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UK Veg shortage

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    #31
    Originally posted by NigelJK View Post
    I suppose we could always plant some here, and once we exit the EU then the CAP won't effect us any more.
    Don't be stupid we won't have anyone to pick it for low wages.
    "You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JR

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      #32
      Compulsory 'community work' for the unwaged.

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        #33
        Originally posted by NigelJK View Post
        Compulsory 'community work' for the unwaged.
        Maybe in some sort of labour camp? If you're forced to work, you should presumably get paid NMW not £75 a week or whatever it is.
        Originally posted by MaryPoppins
        I'd still not breastfeed a nazi
        Originally posted by vetran
        Urine is quite nourishing

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          #34
          Originally posted by SueEllen View Post
          Don't be stupid we won't have anyone to pick it for low wages.
          we could always invest in those new fangled machine thingies rather than importing illegal labour & exploiting it.

          You luddites !

          YMMV

          VHS - Welcome

          TUMOBA BV - specialized in solutions for harvesting vegetables


          Been around for a bit too

          https://www.google.com/patents/US3447612


          Maybe just augment your workers and make them more efficient?

          Machine makes it easier to pick strawberries - Vegetable Growers News

          or get a full on Robot.

          https://www.wsj.com/articles/robots-...les-1429781404

          Even better we could fund research and make the UK a world leader in farming technology and crop picking machines
          Last edited by vetran; 6 February 2017, 17:00.
          Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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            #35
            Originally posted by NigelJK View Post
            Compulsory 'community work' for the unwashed.
            FTFY

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              #36
              U.K. Government takes drastic action in Lettuce Crisis. "We're going to build a fence and the rabbits will pay for it," said the Prime Minister.


              Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.

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                #37
                Originally posted by darmstadt View Post
                U.K. Government takes drastic action in Lettuce Crisis. "We're going to build a fence and the rabbits will pay for it," said the Prime Minister.


                You know Donald Trump is the AMERICAN PRESIDENT right?
                Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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                  #38
                  No we thought that he was that rabbit in the photo. Sheesh.
                  Originally posted by MaryPoppins
                  I'd still not breastfeed a nazi
                  Originally posted by vetran
                  Urine is quite nourishing

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