Political: We're doomed, Captain Mannering...

[Harold Gough]

Re: Political: We're doomed, Captain Mannering...

Each country within the EU has an option, to change or stay, or go for something more suitable.

So, on the day we leave, we put the clocks forward by an hour?

Harold

[Jim Ford]

Re: Political: We're doomed, Captain Mannering...

So, on the day we leave, we put the clocks forward by an hour?

No, we put the clocks back 50 years!

Jim

[Harold Gough]

Re: Political: We're doomed, Captain Mannering...

No, we put the clocks back 50 years!

1968? Elvis' second Comeback Special!

That would be great for trade with New Zealand.

Harold

[TimP]

Re: Political: We're doomed, Captain Mannering...

That would be great for trade with New Zealand.

Harold

[Graham_of_Rainham]

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With climate change threatening to wipe out chocolate trees, the carbon footprint of food is a good place to start cutting back on.

[TimP]

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Agree, why do we need to have everything all year round? It’s ridiculous and makes, for example, strawberries less special if you can have them, from Costa Rica in December. I’d rather wait until June for tasty English ones. Watercress is another example, why ship the stuff from the USA. There’s an argument that some food miles are pretty cost effective (no example to cite, sorry) but going back to the NZ lamb, I think there’s a clever statistician at work there, possibly one with an air freight business and relatives running a sheep farm in NZ! I’m sure with a bit of effort we could be self sufficient in basic foodstuffs in this country but the yummy mummies in Islington might struggle to get their avocados and quinoa at times!

[Rebecca]

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With climate change threatening to wipe out chocolate trees, the carbon footprint of food is a good place to start cutting back on.

Chocolate trees ? Gosh I didn't realise chocolate grew on trees ! I want one of those, or maybe two or three or six even

Rebecca

[TimP]

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Haven’t you got one growing next to the gin well? Every home should have both.

[Graham_of_Rainham]

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Chocolate trees ? Gosh I didn't realise chocolate grew on trees ! I want one of those, or maybe two or three or six even

Rebecca

[Naughty Nigel]

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Which one? I thought there were several.

Jeremy has got an especially big one I hear.

[Harold Gough]

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Don’t we already do enough trade with the place that is furthest away?

Why can’t we be self sufficient in lamb and venison, why on earth does it have to come all that way fercryingoutloud?

That was not my point. It has always been said that if you want to see what England was like 50 years ago, visit New Zealand.

That doesn't work anymore. They will have much the same digital technology as us, online shopping, etc,

Fifty years ago, we didn't even have pocket calculators, videorecorders, computers, CDs, mobile phones, the internet, the Channel Tunnel. We won't be going back to that.

The (Maastricht) Treaty on European Union was only 25 years ago.

Harold

[TimP]

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So the Isle of Wight then!

[Wally]

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That was not my point...

Fifty years ago, we didn't even have pocket calculators, videorecorders, computers, CDs, mobile phones, the internet, the Channel Tunnel.

We won't be going back to that. Harold

Apart from the Channel Tunnel... That's a great pity. In those day's most of us had a life worth living... even if we didn't realise it at the time.

These day's, for a vast majority, we don't walk and don't talk unless it's on-line to 2,000 + friends of whom we have never seen or met in real life and then... wonder why we are lonely.


Maybe, we should all get out more when it rains, then, when the sun shines, we are better able to see the rainbow. You can't have one without the other.

[Harold Gough]

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Apart from the Channel Tunnel... That's a great pity.

The tunnel (no more trains) will come in useful for storing supplies of food, medicines, etc. for post-Brexit.

Harold

[TimP]

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But only 11 miles worth of tunnel surely?