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Previously on "Hero Boris due to solve 5 year old unsolvable problem over dinner for 2 tonight!"

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  • _V_
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    Originally posted by fullyautomatix View Post
    This over reliance on cheap over seas labour is the business model that will get reset over time. Either automation or adequate compensation will bring about a normalcy on labour intensive occupations. The side effect would be an increase in the prices of items but consumers will learn to tolerate it.

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  • BR14
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    Originally posted by Old Greg View Post
    Good eating in whales.
    need a shed load of chips and peas though

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  • Old Greg
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    Originally posted by BR14 View Post
    Wales is in tier 3 innit.
    Good eating in whales.

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  • BR14
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    Originally posted by Paddy View Post
    I have no tiers for Welsh Kkamikaze Farmers who also took out innocents with their votes.
    Wales is in tier 3 innit.

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  • Old Greg
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    Originally posted by fullyautomatix View Post
    This over reliance on cheap over seas labour is the business model that will get reset over time. Either automation or adequate compensation will bring about a normalcy on labour intensive occupations. The side effect would be an increase in the prices of items but consumers will learn to tolerate it.
    Well it sounds like you’ve thought it all through thoroughly.

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  • fullyautomatix
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    Originally posted by BlasterBates View Post
    Who is going to pick the strawberries ?

    The Eastern European are refusing to come even though they're still allowed.

    Crops left rotting in the fields
    This over reliance on cheap over seas labour is the business model that will get reset over time. Either automation or adequate compensation will bring about a normalcy on labour intensive occupations. The side effect would be an increase in the prices of items but consumers will learn to tolerate it.

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  • AtW
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    Originally posted by BlasterBates View Post
    Who is going to pick the strawberries ?

    The Eastern European are refusing to come even though they're still allowed.

    Crops left rotting in the fields
    £20 hourly rate and problem solved.

    Paid in strawberries...

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  • Paddy
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    Originally posted by BlasterBates View Post
    Who is going to pick the strawberries ?

    The Eastern European are refusing to come even though they're still allowed.

    Crops left rotting in the fields
    I have no tiers for Welsh Kkamikaze Farmers who also took out innocents with their votes.

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  • Old Greg
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    Originally posted by fullyautomatix View Post
    A no deal Brexit is actually a good outcome. The result would be tariffs on imports and exports. This actually means businesses would rely less on cheap imports and try to source more locally to avoid the hassle of costly import. The current trade imbalance would slowly sort itself out and we will see a new form of trading with where strawberries aren't imported from Netherlands but grown in local farms.

    The only thing is, we IT contractors will lose out due to the entry of cheaper resources from Delhi instead of from Poland.
    The UK will need Dutch strawberries for the Empire 2.0 jam export boom.

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  • BlasterBates
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    Originally posted by fullyautomatix View Post
    A no deal Brexit is actually a good outcome. The result would be tariffs on imports and exports. This actually means businesses would rely less on cheap imports and try to source more locally to avoid the hassle of costly import. The current trade imbalance would slowly sort itself out and we will see a new form of trading with where strawberries aren't imported from Netherlands but grown in local farms.

    The only thing is, we IT contractors will lose out due to the entry of cheaper resources from Delhi instead of from Poland.
    Who is going to pick the strawberries ?

    The Eastern European are refusing to come even though they're still allowed.

    Crops left rotting in the fields

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  • Whorty
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    Originally posted by Scoobos View Post
    It's a welcome change to NHS Test and Trace
    That was a complete failure that cost billions too. These Tories sure are something special

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  • AtW
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    Yeah, sourcing lithium locally from shaunbhoy’s own mines, dug with love by his kids

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  • fullyautomatix
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    A no deal Brexit is actually a good outcome. The result would be tariffs on imports and exports. This actually means businesses would rely less on cheap imports and try to source more locally to avoid the hassle of costly import. The current trade imbalance would slowly sort itself out and we will see a new form of trading with where strawberries aren't imported from Netherlands but grown in local farms.

    The only thing is, we IT contractors will lose out due to the entry of cheaper resources from Delhi instead of from Poland.

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  • AtW
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    This tulip will never end

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  • clearedforlanding
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    Hooray Boris

    Another postponement of a deadline.

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