Evchrgingaccusd Discussion Threads

[muchos wonga] 08/8/2001 09:58

Personally, I buy my meat from a local butcher who has his own farm or from friends who raise their own animals (very tasty too) and freeze it.

However, we also buy ready meals (cos we're busy) and we know that that meat is not from 'around these parts'. We now rarely buy meat (in joint or chop form) from supermarkets. However for the majority, they are forced to so it is up to them to tell the supermarket that they are not happy. But, price is more important to the majority (whatever they say to surveys) so it is their lookout IMO.

BTW, my brother in law worked in a meat packing factory many years ago. Aparently Tesco and Sainsburys inspectors were very, very, very strict on hygiene and were always in the factory. Another well known supermarket whose name is only four letters long hardly ever sent its inspectors in so anything that was dropped on the floor wouldn't make it to Tesco or Sainsburys, but often ended up on the other retailer's shelves. Don't know if this is still the case.

[peterreidsmith] 08/8/2001 09:39

You voted for them tyke.

[little tyke] 08/8/2001 09:38

French look after there own. Brits sell theirs down the swanny.

[peterreidsmith] 08/8/2001 09:34

Wonga: yes it's a euro issue rather than UK issue. Europe is mostly responsible for the regime - especially the French (surprise, surprise).

[I don't believe in special business cases: support of farmers/fishermen etc is nonsense. A French political emperative and nothing else. The "looking after the country side" arguement is piffle to appease the masses.]

[peterreidsmith] 08/8/2001 09:32

I particularly like the EU grants for "set-aside" - can I set-aside my Cobol skills for a few years and promise not to use them? How about £10K a year...seems fair?

[muchos wonga] 08/8/2001 09:32

Some farmers were insured against F&M, and had been so for 30 years. However when the disease hit in February, those with March renewal dates suddenly found that their insurers wouldn't renew their policies. So talk of forcing farmers to insure is political mischief making.

British farmers have been forced to raise standards but as soon as they did so, the supermarkets bought the meat for meat pies etc from overseas 'to cut costs'. The british public needs to wake up to what it is eating or stop bleating about the cost of food if they want it to be safe. Anyway, most of the cost is the mark up charged by supermarkets. The price of lamb falls, but yet the supermarkets keep raising their prices.

[-golddog-] 08/8/2001 09:24

Is it possible to claim compensation for money lost on the Stock Market - It's only fair i presume?

[peterreidsmith] 08/8/2001 09:15

But at least a few farmers have gotten out of the business with a few million eh. Money well spent.

They really are a special case you know these farmers: I mean every now and then I have to "set-aside" my skills and retrain and stuff, and every few years a recession hits and I have to endure a year or two with virtually no income (two years once, with none at all) but no way should I get any help with that or grants or compensation or anything - it's only IT after all.
Farmers and fishermen - that where we should give all our resources. All this talk of the poor souls taking out their own insurance is so unreasonable.

It could be you!

[maplinrover] 08/8/2001 09:01

At least a quarter of the 3G Licence money has gone down the Foot and Mouth drain. One minor infection in animals one major disaster for the taxpayer. Perhaps our bank notes should have a sheep's head on them. The 3G tax will have to be passed on to the end-user. It will had to the other imposed millstones around the neck of the economy.

[muchos wonga] 08/8/2001 08:21

Not a chance, that money is earmarked for Browns little empire building (and to hell with the consequences of inflation that it will release)

I hear the Blair politbureau are trying to get themselves exempted from the London congestion charge. If these people don't live in the real world then what gives them the right to speak for the rest of us.

[peterreidsmith] 08/8/2001 08:13

Can't we have a windfall tax on Brown and the treasury for their windfall on comms 3G licences? [or their windfall on petrol taxes]


Seems only fair?

[muchos wonga] 08/8/2001 07:57

Bloody socialists!

Now there are calls for a windfall tax on BP. What? Just because a company is successful and increases profits when others can't acheive it. So, lets take the money away from the company (read shareholders and pension funds) and spend it on huge statues of President Blair so the schoolchildren can wave their flags as he cruises past in his presidential limo.

As the Evening Standard put is so well last night about this British contempt andr hatred of profits "what's wrong with a company being well run and employing thousands of people in secure jobs. Perhaps, people would prefer to be employed by Marconi and have their pensions invested with Equitable Life" (actually not a word for word quote as they pulled that bit from their website!)

[peterreidsmith] 28/6/2001 14:23

Anyone notice how the Archer trial got less news coverage after the election?
Was a lead story before.

[sexysue] 27/6/2001 10:20

Ken (shame no Barbie; maybe he could borrow Fion) seemed to cope very easily with Paxman last night. Maybe Paxy wasn't trying too hard, but he did throw the odd curve-ball and Ken just hit them out the park.

He's the man; there's hope with Ken.

IMHO.

[tkon] 22/6/2001 12:35

The usual unbelievable arrogance frankly!

[muchos wonga] 22/6/2001 10:48

So, now the Oirish voted no on the Nice Treaty, the EU is going to ignore the referendum result that it does't like. Cool; now that's European democracy for you!

[hilda] 22/6/2001 09:12

Little Tyke-if only!.Whatever turns her on.

[peterreidsmith] 22/6/2001 09:08

Prodi says enlargement can go ahead and he doesn't really give a toss what the Irish think or vote.

Well, ok, he said it in a less obvious manner but the message was clear enough.

Isn't democracy great.

[little tyke] 20/6/2001 14:10

If you sit on the fence can you throw rocks at people on either side?

[peterreidsmith] 19/6/2001 15:21

Organised crime....kinda worrying really...