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Previously on "Majority of lorries crossing channel to France are empty as Brexit hits trade"

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  • vetran
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    Originally posted by dsc View Post
    Based on fecking what? Wake the feck up and realise this is the reality, look at any EU - 3rd country border and check how long the queues are and how long it takes to move stuff over the border (hint - 12hrs is not a long waiting time). Then realise the UK is now a 3rd country. Christ it's really not that hard to put 2 and 2 together.

    Or you can of course blame everyone else, especially the boo boo EU as everything is their fault.

    Ok so we don't trade with them anymore. That is their choice.

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  • BlasterBates
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    The white cliffs of Dover are collapsing.

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  • dsc
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    Originally posted by vetran View Post
    3. EU customs stopped them? - was it legally?

    I suspect the answer is 3 and no. Maybe the EU need to resolve that?
    Based on fecking what? Wake the feck up and realise this is the reality, look at any EU - 3rd country border and check how long the queues are and how long it takes to move stuff over the border (hint - 12hrs is not a long waiting time). Then realise the UK is now a 3rd country. Christ it's really not that hard to put 2 and 2 together.

    Or you can of course blame everyone else, especially the boo boo EU as everything is their fault.

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  • GitMaster69
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    Originally posted by vetran View Post
    Why can they not get any?
    1. They failed to fill in the export forms correctly?
    2. UK customs stopped them? - was it legally?
    3. EU customs stopped them? - was it legally?

    I suspect the answer is 3 and no. Maybe the EU need to resolve that?
    “EU bad. They agreed to the minimal trade deal we wanted so it’s their fault ”
    I mean you guys should stop reading that idiotic telegraph

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  • Eirikur
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    Originally posted by vetran View Post
    Why can they not get any?
    1. They failed to fill in the export forms correctly?
    2. UK customs stopped them? - was it legally?
    3. EU customs stopped them? - was it legally?

    I suspect the answer is 3 and no. Maybe the EU need to resolve that?
    Look at the title of this thread and you know the answer

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  • vetran
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    Originally posted by Eirikur View Post
    British store Stonemore, which has 2 stores near Brussels selling mostly Waitrose stuff:
    That is, if they can get any

    Why can they not get any?
    1. They failed to fill in the export forms correctly?
    2. UK customs stopped them? - was it legally?
    3. EU customs stopped them? - was it legally?

    I suspect the answer is 3 and no. Maybe the EU need to resolve that?

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  • Eirikur
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    British store Stonemore, which has 2 stores near Brussels selling mostly Waitrose stuff:
    That is, if they can get any

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  • TheGreenBastard
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    Originally posted by clearedforlanding View Post
    Interesting, but that's not 3 and this implies it applies to UK/EU as much as it does the US.

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  • clearedforlanding
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    Originally posted by TheGreenBastard View Post
    Which is beside the point, the Yanks' food and beverage consumption was met 87.3 percent by domestic production in 2016.

    "Controlled by 3 companies", love to see some evidence to back that up.
    https://eu.usatoday.com/story/money/...food/14056133/

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  • TheGreenBastard
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    Originally posted by clearedforlanding View Post
    Controlled by 3 companies. Also, have you ever tried eating any?
    Which is beside the point, the Yanks' food and beverage consumption was met 87.3 percent by domestic production in 2016.

    "Controlled by 3 companies", love to see some evidence to back that up.

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  • AtW
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    Originally posted by ladymuck View Post
    High fructose corn syrup FTW!!

    What's not to like?
    Diabetes?

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  • ladymuck
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    Originally posted by clearedforlanding View Post
    Controlled by 3 companies. Also, have you ever tried eating any?
    High fructose corn syrup FTW!!

    What's not to like?

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  • clearedforlanding
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    Originally posted by TheGreenBastard View Post
    US has far better domestic food production, relying less on imports - so it's light-years ahead.

    UK is a world beater when it comes to growing cannabis though.
    Controlled by 3 companies. Also, have you ever tried eating any?

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  • TheGreenBastard
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    Originally posted by vetran View Post
    actually the government have started talking about long life appliances so food miles should be soon.

    In the USA its big business, organic veg grown in old factories.
    US has far better domestic food production, relying less on imports - so it's light-years ahead.

    UK is a world beater when it comes to growing cannabis though.

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  • vetran
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    Originally posted by TheGreenBastard View Post
    During covid I've done some small growing in an artificial setup, there's potential with recent LED developments (China and SK absolutely dominate this sector) to revolutionise crop growing for Northern countries, especially in terms of space reduction (land required vs. crop amount). You'd like to think market dynamics would dictate we innovate in this direction to secure domestic food production, sadly I don't think it will materialize.

    actually the government have started talking about long life appliances so food miles should be soon.

    In the USA its big business, organic veg grown in old factories.

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