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The EU: In, out, shake it all about.... (13 Viewers)

  • Thread starter jimmyhillsfanclub
  • Start date Jun 8, 2016
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As of right now, how are thinking of voting? In or out

  • Remain

    Votes: 23 37.1%
  • Leave

    Votes: 35 56.5%
  • Undecided

    Votes: 3 4.8%
  • Not registered or not intention to vote

    Votes: 1 1.6%

  • Total voters
    62
  • Poll closed Jun 15, 2016.
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wingy

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  • Mar 22, 2020
  • #48,021
Oh well
This thread had died, however this is behind a paywall.

Et toi, Papa? Boris Johnson’s dad seeks to become a French citizen | News | The Sunday Times
 

shmmeee

Well-Known Member
  • Mar 22, 2020
  • #48,022
‘Member Brexit?

 
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Alan Dugdales Moustache

Well-Known Member
  • Mar 22, 2020
  • #48,023
Brighton Sky Blue said:
Nah there's tryouts for the dinghy shooting squad
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You is well boring bro.
 

chiefdave

Well-Known Member
  • May 26, 2020
  • #48,024
While everyone is concentrating on Cummings and coronavirus MPs have voted against maintaining food standards when we leave the EU.
Jacob Anthony: I’m furious at MPs' Agriculture Bill vote - Farmers Weekly
 
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Sick Boy

Super Moderator
  • May 27, 2020
  • #48,025
chiefdave said:
While everyone is concentrating on Cummings and coronavirus MPs have voted against maintaining food standards when we leave the EU.
Jacob Anthony: I’m furious at MPs' Agriculture Bill vote - Farmers Weekly
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Wow, that’s a surprise.
 

skybluetony176

Well-Known Member
  • May 27, 2020
  • #48,026
chiefdave said:
While everyone is concentrating on Cummings and coronavirus MPs have voted against maintaining food standards when we leave the EU.
Jacob Anthony: I’m furious at MPs' Agriculture Bill vote - Farmers Weekly
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Doesn’t matter anyway. As Coronavirus has shown farms in this country can’t survive without FOM anyway so we’ll be importing all our food anyway. #takingbackcontrol.
 

Mcbean

Well-Known Member
  • May 27, 2020
  • #48,027
Err not quite sure I can agree with that - yes we will have to import what farmers can’t grow here through year round but grain beef lamb and milk products can be produced here at a margin - I pay more for my milk To be delivered , the farmers get more of it - once the oil price goes up all produce will increase in price due to our exchange rate including those that are imported - we need to support British farmers - they are the guardians of the countryside that everybody wants to get out and enjoy at these difficult times - our farm shop is within walking distance , they were organised very quickly to keep people safe .
 

clint van damme

Well-Known Member
  • May 27, 2020
  • #48,028
Mcbean said:
Err not quite sure I can agree with that - yes we will have to import what farmers can’t grow here through year round but grain beef lamb and milk products can be produced here at a margin - I pay more for my milk To be delivered , the farmers get more of it - once the oil price goes up all produce will increase in price due to our exchange rate including those that are imported - we need to support British farmers - they are the guardians of the countryside that everybody wants to get out and enjoy at these difficult times - our farm shop is within walking distance , they were organised very quickly to keep people safe .
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There reliance on foreign labour has been demonstrated through this crisis.
If they need to start looking to local Labour that's going to drive up prices.

That's not neccessarily a bad thing and might stop us being so wasteful but I'm not a young parent trying to feed 3 kids on a budget so that's easy for me to say.
 

Alan Dugdales Moustache

Well-Known Member
  • May 27, 2020
  • #48,029
skybluetony176 said:
Doesn’t matter anyway. As Coronavirus has shown farms in this country can’t survive without FOM anyway so we’ll be importing all our food anyway. #takingbackcontrol.
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What utter tosh. You never tire of it.
 

clint van damme

Well-Known Member
  • May 27, 2020
  • #48,030
Alan Dugdales Moustache said:
What utter tosh. You never tire of it.
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We had to fly Romanians in!
 
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jimmyhillsfanclub

Well-Known Member
  • May 27, 2020
  • #48,031
true...But we all know its not quite as straightforward as "workshy brits" won't do it but the Romanians will....

Many of the farms require the workers to live on site (and then charge the workers a rent for the privilege of living in the salubrious accommodation provided)

Some UK recruiters even got hundreds of UK nationals to agree to such slavish terms, only to be told that they required a gangmaster licence in order to place so many workers on site.....A licence which takes approx 10 weeks to process the application, by which time the product has rotted in the ground....
...So back to the tried & tested Eastern European gang trade they go.....the whole systems fucked up.
 

