Brexit Consequences
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having that swing is a necessary but not sufficient condition for it meaning a thing
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Is that what's behind the sausage shortage? A lack of abattoir workers?shpalman wrote: ↑Fri Aug 27, 2021 12:43 pmAs many as 70,000 pigs will be killed instead of being killed
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Is it clear that worker shortages in the UK are a consequence of Brexit? There is lots of discussion of worker shortages in the US also, attributed to Covid in various ways that not everyone agrees about.
My usual take is that most of the time, a "worker shortage" isn't really about there being too few workers, but rather about employers failing to offer high enough pay and/or good enough working conditions.
My usual take is that most of the time, a "worker shortage" isn't really about there being too few workers, but rather about employers failing to offer high enough pay and/or good enough working conditions.
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Can you get sufficient supplies of staple foods in the US? We can in Spain. All my friends in the UK have complaints.
Then again, Brits are notorious moaners
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I haven't noticed a problem with staple foods here, but there have been shortages of some other odd things like straws and cardboard boxes, and a lack of staff for restaurants and hotels has very visibly affected their service, e.g. reduced kitchen hours and substandard housekeeping.
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On supermarket stuff and after the hoarding period: IME, staples have been fine, but particular items seem to disappear for a bit and come back after a month or so. That's something that is occasionally going to happen, but it's been occurring more often for seemingly random products. There's normally an alternative too, so it's easy not to get too annoyed.bolo wrote: ↑Fri Aug 27, 2021 5:37 pmI haven't noticed a problem with staple foods here, but there have been shortages of some other odd things like straws and cardboard boxes, and a lack of staff for restaurants and hotels has very visibly affected their service, e.g. reduced kitchen hours and substandard housekeeping.
Covid has messed up supply chains everywhere as far as I can tell, and I am not sure why anyone would think the UK would be an exception to this. But it does seem to be worse in the UK than anywhere comparable which has the special case of Brexit. It doesn't look like an either/or situation to me, but a combination of the two.
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Bwahahahahaha
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-58348119
Harming, as in moving NI closer to Ireland.....
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-58348119
Harming, as in moving NI closer to Ireland.....
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Your straw shortage is 'cos the Trump fans clutched at them allbolo wrote: ↑Fri Aug 27, 2021 5:37 pmI haven't noticed a problem with staple foods here, but there have been shortages of some other odd things like straws and cardboard boxes, and a lack of staff for restaurants and hotels has very visibly affected their service, e.g. reduced kitchen hours and substandard housekeeping.
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I wasn't sure a pub would count as a shop so I've not put this in the shortages thread: https://www.theguardian.com/business/20 ... deliveries
The pub chain Wetherspoon’s is experiencing shortages of some beer brands, including Carling, Coors and Heineken, amid a Brexit-induced shortage of delivery drivers and industrial action.
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GP surgeries in England cancel flu jabs amid vaccine shortage due to “unforeseen road freight challenges”.
having that swing is a necessary but not sufficient condition for it meaning a thing
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The comments are great. Apparently everyone wants to pay more for food if it's in some nebulous way "better produced". Clearly the rise of discount supermarkets is being fuelled by some other kinds of pressure than economic.shpalman wrote: ↑Sat Sep 04, 2021 9:28 amI farm food for Uk supermarkets, they have driven my prices down so far I cannot pay staff more than minimum wage. As Brexit has resulted in EE staff leaving I cannot harvest this year. Today I ploughed it all back into the land so I can charge treble next year.
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But... but... but... isn't that exactly what we voted for?
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Challenging Developments have resulted in Distribution Non-Conformities and the Unpreplanned Eventualities have Contextuallized the very immenent need for a Re-visionization of Infrastructure Requirements which currently lack the necessary Overflow Capacity to handle the unforeseen post brexit eventuallities
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as ye sow, so shall ye reapshpalman wrote: ↑Sat Sep 04, 2021 9:28 amI farm food for Uk supermarkets, they have driven my prices down so far I cannot pay staff more than minimum wage. As Brexit has resulted in EE staff leaving I cannot harvest this year. Today I ploughed it all back into the land so I can charge treble next year.
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Is the discount supermarkets stuff worse though?sTeamTraen wrote: ↑Sat Sep 04, 2021 9:36 pmThe comments are great. Apparently everyone wants to pay more for food if it's in some nebulous way "better produced". Clearly the rise of discount supermarkets is being fuelled by some other kinds of pressure than economic.shpalman wrote: ↑Sat Sep 04, 2021 9:28 amI farm food for Uk supermarkets, they have driven my prices down so far I cannot pay staff more than minimum wage. As Brexit has resulted in EE staff leaving I cannot harvest this year. Today I ploughed it all back into the land so I can charge treble next year.
