Xela Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 51 minutes ago, Davkaus said: British people don't want to do long days of back breaking labour, for less than minimum wage. Its rotten all the way through. If farmers paid a decent wage then they wouldn't need to ferry in, what is effectively slave labour, from the poorest parts of Europe. Farmers could pay better wages if the supermarkets paid the suppliers a fairer price. This is something that needs looking at, as there are surely enough people in the UK already to fill the 60k-70k picker jobs required, especially with millions signing up for benefits. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumstopdogs Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 3 hours ago, bickster said: HAHA they are flying in teams of people to pick lettuces from Romania. FIrst flight of 150 Romanians lands tomorrow It also seems like it'll be the first flight into the country that's actually being health screened for Covid-19 Lettuces though, ffs send 'em back Lettuce tell you what I heard. I read that they were coming from Romaine-ia 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 17 hours ago, Xela said: Its rotten all the way through. If farmers paid a decent wage then they wouldn't need to ferry in, what is effectively slave labour, from the poorest parts of Europe. Farmers could pay better wages if the supermarkets paid the suppliers a fairer price. This is something that needs looking at, as there are surely enough people in the UK already to fill the 60k-70k picker jobs required, especially with millions signing up for benefits. And of course the supermarkets would pass on those extra costs to the shoppers, making fresh food even more expensive compared with processed factory food. There’s not an easy answer really, anything that requires significant human labour is bound to be expensive to produce. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post chrisp65 Posted April 16, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted April 16, 2020 Surely there is some way of tracking every brexit voter and letting them know they’re up next for the jobs they felt ‘we’ should be doing and not ‘them’. Who had a little flag to wave during the whole debate? Where are they now, eh? Get down the **** farm and pick some lettuce ya brexit Dunkirk spirit not really a racist arseholes. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 Ben’s tweet wasn’t universally liked. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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HanoiVillan Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 3 hours ago, ml1dch said: I was about to post saying that 'he could blither shit for England', and then sadly had to stop myself when I remembered that's literally what he does. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markavfc40 Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 (edited) With the Times story yesterday and the Daily Mail today going in hard in regard the PPE issue and the loss of so many healthcare workers are the usually right wing rags turning on Johnson and The Tories? Elizabeth Oakeshott was on GMTV this morning sticking the knife into Johnson regarding his absence from Cobra meetings. The knives seem to be out in parts of the right wing media for Johnson and in regard the overall government response so is it possible Johnson's position could come under threat? I guess if Laura Kuenssberg starts doing her job then we really will know he is in trouble, Edited April 20, 2020 by markavfc40 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 57 minutes ago, markavfc40 said: With the Times story yesterday and the Daily Mail today going in hard in regard the PPE issue and the loss of so many healthcare workers are the usually right wing rags turning on Johnson and The Tories? Elizabeth Oakeshott was on GMTV this morning sticking the knife into Johnson regarding his absence from Cobra meetings. The knives seem to be out in parts of the right wing media for Johnson and in regard the overall government response so is it possible Johnson's position could come under threat? I guess if Laura Kuenssberg starts doing her job then we really will know he is in trouble, I enjoy seeing this clown being held to account and he deserves extreme criticism for his handling of this. My concern is why are these publications turning on him? I find it hard to believe that the right wing media suddenly have grown compassionate. One theory I read on social media, was that Johnson wants to keep things locked down and others like Gove want to open things up. Strong economy being worth thousands of dead people. So extra pressure on Johnson. It does concern me what the motive behind this is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted April 20, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted April 20, 2020 1 hour ago, markavfc40 said: With the Times story yesterday and the Daily Mail today going in hard in regard the PPE issue and the loss of so many healthcare workers are the usually right wing rags turning on Johnson and The Tories? Elizabeth Oakeshott was on GMTV this morning sticking the knife into Johnson regarding his absence from Cobra meetings. The knives seem to be out in parts of the right wing media for Johnson and in regard the overall government response so is it possible Johnson's position could come under threat? I guess if Laura Kuenssberg starts doing her job then we really will know he is in trouble, It’s about time. Can you actually imagine the shit they’d be giving Corbyn if he had won the last election and this was all happening under his watch? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markavfc40 Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 (edited) 52 minutes ago, Stevo985 said: It’s about time. Can you actually imagine the shit they’d be giving Corbyn if he had won the last election and this was all happening under his watch? He/Labour would have been ripped to pieces. The fact they would have only been in power for weeks when this crisis started and had inherited the decimated public services/lack of a decent welfare safety net following 10 years of Tory rule and the failure to act on the pandemic preparedness drill/report in 2016 would have been completely forgotten. Clearly some of the right wing media going after Johnson/the government as @DCJonah says makes you think there is an ulterior motive and they haven't just suddenly become compassionate. Edited April 20, 2020 by markavfc40 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 They're doing it now because they've landed their Brexit tax evasion, and in Starmer they've potentially got a Labour leader big money thinks they can deal with? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 3 hours ago, markavfc40 said: if Laura Kuenssberg starts doing her job I’ve read some pretty wacky stuff on this forum over the years. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 3 hours ago, markavfc40 said: He/Labour would have been ripped to pieces. The fact they would have only been in power for weeks when this crisis started and had inherited the decimated public services/lack of a decent welfare safety net following 10 years of Tory rule and the failure to act on the pandemic preparedness drill/report in 2016 would have been completely forgotten. Clearly some of the right wing media going after Johnson/the government as @DCJonah says makes you think there is an ulterior motive and they haven't just suddenly become compassionate. I reckon Tories will be ripped to pieces after this is over. I said before that I’d wager that the next government will be a Labour one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted April 20, 2020 Moderator Share Posted April 20, 2020 7 hours ago, markavfc40 said: if Laura Kuenssberg starts doing her job Pornhub already has increased traffic without more sickos watching wierd porn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted April 20, 2020 Moderator Share Posted April 20, 2020 1 hour ago, Vive_La_Villa said: I said before that I’d wager that the next government will be a Labour one. They'll do their very level best for that not to be the case 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam-AVFC Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 5 hours ago, Xann said: They're doing it now because they've landed their Brexit tax evasion, and in Starmer they've potentially got a Labour leader big money thinks they can deal with? I'd be far more worried about them parachuting a troll like Raab in to front Cummings band. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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bannedfromHandV Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 9 minutes ago, snowychap said: Good. Pretty sure there’s plenty of substance to this based solely off the fact that she looks like a total bellend. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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