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30th January 2019, 18:14 | #1 |
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lettuce famine?by February?.
According to most supermarkets (Aldi&Tesco excepted). If this is the best project fear can do not to much to worry about - don't eat lettuce in the winter and would never buy other than British. Chris.S.
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Before this thread is inevitably locked, it may be worth countering the dismissal of "more project fear" with the announcement that Barclays are moving £166 billion of assets out of the UK to Dublin. Royal Bank of Scotland has already done similar, by moving £13 billion of its assets to the Netherlands. For an economy particularly reliant on services, especially financial services, this is less than ideal.
Actually never mind, everything will be just peachy. Huzzah!
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Would that be the Barclays with the CEO and others in the dock for corruption in relation to their dealings with some Arab(Dubai) state? And the RBS that crashed and whose CEO and others was found to less than honest in their dealings and hadto be bailed out by the taxpayer? If yes to both I will continue to buy British lettuce. I wonder what the parameters are the "moderators" use for closing a thread and how they were arrived at? Is it perhaps in here somewhere and I can access it, if so I would be interested to view them. Chris S.
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Yes, that's right. Regardless of their undoubted wrongdoings, it is companies like these on which the UK's economy is particularly reliant. In total, some £800 billion is leaving the country in this manner. Not to worry, eh? I'm sure the powers that be have a cunning plan to replace it all. At least, insofar as it affects them personally.
By all means, continue to enjoy your lettuce. I'm actually a strong advocate of buying local produce whenever possible. If it's something you particularly enjoy but start to find difficult to source in future winters, you may be able to grow some of your own indoors, even in the coldest of weather. This way, you can ensure you won't have to rely on any imports at all - neither of the lettuce leaves themselves, nor the labour which will no longer be there to pick what will end up rotting in the ground at harvest time in Britain. G'luck now.
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Be getting approached by guys in the dark corners of pubs: "I've got lettuce, what do you want, leaf, romaine, iceberg?"
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Apparently the manufacturers of Magnum ice creams are stockpiling their products. Now, I wonder how many Magnums sell in early April after B day anyway. Seems a bit daft to me. However I rather like them so I applaud the decision. Well done Magnum
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