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Eastern Europeans to be flown in to pick fruit and veg 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-52293061

Totaljobs said it had seen 50,000 searches for farming jobs in one week alone. It added that searches for terms such as "fruit picker" or "farm worker" had surged by 338% and 107% respectively.

Indeed.co.uk said that there had been a huge spike in interest for fruit picker jobs in particular. Between 18 March and 1 April, there was an increase of more than 6,000% in searches for these roles on its website.

Meanwhile, Monster said the number of UK users searching for "farm" or "farm worker" jobs had nearly tripled.

 

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Chlorinated chicken is now totally acceptable - just in case you missed it.

The write up of this is seriously twisted - even by BBC standards!

Seems it was approved, cos the chancellor pressed the wrong button, because of the new digital voting system.

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Chancellor Rishi Sunak has mistakenly joined a Tory rebellion against the government over post-Brexit food import standards.

Mr Sunak voted digitally for a change to the Agriculture Bill that would have guaranteed a ban on chlorinated chicken and hormone-fed beef.

The amendment was defeated by 277 to 328, a majority of 51.

A source close to the chancellor blamed "teething problems" with a new online voting system.

"The chancellor did not intentionally vote against the government. He called the chief whip straight away to explain," added the source.

 

Food protection

The system - brought in to allow MPs to continue working during the coronavirus lockdown - does not allow MPs to change their vote once it has been cast.

Deputy Speaker Dame Eleanor Laing said she had been told some MPs had mistakenly voted the wrong way and "that their use of technology was not quite as good as they felt that it ought to be".

But she told MPs she was "satisfied" the mistakes had not affected the outcome of the vote.

Ministers say the issue of protecting food standards in post-Brexit trade will be dealt with in the upcoming Trade Bill.

But opponents of practices such chlorine-washing chicken say that could lead to farm standards being bargained away in negotiations.

Instead, they wanted ministers to guarantee food standards in the Agriculture Bill.

'Unintended consequences'

Leading rebel, Tory MP Simon Hoare, warned MPs that without changes to the bill "food imports to this country would be cheap for no other reason bar the fact that they were raised to lower standards".

 

He said: "I'd say to the Americans, why don't you upgrade your production? Why don't you reduce the density of population of your chicken?

"Why don't you reduce the amount of antibiotics you're using and then you can actually produce better chicken not only for America, it can also come into this country?

"Let's not be frightened of putting clauses into this bill that protect us to have the great environment and welfare that the whole bill wants to have and farmers want to have."

But Environment Minister Victoria Prentis warned of "unintended consequences" of amending the bill and insisted all EU import standards will be converted into domestic law by the end of the December 2020 transition period.

She told MPs all existing import requirements would continue to apply, including "a ban on using artificial growth hormones in beef".

'Inspections'

She added: "Nothing apart from potable water may be used to clean chicken carcasses and any changes to these standards would have to come before this Parliament.

"We will be doing our own inspections to ensure that these import conditions are met."

Shadow environment secretary Luke Pollard said not including food standards in the bill could lead to a "race to the bottom".

During the third reading vote, Labour spokesman Mr Pollard could be heard asking in the Commons chamber: "How many members of the Cabinet voted the wrong way?"

Government deputy chief whip Stuart Andrew was heard replying: "Just the one. He's a very busy man."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-52653607

 

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8 minutes ago, RAG said:

Chlorinated chicken is now totally acceptable - just in case you missed it.

The write up of this is seriously twisted - even by BBC standards!

Seems it was approved, cos the chancellor pressed the wrong button, because of the new digital voting system.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-52653607

 

So basically Brexut means we will be free to eat s**t, just like the Americabs do.

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43 minutes ago, gdevoy said:

So basically Brexut means we will be free to eat s**t, just like the Americabs do.

Injected hormone beef is probably more messed up.

Canelo Alvarez hasn't had a drug ban for eating chicken covered in s**te - at least to the best of my knowledge anyway!

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53 minutes ago, gdevoy said:

So basically Brexut means we will be free to eat s**t, just like the Americabs do.

We told everyone this would haooen8, we told everyone what would happen if they voted No in 2014 as well.

