Everyone is Baldrick now - environment secretary suggests we eat turnips

Certain people wanted to leave a massive trading block due to bendy bananas and imperial measurements yet when there is a shortage of certain vegetables the same people act like its not an inconvenience.
 
Isn’t “Let them eat cake!” more a story of outrageous ignorance - made by someone who was so privileged they were ‘kind enough’ to give up their luxury of cake when people were starving….

Whilst turnip-gate is more “nobody wants our crap, gross British vegetables, please don’t suggest they are as good as those from abroad” :p
 
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Tony Edwards said:
No the article is about the goverment repeating a 'let them eat cake' type line and right wingers say yeah more cake for everyone.
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I'm not sure they are controlling the supply of tomatoes. Family and friends out in Portugal and Spain are having low supply in the shops as well. Regardless I bought tomatoes yesterday without issue. The media are often out there to work people up and generate angry, don’t fall into that trap.
 
delta0 said:
I'm not sure they are controlling the supply of tomatoes. Family and friends out in Portugal and Spain are having low supply in the shops as well. Regardless I bought tomatoes yesterday without issue. The media are often out there to work people up and generate angry, don’t fall into that trap.
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Are you kidding? I read most of your posts in the covid thread so excuse me if I dont take your view on things as reality.
 
Are people reporting empty shelves living in inner cities or similar? I have genuinely seen no shortages where we are in the countryside.
 
Uther said:
Are people reporting empty shelves living in inner cities or similar? I have genuinely seen no shortages where we are in the countryside.
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There has been a distinct lack of salad vegetables but it's not exactly salad weather. Hasn't effected me much. We certainly should be producing more locally. Probably a good idea to nationalise stately homes and estates and erect poly tunnels everwhere.
 
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