Ian1779

Well-Known Member
  • May 27, 2020
  • #48,032
jimmyhillsfanclub said:
true...But we all know its not quite as straightforward as "workshy brits" won't do it but the Romanians will....

Many of the farms require the workers to live on site (and then charge the workers a rent for the privilege of living in the salubrious accommodation provided)

Some UK recruiters even got hundreds of UK nationals to agree to such slavish terms, only to be told that they required a gangmaster licence in order to place so many workers on site.....A licence which takes approx 10 weeks to process the application, by which time the product has rotted in the ground....
...So back to the tried & tested Eastern European gang trade they go.....the whole systems fucked up.
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Its things like this that need to be fundamentally changed - but that takes the will to do so. Will unscrupulous (even the scrupulous one) employers be prepared for the loss of profits? Will supermarkets pay more for the food to allow this to happen? Will consumers accept that prices would end up rising as a result?

It’s a mess from start to finish.
 
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Paxman II

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  • May 27, 2020
  • #48,033
How the hell do you think we did it in the past?
 

clint van damme

Well-Known Member
  • May 27, 2020
  • #48,034
Ian1779 said:
Its things like this that need to be fundamentally changed - but that takes the will to do so. Will unscrupulous (even the scrupulous one) employers be prepared for the loss of profits? Will supermarkets pay more for the food to allow this to happen? Will consumers accept that prices would end up rising as a result?

It’s a mess from start to finish.
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Apparently a lot of these processes can be automated but it's not cost effective when Labour is so cheap.
If Labour costs keep rising perhaps automation becomes more viable.
 
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wingy

Well-Known Member
  • May 27, 2020
  • #48,035
Paxman II said:
How the hell do you think we did it in the past?
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With paupers?
Only joking and a tad flippant !
 

chiefdave

Well-Known Member
  • May 27, 2020
  • #48,036
Paxman II said:
How the hell do you think we did it in the past?
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Combination of migrants, women and children. Changes in the law in the 1860s, first outlawing children under 8 being land workers followed by compulsory education up to the age of 12, led to a shortage of labour.

The army was drafted in to help but when WW1 broke out they were no longer an option so prisoners of war and the Womens Land Army were used.

The labour shortage continued after the conclusion of WW2 which resulted in the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme being introduced which allowed workers largely from Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union to be brought in.

The use of foreign labour exploded in the 90s as the dominance of a small number of large corporates led to a huge decline in farmers margins which in turn led to a decline in land workers pay.
 
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skybluetony176

Well-Known Member
  • May 27, 2020
  • #48,037
Alan Dugdales Moustache said:
What utter tosh. You never tire of it.
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So why are the government paying for advertising of a land army to fill 70K vacancies usually filled by FOM from the EU?
 
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skybluetony176

Well-Known Member
  • May 27, 2020
  • #48,038
jimmyhillsfanclub said:
A licence which takes approx 10 weeks to process the application, by which time the product has rotted in the ground
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You would think that a sovereign majority government free of the EU could sort that. If it involves an eye test there’s already a loophole for that, apparently.
 
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jimmyhillsfanclub

Well-Known Member
  • May 27, 2020
  • #48,039
skybluetony176 said:
You would think that a sovereign majority government free of the EU could sort that. If it involves an eye test there’s already a loophole for that, apparently.
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I do think A sovereign majority government free of the EU could sort that.......unfortunately, just not THIS particular sovereign majority government...
 
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Deleted member 5849

Guest
  • May 27, 2020
  • #48,040
Paxman II said:
How the hell do you think we did it in the past?
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Exploitation of the proletariat by the bourgeoisie
 
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Grendel

Well-Known Member
  • May 27, 2020
  • #48,041
Deleted member 5849 said:
Exploitation of the proletariat by the bourgeoisie
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Bit like the eu exploiting its poorer members now then
 
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Mcbean

Well-Known Member
  • May 27, 2020
  • #48,042
clint van damme said:
There reliance on foreign labour has been demonstrated through this crisis.
If they need to start looking to local Labour that's going to drive up prices.

That's not neccessarily a bad thing and might stop us being so wasteful but I'm not a young parent trying to feed 3 kids on a budget so that's easy for me to say.
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You are right and these were the people that did the the job in the past as per the other posts - they liked the job got paid better that in their own country - these jobs are for picking Fruit and Vege where you need hand pick - but please buy British Milk , Lamb , Beef , Chicken , Pork if you can - i know its not always the cheapest but i can say our standards of production are much higher than most in Europe
 

fernandopartridge

Well-Known Member
  • May 27, 2020
  • #48,043
Paxman II said:
How the hell do you think we did it in the past?
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It isn't particularly relevant tbh. We apparently have record employment in this country, where are the workers coming from to do this work?

