I heard a Gov politician on Radio 4 this morning taking kudos from Plan B working - nothing to do with Chris Whitty then? Remember Chris? - the health expert/professional who got slammed by certain members of the same Gov for interfering in policy rather than just offering advice.
I love the fact (?) that at all these 'work meetings' that the Gov has that they're all hitting the wine and beer (surely their spins doctors don't really want to present that image do they?). Maybe that and the traces of cocaine in the loos in Parliament explains the appalling decision making. But still, it is good to know that the Gov is the only group in the country that worked so hard that they fully deserved the little R&R they got. Huzzah for the hard working gov.....boo hiss to all the other people who worked throughout Covid, who obviously just weren't pulling their weight.
Re the meetings that were meant to be government business. Why did no reporter ask what position Mrs Boris holds in the cabinet, as she was sitting at the table?
How fortunate for the government that public can only focus on one thing at a time. Covid: a good place to bury bad news. Those fishermen who will lose out wouldn't be the ones who voted for Brexit would they?
Quite a few certainly did as did many in the agricultural industry. I suspect they relied on the misinformation which the government of the time publicised. Turned out to be a bit of a different story but to be fair, they weren't alone in being taken in.
Quite a few certainly did as did many in the agricultural industry. I suspect they relied on the misinformation which the government of the time publicised. Turned out to be a bit of a different story but to be fair, they weren't alone in being taken in.
There was a problem with both sides of the argument lying through their teeth, but why would we be surprised at that, they are politicians after all.
My farmer neighbour said he voted for Brexit because - I quote directly - "It couldn't be any worse, could it". Farmers and fisherman both despaired of the EU common fisheries and common agricultural policies and felt certain than anything else would have to be better. Which, I agree, shows a lack of imagination on their part. But it wasn't directly because of the lies about subsidies being maintained, so much as the undeniably poor state of the EU's policies in those areas. I am emphatically not a supporter of Brexit but I do understand these groups voting for it. They hadn't thought it all through but that is at least in part because at the time, it wasn't known what 'Brexit' would actually mean. My neighbour would vote differently now he understands better. Too late. I think the same may be true of the oystermen of the Fal
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
I just hope ALL those who voted for it are suitably ashamed of themselves, unless of course they can give us all the benefits which it has bestowed upon us. HAS bestowed, not might , or should, or could at some theoretical point in the future : benefits which have ACTUALLY happened.
My farmer neighbour said he voted for Brexit because - I quote directly - "It couldn't be any worse, could it". Farmers and fisherman both despaired of the EU common fisheries and common agricultural policies and felt certain than anything else would have to be better. Which, I agree, shows a lack of imagination on their part. But it wasn't directly because of the lies about subsidies being maintained, so much as the undeniably poor state of the EU's policies in those areas. I am emphatically not a supporter of Brexit but I do understand these groups voting for it. They hadn't thought it all through but that is at least in part because at the time, it wasn't known what 'Brexit' would actually mean. My neighbour would vote differently now he understands better. Too late. I think the same may be true of the oystermen of the Fal
I agree that it wasn't solely the lies about subsidies, etc. It was common knowledge ( or should have been ) at the time of the referendum that some EU policies left a lot to be desired. Both the UK and the EU have been at fault over time and , more particularly, in deciding exactly what Brexit would mean - they have yet to decide themselves never mind explaining it to the rest of us. Lack of imagination doesn't provide an excuse IMHO.
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Those fishermen who will lose out wouldn't be the ones who voted for Brexit would they?
There was a problem with both sides of the argument lying through their teeth, but why would we be surprised at that, they are politicians after all.
I am emphatically not a supporter of Brexit but I do understand these groups voting for it. They hadn't thought it all through but that is at least in part because at the time, it wasn't known what 'Brexit' would actually mean.
My neighbour would vote differently now he understands better. Too late. I think the same may be true of the oystermen of the Fal
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
HAS bestowed, not might , or should, or could at some theoretical point in the future
: benefits which have ACTUALLY happened.
Lack of imagination doesn't provide an excuse IMHO.