They have previous over 300 years of it.  Bare faced lies, theft, etc. and the idiot masses swallow it hook line and sinker every single time.

I will putney in it that even when these f**ks sell off the NHS and sign a deal meaning the UK has to pay the US for breathing,  McLean and others will still vote for the union.

Turkeys and christmas doesnt come remotely close to the absolute lunacy displayed by unionist Scots. More like lemmings.

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51 minutes ago, Zorro said:

I think Americans have blue passports too. 

They mostly don't have passports, is one step beyond a blue Brexit passport having a country most people never leave!

Which isn't in itself jingoistic, given how geographically remote the US is and  sheer size of it.  

I'd bet a majority of UK passports never leave Europe, so in America would never be issued.

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13 minutes ago, RAG said:

They mostly don't have passports, is one step beyond a blue Brexit passport having a country most people never leave!

Which isn't in itself jingoistic, given how geographically remote the US is and  sheer size of it.  

I'd bet a majority of UK passports never leave Europe, so in America would never be issued.

10% roughly americans have a passport i believe

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16 hours ago, Beaker71 said:

We told everyone this would haooen8, we told everyone what would happen if they voted No in 2014 as well.

They have previous over 300 years of it.  Bare faced lies, theft, etc. and the idiot masses swallow it hook line and sinker every single time.

I will putney in it that even when these f**ks sell off the NHS and sign a deal meaning the UK has to pay the US for breathing,  McLean and others will still vote for the union.

Turkeys and christmas doesnt come remotely close to the absolute lunacy displayed by unionist Scots. More like lemmings.

Aye, McLean and 55% “others”. Didn’t want to leave the EU and make people poorer and the same with Indy. Difference is I’m consistent, but your willing to sacrifice people’s welfare for a vision that will only end up bitterly disappointing you. 

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On 4/11/2020 at 3:46 PM, Shropshire_killie said:

No EU folk to pick the veg so be interesting Brexit trial run albeit some folk obviously available to help so wont be true reflection 

Conscript the unemployed Brexiteers and bus them to pick fruit, the thick bastards. 

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31 minutes ago, Mclean07 said:

Aye, McLean and 55% “others”. Didn’t want to leave the EU and make people poorer and the same with Indy. Difference is I’m consistent, but your willing to sacrifice people’s welfare for a vision that will only end up bitterly disappointing you. 

Still supporting the union eh?  And its government as usual.  All the way through the coronavirus pandemic you have been very very silent on the UK Govt shambles and constantly peddle propaganda against the SNP.

Rather a tory bullingdon toff in London x than anyone in Edinburgh.  Absolutely shameful.

Also see you've just confirmed that even when the Tories sell the UK and the NHS of to the yanks you'll still be there saying your butchers apron singing rule Britannia.

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2 hours ago, Beaker71 said:

Still supporting the union eh?  And its government as usual.  All the way through the coronavirus pandemic you have been very very silent on the UK Govt shambles and constantly peddle propaganda against the SNP.

Rather a tory bullingdon toff in London x than anyone in Edinburgh.  Absolutely shameful.

Also see you've just confirmed that even when the Tories sell the UK and the NHS of to the yanks you'll still be there saying your butchers apron singing rule Britannia.

You do realise that you can support the union but not support the present government? 

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1 hour ago, Bonbon19 said:

You do realise that you can support the union but not support the present government? 

Yes  however the silence from McLean on their shambolic handling of the coronavirus crisis has been deafening.

Also by supporting the continued control of your country by another, does detective support that government.

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34 minutes ago, Beaker71 said:

Yes  however the silence from McLean on their shambolic handling of the coronavirus crisis has been deafening.

Also by supporting the continued control of your country by another, does detective support that government.

Reading there may be lockdown protests in Scotland tomozza. Is that the Unionist brigade?

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55 minutes ago, Shropshire_killie said:

Reading there may be lockdown protests in Scotland tomozza. Is that the Unionist brigade?

I'd put some money on it being organised from down south and involving the OO.  Force Scotland to bend its knee and follow the rule of WM.

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