They wouldn't take bitcoin? ;)
Seriously, they wouldn't take cash? That's fucked up. I wouldn't even know how to pay with my phone.
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They wouldn't take bitcoin? ;)
Seriously, they wouldn't take cash? That's fucked up. I wouldn't even know how to pay with my phone.
It's a covid thing. You have to scan a QR code to download the app, and you then select your holiday park from the list of ones the company operates. From there you can browse food and drink, and place your order.
I would imagine that as of... now actually, it's just gone midnight, it's now 19th July... they should be able to accept cash again. I think most places are leaving the app option and encouraging it, while also allowing bar orders and cash payments.
#MEGA
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"Get covid and live longer." Uh, yeah, that's not how it works mate.
I'm struggling to sugar coat this one, need more time.
His best defense would seem to be "I never sent that, he's making it up." But if that's not immediately followed by "...and I'm suing." then it doesn't carry much weight.
It's not as if my opinion of the Unkempt One can sink much lower at this point, so really I'm more interested in knowing what Cummings' endgame is with all this drip drip drip stuff. Like, if he wants to torture BJ, that's the perfect way to do it. If he wants to discredit him, just write a book and put the highlights and screenshots on twitter. If he's trying to get in good with the next PM, he's pretty much whitewashed Sunak and Gove, so maybe that's his angle.
Yesterday on "Boris": It's PMQs again and time for Boris to waffle his way through the whole hour without answering any questions. Pure hilarity, especially when Keir calls Boris a super-spreader of confusion. That's what makes him so much fun, Keir, you dull boy you!
Today on "Boris": It's a perfect storm of Boris' Brexit, a shortage of Eurolibtard lorry drivers, and the Johnson variant being allowed to sweep unchecked through the country since Freedom Day resulting in empty shelves on the supermarkets. No food for the plebs? No problem, Boris has plenty of champagne and caviar to work though while he's self-isolating in Chequers! Waf waf!
https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incomin...204314jpeg.jpg
I just went to the garage to buy some bread. There were two loaves of farmhouse left. Now one.
By the way, the reason for this is the pingdemic. People are isolating because they are close contacts. This is a choice people are making, there is no legal requirement to isolate, and no legal requirement to even have the app on your phone. This is what happens when the country is populated by sheep.
If the app tells you to isolate, you're supposed to isolate. Whether it's a legally binding instruction or not, you can't blame people for doing what the app and the gov't tells them to do.
You also have to appreciate that the reason there's lately been a pingdemic is because there's so much infection everywhere. The app has been around for a while, working the same way, it's not like it just suddenly broke and started pinging everyone left and right. I mean it did start pinging everyone, but that's only because there's so many cases.
It would be really easy for the pingdemic to go viral. If a handful of people are wrongly told to isolate, then an even larger handful of their close contacts are also told to isolate. It's exponential growth from there.
Ha! We showed those Eurolibtards!
https://twitter.com/danielrembrandt/...00648250216451
Goddamn Frenchies, acting like there's now a customs border between the UK and France! The nerve!
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...tter_share-top
I thought at this first this was in the States 'cause of the Trump flag. But nope, central London.
It's not so scary there's some lunatic speaking nonsense in public, it's more scary how many people are there to listen to her.
https://twitter.com/sbattrawden/stat...84363304394762
wtf is happening in London?
https://twitter.com/WinstonCProject/...41115258548227
That's a lot of deaths for people staying in 5 star hotels.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/...ast-five-years
I think it rained a lot and there were floods as a result.
People are quick to blame climate change for this, but floods have been happening for as long as water has existed. Sure, some people say they've "never seen it worse", but I haven't read anywhere that this flood event is associated with record rainfall. This seems to be well within the norm for a summer storm.
What makes floods worse is lack of trees to soak up water, building on flood plains, river flood defences (just pushes water downstream faster) and poor drain maintenance. Overall our flood management has been in decline as population increases. These kind of floods are no surprise to me.
When we see records falling regularly, that's when climate change is a reasonable thing to talk about, but not literally every time we see floods.
People on Twitter suggesting that their drains are partially blocked by runoff from construction sites. One drain in London reported to be almost full of concrete.
