ewerk 30633 Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 10 minutes ago, trooper said: Boris admits on 127 drivers have applied for emergency visa's to help him get out of the shit storm. Oh dear looks like Xmas could go "tits up " Boris me old chum He reckons that the shortage of drivers is because employers haven't invested in truck stops. I'm not sure he understands who is responsible for the standard of service stations. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 21636 Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 The amount of Tories I'm hearing from that literally want to change the economy to match some fictional past whereby people buy their goods from village suppliers and stores is frightening. With UKIP you could dismiss the loons because they were never going to wield any political power. But these tories are actually in power. Really difficult to know how far this country sinks before it hits rock bottom and sobers up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35095 Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 I didn’t realise the number in EU27 represented the number of HGV drivers willing to come and work in Britain in the run up to Xmas 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trooper 940 Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 1 hour ago, Renton said: The amount of Tories I'm hearing from that literally want to change the economy to match some fictional past whereby people buy their goods from village suppliers and stores is frightening. With UKIP you could dismiss the loons because they were never going to wield any political power. But these tories are actually in power. Really difficult to know how far this country sinks before it hits rock bottom and sobers up. Here you go Renton mate 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trooper 940 Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 This from The Mail Boris denying the supply chain is in chaos Asked directly if he thought the situation was a 'crisis', he replied: 'No.' But he admitted that Christmas might only be better from a 'low base' amid fears of ongoing shortages - after it was effectively cancelled during the pandemic last year. And he conceded that the government's efforts to bring in more lorry drivers from abroad are having limited success, with just 127 having applied for emergency visas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35095 Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 Even that’s predicated on Covid not being a big issue this winter. Which seems optimistic thanks to the way it’s being handled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trooper 940 Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 (edited) Apparently the record industry are reporting a shortage of vinyl to make records. I wouldn't be surprised if Boris said something like if you've got any old records in your collection you hardly listen to. Could you melt them down & send them in so we can make new ones 😆 Edited October 5, 2021 by trooper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trooper 940 Posted October 6, 2021 Share Posted October 6, 2021 https://news.sky.com/story/france-threatens-to-cut-off-uks-energy-again-in-new-fishing-row-12426857 France threatens to cut off energy to the UK over fishing rights. It included a threat that it could cut off electricity to the British Crown Dependency, which receives 95% of its electricity from France through three undersea cables. I say Boris old chap you seem to be getting the country in a bit of a pickle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonpack 9444 Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 Bloke I work with (salesman, nicknamed snake oil) said to me the other day when he was spouting shite, he doesn’t watch the news as the MSM are discredited and he only reads the papers, at this point I was going to interject, but he ploughed on “I read the telegraph and the times so I get both sides and balance”. I fucking despair !!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 5223 Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 2 minutes ago, Toonpack said: Bloke I work with (salesman, nicknamed snake oil) said to me the other day when he was spouting shite, he doesn’t watch the news as the MSM are discredited and he only reads the papers, at this point I was going to interject, but he ploughed on “I read the telegraph and the times so I get both sides and balance”. I fucking despair !!! Amazing. The Times presumably being the left wing one? I mean it's centrist I suppose but still. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21941 Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 Project fear, they said 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21941 Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 It’s actually all I wanted for Christmas this year. Think I’ll recreate the scenes by cowering in the London Underground, not knowing if my house will still be standing when I get home before tucking into a hearty plate of powdered eggs for tea 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 15552 Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 Don't send your kids to the countryside to keep them safe though, that's the kind of thing a scaredycat woke snowflake leftie [checks notes] oh, wait, the parents of literally several million children did during the war. Well now I'm conflicted, what would Iain Duncan Smith make of that behaviour? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35095 Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 9 hours ago, Dr Gloom said: Project fear, they said Are they saying it’s the EU’s fault rather than the fault of the country that left the EU by any chance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35095 Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 23 minutes ago, Meenzer said: Don't send your kids to the countryside to keep them safe though, that's the kind of thing a scaredycat woke snowflake leftie [checks notes] oh, wait, the parents of literally several million children did during the war. Well now I'm conflicted, what would Iain Duncan Smith make of that behaviour? In reply to IDS someone on Twitter pointed out that thousands of civil servants were relocated during the war too 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonpack 9444 Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 29 minutes ago, Dr Gloom said: It’s actually all I wanted for Christmas this year. Think I’ll recreate the scenes by cowering in the London Underground, not knowing if my house will still be standing when I get home before tucking into a hearty plate of powdered eggs for tea I think I'll go out and do a bit of looting (I'll leave the raping to the makems) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonpack 9444 Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 (edited) 40 minutes ago, Meenzer said: Don't send your kids to the countryside to keep them safe though, that's the kind of thing a scaredycat woke snowflake leftie [checks notes] oh, wait, the parents of literally several million children did during the war. Well now I'm conflicted, what would Iain Duncan Smith make of that behaviour? My dad was evacuated (from Heaton) to Whitehaven, at one point was allowed home for a few days, one lad stayed an extra night, house bombed that night and whole family killed. Edited October 11, 2021 by Toonpack 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 15552 Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 Poor lad. Still, at least he got to enjoy "a degree of chaos". 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35095 Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 (edited) The war photographer Don McCullin relates his experience of being evacuated during the war in his excellent autobiography. His sister was nearby but stayed with a posh family and was privately tutored etc. He, on the other hand, stayed with a family where he got one meal a day if he was lucky, was basically only allowed in the house to go to bed, whatever the weather. He got his only (freezing cold, outdoor) bath just before he was sent back home. Hopefully that’s the sort of thing we have to look forward to. Edited October 11, 2021 by Alex 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isegrim 9798 Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 I can send you some jägerbombs if you want the full nostalgic experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35095 Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 15 hours ago, Dr Gloom said: Project fear, they said 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 30633 Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 The HGV driver shortage has nothing to do with Brexit. Also: 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 30633 Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 Well this was worth leaving for. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35095 Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 It’s surprising given it’s a country with a small population that’s almost as far away as it’s possible to be unless you leave the planet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 30633 Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 On 07/06/2016 at 09:37, Christmas Tree said: It's certainly uncertain how the mechanics of a Brexit would operate, but we will continue to import and export. It's a shame both sides have concentrated on negative scaremongering rather than the positives of each case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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