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Post by Flying Monkeys on Jul 17, 2022 11:13:23 GMT
Yum!
From Kent, you know. Of course, we can't get the pickers these days due to Brexit, so the strawberries I just ate must have been imaginary.
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Post by america on Jul 17, 2022 12:55:10 GMT
Yum! From Kent, you know. Of course, we can't get the pickers these days due to Brexit, so the strawberries I just ate must have been imaginary. Is this political? What, what, what? This is Pleasant Conversation, fuhgettaboutit. |
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Post by Flying Monkeys on Jul 17, 2022 13:09:35 GMT
Yum! From Kent, you know. Of course, we can't get the pickers these days due to Brexit, so the strawberries I just ate must have been imaginary. Is this political? What, what, what? This is Pleasant Conversation, fuhgettaboutit. It is an observation directed towards the anti-Brexit crowd who make up stories about us having food shortages because farmers can't get the cheap labour to pick the fruit. The whole place was stuffed with it. (Imaginary, of course.) |
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Post by america on Jul 17, 2022 13:16:48 GMT
Is this political? What, what, what? This is Pleasant Conversation, fuhgettaboutit. It is an observation directed towards the anti-Brexit crowd who make up stories about us having food shortages because farmers can't get the cheap labour to pick the fruit. The whole place was stuffed with it. (Imaginary, of course.) Dunno, looks like you're some kinda cheeky scamp, pulling a fast one on us. How'd you get in here, anyways? |
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Post by yggdrasil on Jul 17, 2022 13:31:37 GMT
My Dad used to drag the whole family to a "pick your own" strawberry farm and we'd fill up a big ice cream tub with them. Trouble was we'd eat so many while doing it that no one could face them for days.
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Post by yggdrasil on Jul 17, 2022 13:35:27 GMT
Is this political? What, what, what? This is Pleasant Conversation, fuhgettaboutit. It is an observation directed towards the anti-Brexit crowd who make up stories about us having food shortages because farmers can't get the cheap labour to pick the fruit. The whole place was stuffed with it. (Imaginary, of course.) Well of course you can get them but it doesn't affect the fact that according to the pro Brexit farmers union there are tons of fruit rotting in the fields. Being reported in Tory papers too. If you can't accept that there is anything wrong with the poor ideological Brexit deal that was made we will never improve things. Urgently need higher quotas of overseas workers for the sector. |
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Post by Flying Monkeys on Jul 17, 2022 14:23:41 GMT
My Dad used to drag the whole family to a "pick your own" strawberry farm and we'd fill up a big ice cream tub with them. Trouble was we'd eat so many while doing it that no one could face them for days. We did the same but we are made of hardier stuff. |
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Post by Flying Monkeys on Jul 17, 2022 14:24:10 GMT
It is an observation directed towards the anti-Brexit crowd who make up stories about us having food shortages because farmers can't get the cheap labour to pick the fruit. The whole place was stuffed with it. (Imaginary, of course.) Well of course you can get them but it doesn't affect the fact that according to the pro Brexit farmers union there are tons of fruit rotting in the fields. Being reported in Tory papers too. If you can't accept that there is anything wrong with the poor ideological Brexit deal that was made we will never improve things. Urgently need higher quotas of overseas workers for the sector. Farmers with even more hands out? Never! |
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Post by yggdrasil on Jul 17, 2022 15:58:19 GMT
My Dad used to drag the whole family to a "pick your own" strawberry farm and we'd fill up a big ice cream tub with them. Trouble was we'd eat so many while doing it that no one could face them for days. We did the same but we are made of hardier stuff. Strawberries grew in the North East climate? Did they ever go red? |
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Post by yggdrasil on Jul 17, 2022 16:00:00 GMT
Well of course you can get them but it doesn't affect the fact that according to the pro Brexit farmers union there are tons of fruit rotting in the fields. Being reported in Tory papers too. If you can't accept that there is anything wrong with the poor ideological Brexit deal that was made we will never improve things. Urgently need higher quotas of overseas workers for the sector. Farmers with even more hands out? Never! Who will do the back breaking manual labour and pick the fruit then? The English won't do it even when the wages are hiked as has been proven. |
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Post by mowlick on Jul 17, 2022 16:37:40 GMT
Farmers with even more hands out? Never! Who will do the back breaking manual labour and pick the fruit then? The English won't do it even when the wages are hiked as has been proven. Actually, most of our strawberries are imported from Spain, Morocco and Israel, where they crop earlier and have plenty of cheap labour.
The problem with UK fruitpickers is the DHSS and HMRC. Time was when all the housewives would turn up with their children and earn a few useful bob, cash in hand. But now neither the Brew or the Revenue have much to do so they harass the mums and kids.
Sad stuff ![[shrug]](http://storage.proboards.com/6870873/images/GNdzQKpfkkHBBwUPdCiE.gif) |
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Post by Flying Monkeys on Jul 17, 2022 16:45:07 GMT
We did the same but we are made of hardier stuff. Strawberries grew in the North East climate? Did they ever go red? Yes. Are you nuts? Scottish strawberries are the best. And raspberries. |
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Post by Flying Monkeys on Jul 17, 2022 16:46:30 GMT
Farmers with even more hands out? Never! Who will do the back breaking manual labour and pick the fruit then? The English won't do it even when the wages are hiked as has been proven. The people who are doing it right now - hence how I got the strawberries in the shop. Your hokum about no labour is hokum. |
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Post by Flying Monkeys on Jul 17, 2022 16:47:43 GMT
Who will do the back breaking manual labour and pick the fruit then? The English won't do it even when the wages are hiked as has been proven. Actually, most of our strawberries are imported from Spain, Morocco and Israel, where they crop earlier and have plenty of cheap labour.
The problem with UK fruitpickers is the DHSS and HMRC. Time was when all the housewives would turn up with their children and earn a few useful bob, cash in hand. But now neither the Brew or the Revenue have much to do so they harass the mums and kids.
Sad stuff The strawbs I bought are from Kent. Maybe it's people waiting to be shipped to Rwanda. |
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Post by Flying Monkeys on Jul 17, 2022 16:48:52 GMT
It is an observation directed towards the anti-Brexit crowd who make up stories about us having food shortages because farmers can't get the cheap labour to pick the fruit. The whole place was stuffed with it. (Imaginary, of course.) Dunno, looks like you're some kinda cheeky scamp, pulling a fast one on us. How'd you get in here, anyways? Yes, very cheeky. And what? |
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