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A Political Thread pt. 2

Much as it's fun to poke this lunatic, I kinda wish people would simply stop giving him air time and let him fade into obscurity. He clearly has mental health issues that need addressing that he is simply not going to get addressed as long as he keeps getting attention.
 
That's the thing in America crazy sells and is deemed entertainment. Why else would they elect Trump as POTUS who was so fixated on ratings and used it as weapon against mainstream media to discredit them.
 
Reiser99 said:
www.bbc.co.uk

Greensill: David Cameron 'made $10m' before company’s collapse

A letter indicates the former PM received millions from shares in the controversial collapsed firm.
www.bbc.co.uk

Again, what is moral in this country is not always the same as what is legal...
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Apparently we the taxpayer are due to be £320 MILLION out of pocket because of the shady practices this company carried out and that slimy ******* wants to claim he did nothing wrong? How much Tory corruption must we put up with because a sizeable chunk of the populace turn a blind eye to it and just go "but but Labour, Socialism!"
 
Yeah, we're not headed for a dictatorship at all...

www.dailymail.co.uk

Law change could see journalists jailed for embarrassing Government

Under a consultation run by Priti Patel's Home Office, reporters who handle leaked documents would not have a defence if charged under new laws clamping down on foreign agents.
www.dailymail.co.uk www.dailymail.co.uk

(Apologies for the daily fail link, but seeing as this targets journalists, it's being surprisingly underreported.)
 

The Times and The Sunday Times e-paper

The Times and The Sunday Times e-paper
epaper.thetimes.co.uk epaper.thetimes.co.uk

Another Cameron story about lobbying.

I had a thought and my biggest issue is when Cameron says stuff like, "I strongly endorse". He has no expertise to know if this company is providing the best services, he is instead actually being paid to endorse them. There is no medical expertise going on here, it's simply a company paying a former prime minister to use his influence with the people he worked with previously. As many people have said, if he didn't break the rules, then the rules are not fit for purpose. Also Hancock probably jumped at the chance of a bit of cronyism.
 
So I see food shortages is trending on twitter.

Is there an actual food shortage? I live in near a large but rural town so don't tend to get a full picture of these things.
Only thing I do know is most photos on twitter are photos taken from different news stories or heavily cropped.
 
Dan Kelly is Irish said:
Is there an actual food shortage?
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Tesco express by my work hasn't had peanut butter snickers bars in for weeks now


I've not noticed anything at either of the supermarkets I've been to in the last 3-4 weeks,
It's always hard to tell, though - I mean there were fewer bottles of pop on the shelves the other day, but was that just because they were about to re-stack the shelves?

Certainly not seen anything like the twitter accounts are claiming (like at the start of the first lockdown where the shelves were all bare)
 
Dan Kelly is Irish said:
So I see food shortages is trending on twitter.

Is there an actual food shortage? I live in near a large but rural town so don't tend to get a full picture of these things.
Only thing I do know is most photos on twitter are photos taken from different news stories or heavily cropped.
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I can't read as it's behind a pay wall, but here: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/20...-britains-shelves-amid-truck-driver-shortage/

Here is a piece by the huffington post too: https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/food-shortages-hgv-lorries-brexit_uk_6111245ee4b06253fa51c756

From my experiences shopping there is not a food shortage per say yet, but more that supermarkets don't have the wide range of food that they have had previously. Essentially in typical first world fashion, not having access to your favourite brand of food = food shortage, rather than just buying what is available.
 
When I've been in shops there is 'less' but nothing appears to be missing. Some specefic items we've had difficulty finding but its been okay for the most part.
 
Dan Kelly is Irish said:
So I see food shortages is trending on twitter.

Is there an actual food shortage? I live in near a large but rural town so don't tend to get a full picture of these things.
Only thing I do know is most photos on twitter are photos taken from different news stories or heavily cropped.
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Locally - it's hard to tell; but you certainly have to shop around to find things - shortage is probably the right description, but it's not an absence - as seen during the panic buying 18 months ago.

Go to 1 supermarket, and they'll have empty shelves; go to another and it will also have empty shelves, but for different products; and a 3rd will have yet another batch of products it doesn't have. If you jsut go to 1 shop you won't find everything you want. If you go to 2, you probably will, go to all 3, and you'll almost certainly get everything, even if you have to switch brands on occasion.
 
Reiser99 said:
I can't read as it's behind a pay wall, but here: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/20...-britains-shelves-amid-truck-driver-shortage/
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Google "{your browser} bypass paywall" and you shouldn't run into this problem again (although mine doesn't seem to be able to bypass the Times at the moment).

I've only read the start of the article, but based on that, it's talking about the possibility of bringing the military in to cover the driver shortage. To me, that suggests there's no food shortage, just a problem getting food onto shelves. The whole pandemic must have been a wet dream for anyone who profits from people shopping local, I've not been aware of any problems with these shorter food chains.
 
I'd say it's a supply issue of certain products which has been happening since end of the transition period at the start of the year, which has now been exacerbated by covid. It's not a food shortage yet for me, but a brand of food shortage
 

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