Sick Boy
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No of course not.
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But Germany doesn't have a problem.
Is it just a coincidence that the only country having to limit purchases of tomatoes to three per person is the one that decided to cut itself from it's biggest market?
Astute
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Exactly. Germany doesn't have a problem. But there is no spare supply for them to purchase and send to their shops in the UK.
We're not talking of a few tomatoes here. The contracts we have can't be fulfilled. If we were still in the EU would hundreds of tonnes of fresh veg suddenly become available?
Has Ireland left the EU because they have the same shortage. And strangely enough they get theirs from the same places as the UK.
And try and be truthful.
Well exactly, you're proving my point there
Tomatoes supplies are limited, so they get distributed amongst the EU where trade is free and easy, rather than to the UK where it's more far more difficult. Ergo we don't get (m)any because they're all remaining in the EU.
Astute
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So where is Spain and the Netherlands?Well exactly, you're proving my point there
Tomatoes supplies are limited, so they get distributed amongst the EU where trade is free and easy, rather than to the UK where it's more far more difficult. Ergo we don't get (m)any because they're all remaining in the EU.
Why can't Ireland get fresh veg?
Would the growers ignore and break the contracts they already have to supply us when they are not supplying Ireland?
What point of yours has been proven?
I think you're missing the point.
No one is suggesting Brexit has caused the low tomato yield. That's obviously weather related.
Do they? Are they limiting customers to 3 tomatoes?
Yes.
Astute
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Via a source he won't reveal.
Have never seen prices like them before. Just been shopping. No shortage of anything and no restrictions either.
Our prices are half the price of those in France on average. Rarely see a cauli for less than €3. See them as high as €10. Meat usually twice the price or more. But on the other hand the quality is so much better.
skybluetony176
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Terry_dactyl
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Well, yeah. It’s true.
Sky_Blue_Dreamer
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BLM preventing us having a BLT
robbiethemole
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Just back from Tenerife, shelves overflowing with fruit and veg! This is also an island that imports most things from mainland Spain/ Europe. No issue with growers, so the problems must be in supply side either transport or paperwork and red tape, I don’t know.
Someone, somewhere is fecking lying again to us and turning the UK into a 3rd world country.
Someone, somewhere is fecking lying again to us and turning the UK into a 3rd world country.
no_loyalty
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Weird as Ireland appears to be struggling as well
Shortage of fruit and vegetables 'a wake-up call' on impact of climate change
News from the Irish Examiner's team of reporters
www.irishexaminer.com
Supply of vegetables to Ireland disrupted by poor weather and energy costs
Shortages reported in broccoli, cauliflower, lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, aubergines and courgettes
skybluetony176
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Not to the point of rationing though. And that’s the point.Weird as Ireland appears to be struggling as well
Shortage of fruit and vegetables 'a wake-up call' on impact of climate change
News from the Irish Examiner's team of reporters
Supply of vegetables to Ireland disrupted by poor weather and energy costs
Shortages reported in broccoli, cauliflower, lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, aubergines and courgetteswww.irishtimes.com
clint van damme
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Weird as Ireland appears to be struggling as well
Shortage of fruit and vegetables 'a wake-up call' on impact of climate change
News from the Irish Examiner's team of reporters
Supply of vegetables to Ireland disrupted by poor weather and energy costs
Shortages reported in broccoli, cauliflower, lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, aubergines and courgettes
There seems to be this weird think with all the shit that's going on in the UK, not aimed at you Steve, that if you can find a country that has a similar issue it somehow makes it ok.
At the minute, on so many metrics, this country is in deep shit and its not OK.
Weird as Ireland appears to be struggling as well
Shortage of fruit and vegetables 'a wake-up call' on impact of climate change
News from the Irish Examiner's team of reporters
Supply of vegetables to Ireland disrupted by poor weather and energy costs
Shortages reported in broccoli, cauliflower, lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, aubergines and courgettes
But they aren't suffering anywhere near as badly as the UK though.
In Dublin you can get tomatoes and in Belfast you can't..
At the end of the day it's only tomatoes, and it's a very trivial thing to be disagreeing over. But as much as some like to say that Brexit gets blamed for everything it's also quite amusing when others (not you) go the other way and can't accept that Brexit is to blame for certain things. It's clearly a big factor here.
chiefdave
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It's an odd mindset where as soon as there's anything negative in this country peoples first thought is to rush to google to try and find another country that has similar problems.
Why don't people want this country to be the best and ahead of other countries when there are issues?
robbiethemole
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Why do the British eat salad in the winter anyway?
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Nice Bolognese sauce ideal any time of the year.
Its not really that it makes it ok, it’s more a response to people who are suggesting the issue only relates to us when it’s obviously a wider issue across the continent, to varying degrees. The veg situation might be a bit of a pain in the arse for some but I haven’t had any real issues and the ‘rationing’ isn’t even happening at several supermarkets - I think Asda is only limiting customers to three of items such as lettuces, cucumbers etc. I mean, who the fuck buys more than that in Feb anyway ? (Apart from hoarders)
I agree there are other aspects in the country that are a shitshow at the moment. It’s like a perfect storm, some of the issues are self made, others less so and the only way you can tell which ones are is by looking at what’s happening elsewhere
fernandopartridge
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TBF many of the imported tomatoes we get are wank. Tinned ones much better for sauces etc. Home grown tomatoes are better when in season. I do have a fair bit of empathy with the notion that we should eat vegetables that are in season here at a given time.
robbiethemole
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If there's no problems in Germany, and Aldi and Lidl are both owned there, surely they can bring a few tonnes over here??
(sarcasm) for the serious on here
(sarcasm) for the serious on here
Sick Boy
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Yeah it’s much better and how it works here, luckily things like tomatoes can be grown all year round. There’s still Spanish tomatoes in the supermarkets though that largely go unbought.
skybluetony176
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robbiethemole
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Funnily enough, that's exactly what the thick c*nt Therese Coffey is saying we should be eating!!!!! And she isn't joking
Shades of Baldrick and his turnip menu, if it wasn't so serious, it'd be funny, fuckers are deliberately trying to grind us down.
Astute
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It was on the BBC website. No searching for anything.
Sick Boy
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Next up, rat-au-van.