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Not at all, in my experience. We do about half of our shopping in Lidl (and would do more if they delivered - we don't schlepp bottles of wine in bulk).noggins wrote: ↑Mon Sep 06, 2021 10:55 amIs the discount supermarkets stuff worse though?sTeamTraen wrote: ↑Sat Sep 04, 2021 9:36 pmThe comments are great. Apparently everyone wants to pay more for food if it's in some nebulous way "better produced". Clearly the rise of discount supermarkets is being fuelled by some other kinds of pressure than economic.
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Ive read that the discounters treat their suppliers better.
They negotiate hard, but then stick to the deal, while the regular lot will demand further discounts later.
They negotiate hard, but then stick to the deal, while the regular lot will demand further discounts later.
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Yeah, I don't see the relevance of discount supermarkets. They're not displacing anyone who treats their suppliers well.
We have the right to a clean, healthy, sustainable environment.
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Good news everyone - water companies are now allowed to dump (even more) raw sewage into surface and groundwater!
Brexit Britain is literally up sh.t creek.
Given that the government is deliberately liberalising water quality regs to allow water companies to dump more sh.t without getting caught and fined, I don't think I'm being overly cynical suggesting that the long-term intention is to grandfather this kind of relaxation into permanent regs.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publicati ... lure-rps-bNormally, you need a permit under the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 to discharge treated effluent from a waste water treatment works (WwTW) to surface water or groundwater. Permits contain conditions that control the quality of the effluent you can discharge.
You may not be able to comply with your permit if you cannot get the chemicals you use to treat the effluent you discharge because of:
the UK’s new relationship with the EU
coronavirus (COVID-19)
other unavoidable supply chain failures, for example the failure of a treatment chemical supplier
If you follow the conditions in this regulatory position statement (RPS) you can discharge effluent without meeting the conditions in your permit.
Brexit Britain is literally up sh.t creek.
Given that the government is deliberately liberalising water quality regs to allow water companies to dump more sh.t without getting caught and fined, I don't think I'm being overly cynical suggesting that the long-term intention is to grandfather this kind of relaxation into permanent regs.
We have the right to a clean, healthy, sustainable environment.
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Brexit nobbers repeatedly cited the 'water directive' as a prime example of the EU's overreach and ridiculous red tape in the per-referendum period, so I'm not at all surprised to see UK citizens' protections being torn up like thisBird on a Fire wrote: ↑Wed Sep 08, 2021 10:05 amGood news everyone - water companies are now allowed to dump (even more) raw sewage into surface and groundwater!
https://www.gov.uk/government/publicati ... lure-rps-bNormally, you need a permit under the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 to discharge treated effluent from a waste water treatment works (WwTW) to surface water or groundwater. Permits contain conditions that control the quality of the effluent you can discharge.
You may not be able to comply with your permit if you cannot get the chemicals you use to treat the effluent you discharge because of:
the UK’s new relationship with the EU
coronavirus (COVID-19)
other unavoidable supply chain failures, for example the failure of a treatment chemical supplier
If you follow the conditions in this regulatory position statement (RPS) you can discharge effluent without meeting the conditions in your permit.
Brexit Britain is literally up sh.t creek.
Given that the government is deliberately liberalising water quality regs to allow water companies to dump more sh.t without getting caught and fined, I don't think I'm being overly cynical suggesting that the long-term intention is to grandfather this kind of relaxation into permanent regs.
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Hence the famous side-of-the-bus slogan:-tom p wrote: ↑Wed Sep 08, 2021 10:12 amBrexit nobbers repeatedly cited the 'water directive' as a prime example of the EU's overreach and ridiculous red tape in the per-referendum period, so I'm not at all surprised to see UK citizens' protections being torn up like thisBird on a Fire wrote: ↑Wed Sep 08, 2021 10:05 amGood news everyone - water companies are now allowed to dump (even more) raw sewage into surface and groundwater!
https://www.gov.uk/government/publicati ... lure-rps-bNormally, you need a permit under the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 to discharge treated effluent from a waste water treatment works (WwTW) to surface water or groundwater. Permits contain conditions that control the quality of the effluent you can discharge.
You may not be able to comply with your permit if you cannot get the chemicals you use to treat the effluent you discharge because of:
the UK’s new relationship with the EU
coronavirus (COVID-19)
other unavoidable supply chain failures, for example the failure of a treatment chemical supplier
If you follow the conditions in this regulatory position statement (RPS) you can discharge effluent without meeting the conditions in your permit.
Brexit Britain is literally up sh.t creek.
Given that the government is deliberately liberalising water quality regs to allow water companies to dump more sh.t without getting caught and fined, I don't think I'm being overly cynical suggesting that the long-term intention is to grandfather this kind of relaxation into permanent regs.
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hahahahahaha