BFTD Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 Always nice to get a wee glimpse into how our betters see our future. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aDONisSheep Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 26 minutes ago, BFTD said: Always nice to get a wee glimpse into how our betters see our future. Magic is might! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Kincardine Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 (edited) Loving the chemistry between Boris and Jacinda: Edited October 22, 2021 by The_Kincardine -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Steele Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 "and all sorts of other benefits". But they don't even merit a mention alongside honey and kiwi fruit so they must be absolutely outstanding. Still, he managed to mangle many metaphors, so he's at his bumbling, bungling best and only looked at his script for every other word. What a joke of a man leading a joke of a country. Time to go it alone, Scotland. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thistle_do_nicely Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 (edited) https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-58988711 Scottish farmers potentially getting shafted by the trade deal + concerns over similar deals to come. Edited October 22, 2021 by Thistle_do_nicely had copied a link from the 'Straya trade deal which for some reason was 2nd in my google search for uk nz trade deal, hm 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speckled tangerine Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 "I haven't noticed any shortages", says Dawson Park Boy. Fooled by cardboard cutout produce, in place of real stuff. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/oct/22/supermarkets-using-cardboard-cutouts-to-hide-gaps-left-by-supply-issues?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 I am reminded of an old USSR gag A man goes into a shop and asks "don't you have any meat?" "Sorry" says the shopkeeper "we don't have any fish. The shop that doesn't have any meat is across the road.." 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
git-intae-thum Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 On 22/10/2021 at 01:18, The_Kincardine said: Loving the chemistry between Boris and Jacinda: This whole cringeworthy exchange is interesting in that it would appear that the NZ side emphasis is clearly on the exchange of people perspective. New Zealand would clearly like our young and brightest. From an ageing UK dynamic, we need to push for the reverse to be the case. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baxter Parp Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williemillersmoustache Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 Christopher Steele in the news again this morning politely reminding us that the UK government and security services chose to not to investigate Russian interference in the Brexit referendum. FOЯ SOME ЯEASON 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bendan Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 6 hours ago, git-intae-thum said: This whole cringeworthy exchange is interesting in that it would appear that the NZ side emphasis is clearly on the exchange of people perspective. New Zealand would clearly like our young and brightest. From an ageing UK dynamic, we need to push for the reverse to be the case. Yes, it's strange that the UK doesn't play up this part of their provisional deals with Australia and New Zealand as the Brexiteers seemed quite excited about freer movement with the white Commonwealth and they probably aren't going to complain about Australians or New Zealanders 'taking our jobs'. NZ also playing up the environmental aspects of the agreement. Clearly some greenwashing going on, though perhaps they aren't aware of the 'planet-fucking consequences' of non-EU trade. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 7 hours ago, git-intae-thum said: This whole cringeworthy exchange is interesting in that it would appear that the NZ side emphasis is clearly on the exchange of people perspective. New Zealand would clearly like our young and brightest. From an ageing UK dynamic, we need to push for the reverse to be the case. NZ clearly going to empty their jails like Castro in Scarface 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky88 Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 28 minutes ago, bendan said: Yes, it's strange that the UK doesn't play up this part of their provisional deals with Australia and New Zealand as the Brexiteers seemed quite excited about freer movement with the white Commonwealth and they probably aren't going to complain about Australians or New Zealanders 'taking our jobs'. NZ also playing up the environmental aspects of the agreement. Clearly some greenwashing going on, though perhaps they aren't aware of the 'planet-fucking consequences' of non-EU trade. Don't think it's that strange. Johnson's current rhetoric is all about fewer immigrants = higher pay. Trumpeting relaxing of visa restrictions from anywhere would just confuse this message. In the long term, Brexiteers think CANZUK will eventually save the Tory party. The thinking being that the younger people who voted Remain in 2016 will come to see freedom of movement within English speaking countries as a better deal than EU FoM. But that's not an argument that can be made just yet (if at all) with the current electorate so anti-immigrant stuff it is then. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bendan Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 7 minutes ago, sparky88 said: Don't think it's that strange. Johnson's current rhetoric is all about fewer immigrants = higher pay. Trumpeting relaxing of visa restrictions from anywhere would just confuse this message. In the long term, Brexiteers think CANZUK will eventually save the Tory party. The thinking being that the younger people who voted Remain in 2016 will come to see freedom of movement within English speaking countries as a better deal than EU FoM. But that's not an argument that can be made just yet (if at all) with the current electorate so anti-immigrant stuff it is then. I think a lot of Brexiteers genuinely thought EU FoM was something that only applied to East Europeans coming to the UK, and that somehow British people had the right to live in places like France or Spain irrespective of EU membership. Even these people probably understand that any such deals with NZ/Aus would be reciprocal. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 4 hours ago, bendan said: Yes, it's strange that the UK doesn't play up this part of their provisional deals with Australia and New Zealand as the Brexiteers seemed quite excited about freer movement with the white Commonwealth and they probably aren't going to complain about Australians or New Zealanders 'taking our jobs'. They used to bitch constantly about Australians taking all the hospitality jobs. There are plenty of folk who have no end point for that shit. They'd be unhappy about seeing people from other races, then other countries, then people from other parts of the UK, the next town over, the next street... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baxter Parp Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 Farmers to slash food production after worker shortage causes ‘unprecedented’ waste https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/farmers-slash-food-production-worker-212848877.html Food processing companies have been hit even harder than farmers by a fall in staff numbers because post-Brexit immigration rules mean they are not eligible to hire workers on seasonal worker visas to replace those that have left the UK. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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HeWhoWalksBehindTheRows Posted October 25, 2021 Share Posted October 25, 2021 On 23/10/2021 at 09:14, coprolite said: NZ clearly going to empty their jails like Castro in Scarface "You think I got a scar like that eating Kiwi?" 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clown Job Posted October 25, 2021 Share Posted October 25, 2021 On 23/10/2021 at 19:04, Baxter Parp said: Yet they’ll still swim through that shite to vote Tory 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted October 25, 2021 Share Posted October 25, 2021 What do the ones around Scotland's coast mean? "f**k me that's cold, nae danger I'm taking samples there" 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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