard an unequal treaty as a settled matter' why would the UK Prime Minister not then pursue a just settlement instead of expediently and duplicitiously signing it in order to indulge his own timeline and catchphrase ? 'Jingoistic' doesn't do it justice; I suspect the laptop was bouncing on the writer's lap as he typed it. That's a dangerous line to go down as it is reminiscent of arguments made against the Treaty of Verseilles by one Hitler, A. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 Hee hee. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bendan Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 2 hours ago, welshbairn said: Hee hee. Given that EU states make their own policies on work/residence permit offers to non-EU nationals, even within the Schengen zone, that wouldn't actually be possible. The source is not a surprise, though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speckled tangerine Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 13 minutes ago, bendan said: Given that EU states make their own policies on work/residence permit offers to non-EU nationals, even within the Schengen zone, that wouldn't actually be possible. The source is not a surprise, though. That would be even more embarrassing in many ways. Imagine if Malta or Cyprus starting poaching British HGV drivers! The seethe from the usual suspects would be off the scale as former colonies stick the knife in. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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