Sent from my ELE-L29 using Tapatalk
 
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PVA

Well-Known Member
  • May 27, 2020
  • #48,044
I see the government finally admitted last week there would be Northern Island customs checks.

Which we all knew would be the case.

Despite Johnson and Co INSISTING it wasn't the case.

Despite their papers saying it was.

Nicely hidden away amongst the Corona news so the majority wouldn't have noticed.
 

Alan Dugdales Moustache

Well-Known Member
  • May 27, 2020
  • #48,045
skybluetony176 said:
So why are the government paying for advertising of a land army to fill 70K vacancies usually filled by FOM from the EU?
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Wouldn't it be a blow to so many on here if a substantial number of those vacancies were filled by Brits and it worked, just like yonks ago when students like me used to do it in the summer. Even worse, some of them chose to come back and do not the following year. How on earth would you cope with that scenario ?
We'll adapt. Its as simple as that .
 
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PVA

Well-Known Member
  • May 27, 2020
  • #48,046
'We'll adapt'

Well that fills me with zero confidence.

We didn't need to adapt, we had a perfectly working system.

But now Patel wants the retired and disabled to do it. Great.
 

Sky_Blue_Dreamer

Well-Known Member
  • May 27, 2020
  • #48,047
Grendel said:
Bit like the eu exploiting its poorer members now then
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So as the second largest economy in it at the time you'd think we'd want to stay given how much we could get off others less fortunate than ourselves.

Oh no wait they were all bleeding us dry and looking for free handouts to prop up their failed economies.....

Pick an argument.
 
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PVA

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  • May 27, 2020
  • #48,048
Sky_Blue_Dreamer said:
So as the second largest economy in it at the time you'd think we'd want to stay given how much we could get off others less fortunate than ourselves.

Oh no wait they were all bleeding us dry and looking for free handouts to prop up their failed economies.....

Pick an argument.
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Haha well said. The levels of hypocrisy in their arguments is incredible.
 

Alan Dugdales Moustache

Well-Known Member
  • May 27, 2020
  • #48,049
PVA said:
'We'll adapt'

Well that fills me with zero confidence.

We didn't need to adapt, we had a perfectly working system.

But now Patel wants the retired and disabled to do it. Great.
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Are you going to lose sleep over it. ?
 
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PVA

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  • May 27, 2020
  • #48,050
Alan Dugdales Moustache said:
Are you going to lose sleep over it. ?
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What sort of a response is that?

Deflection, whataboutery. The usual.
 

skybluetony176

Well-Known Member
  • May 27, 2020
  • #48,051
Alan Dugdales Moustache said:
Wouldn't it be a blow to so many on here if a substantial number of those vacancies were filled by Brits and it worked, just like yonks ago when students like me used to do it in the summer. Even worse, some of them chose to come back and do not the following year. How on earth would you cope with that scenario ?
We'll adapt. Its as simple as that .
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Well, given it’s an imaginary scenario dreamed up to avoid giving a structured answer I’ll cope just fine.
 
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Alan Dugdales Moustache

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  • May 27, 2020
  • #48,052
skybluetony176 said:
Well, given it’s an imaginary scenario dreamed up to avoid giving a structured answer I’ll cope just fine.
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What sort of answer would you like ?
 

Alan Dugdales Moustache

Well-Known Member
  • May 27, 2020
  • #48,053
PVA said:
What sort of a response is that?

Deflection, whataboutery. The usual.
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The usual ? What would you like as an answer ?
 

Alan Dugdales Moustache

Well-Known Member
  • May 27, 2020
  • #48,054
PVA said:
I see the government finally admitted last week there would be Northern Island customs checks.

Which we all knew would be the case.

Despite Johnson and Co INSISTING it wasn't the case.

Despite their papers saying it was.

Nicely hidden away amongst the Corona news so the majority wouldn't have noticed.
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Wow. You're excellent at pointing out what has happened . I bet you had us down for winning league 1 since the season kicked off in August.
 
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PVA

Well-Known Member
  • May 27, 2020
  • #48,055
Alan Dugdales Moustache said:
Wow. You're excellent at pointing out what has happened . I bet you had us down for winning league 1 since the season kicked off in August.
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I'm pointing out facts. You're making up scenarios and asking if I'll lose sleep. Do you see the difference?

The government lied. Do you deny that?
 
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