islandgun Posted November 19, 2020 Report Share Posted November 19, 2020 Just saw this in FB..www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/nov/17/british-government-food-shortage-uk-fresh-europe-ports- Seems he who wants to re-wild the UK by shutting down agriculture is now worried about food shortages, is there nothing this loon wont do to attract attention to himself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old'un Posted November 19, 2020 Report Share Posted November 19, 2020 That cut and paste link is not working for me Steve.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandgun Posted November 19, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2020 10 minutes ago, old'un said: That cut and paste link is not working for me Steve.. It is a long one mate, just google monbiot and food shortage, the mans a clueless but dangerous **** forever going on about taking agriculture out of production or planting trees on our moorland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnfromUK Posted November 19, 2020 Report Share Posted November 19, 2020 1 hour ago, islandgun said: just google monbiot He writes what the trashy lefty paper for which he works wants to print (and their readers love to read). Whether it is correct or truthful isn't really an issue for him - as long as they print it. He wrote something a while back about the huge numbers of grouse 'released' for shooting ........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old'un Posted November 19, 2020 Report Share Posted November 19, 2020 So its either covid-19, or starvation. Good job I have plenty of masks and food in the freezer. link...https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/nov/17/british-government-food-shortage-uk-fresh-europe-ports-storage-space Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grrclark Posted November 19, 2020 Report Share Posted November 19, 2020 Monbiot is one of those journalists who revels in hurling rocks at anything and everything whilst never having to stand behind anything that he offers as a solution. So easy to criticise when you don't actually have to make a decision. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Green Posted November 19, 2020 Report Share Posted November 19, 2020 I have an interesting insight into the workings of actually getting trucks through the port of dover. A very close friend of mine imports kitchens from Germany, 1-3 truck loads a week and exports cast iron baths around 1 truck load a week. He has said all along the paperwork required before Brexit and the paperwork required after brexit is exactly the same. The only difference after Brexit is that a computer generated charge will take place. He has said all along these stories of miles of trucks queuing in Kent has no justification based on the process being made more complicated. Just more expensive Free movement of goods has never meant undocumented passage of goods so there should be no food shortages Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benthejockey Posted November 20, 2020 Report Share Posted November 20, 2020 13 hours ago, Vince Green said: I have an interesting insight into the workings of actually getting trucks through the port of dover. A very close friend of mine imports kitchens from Germany, 1-3 truck loads a week and exports cast iron baths around 1 truck load a week. He has said all along the paperwork required before Brexit and the paperwork required after brexit is exactly the same. The only difference after Brexit is that a computer generated charge will take place. He has said all along these stories of miles of trucks queuing in Kent has no justification based on the process being made more complicated. Just more expensive Free movement of goods has never meant undocumented passage of goods so there should be no food shortages Anyone remember the millennium bug? Similar concept I well imagine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
udderlyoffroad Posted November 20, 2020 Report Share Posted November 20, 2020 (edited) 15 hours ago, Vince Green said: He has said all along these stories of miles of trucks queuing in Kent has no justification based on the process being made more complicated. Indeed, my experience of exporting was that it was no more onerous EU or non EU...though we did pay for a competent shipping agent. Avoided port of Dover wherever possible. Anyway, Moonbat: This ejiot rages against children being taken shooting, and at the same time goes on national television, peeling+cooking a squirrel and telling us we should eat more of them (squirrels, not children). He's a mud flinger who has developed a very selective reading of academic papers. Sadly he has an army of followers who unthinkingly lap up his every word, similar to Kwis. Also famously not good at deer species identification, though apparently he has been stalking. Classic Gruaniad columnist, in other words. Edited November 20, 2020 by udderlyoffroad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterHenry Posted November 20, 2020 Report Share Posted November 20, 2020 5 hours ago, udderlyoffroad said: Moonbat I can remember reading in Alasdair Mitchell's column at the back of the Shooting times that that 'Moonbat' was Monbiot's nickname at school. Some of what he writes makes me see red, however, theres a good debate / conversation between him and AA Gill on YouTube, where he admits to going fly fishing, and occasionally eating the odd trout - I've had a little more time for him since learning that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NatureBoy Posted November 20, 2020 Report Share Posted November 20, 2020 He also went stalking and shot a red. He did cry afterwards though. Weird Woke and batty. NB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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