It seems to me that London's drainage system is no longer fit for purpose. I'm assuming they face an enormous engineering job to modernise it sufficiently to cope with increased demands, which of course nobody wants to pay for.
Definitely doesn't help when people are dumping shit down the drains that doesn't belong there.
http://www.popflock.com/learn?s=Fatb...n_obstruction)
The blame for these fatbergs is shared between those who flush baby wipes down the bog, and a throw-away consumer economy.
Back when the sewage system was built, babies' arses were cleaned with cleanable reusable rags.
Imagine how many nappies there are in the average landfill.
Restaurants pouring used grease down the drain is probably the biggest contributor. Sticky stuff like fat is more likely to clog a drain than ass wipes.
Of course, concrete is definitely not going to make it out of the sewer either lol.
They should fine idiots who do stuff like that.
The concrete is probably runoff, particles of it in water just left to drain into the sewers. Over time it becomes a problem. A lot of building work happens in London, it's inevitable that this will happen.
As for the fatbergs, the non-biodegradable shit we flush down the bog acts like a magnet for fat. If only water and fat is going down the drain, there shouldn't be a problem.
Anyways, back to #MEGA
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You know that's really disingenuous, right? You know it, I don't need to tell you.
We're short 100k lorry drivers, so they can't deliver food to the markets. You think that has nothing to do with Brexit?
It's covid. Brexit happened a while ago, why are we suddenly missing 100k lorry drivers now?
I get that covid is a convenient excuse for right-wingers who don't want to face the realities of Brexit. But if it's covid, why aren't there shortages in Europe? Or North America? They have covid there too. And we had covid before ourselves. Why weren't there shortgages in 2020?
A quarter of our drivers used to come from the EU. Brexit meant they had no incentive/ability to keep EU nationals at UK haulage firms. But being short a significant number of drivers isn't the same as having no drivers at all. The shortages build up over time as the supply gets further and further behind the demand. So first, the fresness of produce goes down because it takes longer to deliver things due to backlogs, and then eventually so does the supply of goods because there simply aren't enough trucks on the roads to move them from point A to point B.
And this is even without border checks on EU imports. When they add those on (if they ever do, which is another issue because they haven't even come close to training enough customs agents to do that yet) things will get even worse.
Brexit is a convenient excuse for left wingers who just want to blame everything on Brexit.
According to the first article I pulled up, they were citing both covid and Brexit as causes. It was a left wing rag, so I put more weight on the covid aspect. Probably pingdemic, but also because many of "our" lorry drivers are actually European citizens coming into the UK and then leaving again. Covid has complicated this a great deal, because they're crossing borders. Brexit plays a role here too of course, but we seemed to have ironed out these problems.
It probably is a healthy dose of both. Covid came at a difficult time.
I mean it's covid inasmuch as EU drivers aren't eager to make trips to Plague Island I guess. So yeah, the disastrous handling of covid has mixed with the bad aspects of Brexit to make a perfect storm of shit.
But "ironing out" the Brexit problems has not happened. They've done nothing in that respect afaik, apart from a lot of promises that haven't materialised.
Promising things with no way of making them a reality is what got us Brexit in the first place.
Well we haven't had empty shelves since Brexit day, have we? I'm kind of making assumptions based on the fact the island isn't on fire.
It takes time for shortages to trickle down through the system. It starts with food taking longer to get to the markets, affecting freshness. This was evident where I shop pretty early on in the year. Since then, the shelves have slowly gotten more and more empty.
Think of a supermarket as being like a lake. You have a canal flowing into one end (the supply of food) and a river flowing out of the other end (the consumers). The latter is always a steady flow, people generally eat the same amount all year long. Then you make the canal more narrow (less trucks) so less water can get to the lake. You don't expect the day after the canal narrows for the lake to go dry. But it does eventually start to get stagnant (less fresh water) and then go down.
If you think it's just covid though, there's an easy way to find out. Wait until the pandemic is over, and see what happens. If it was just covid somehow affecting the UK but nowhere else in the world, then shelves should fill up again. If it's Brexit, it will keep getting worse until the gov't actually intervenes in some meaningful way.
Today on "Boris": Boris has everyone who's a Tory in stitches talking about his dog humping people's legs. Even Priti "Cruella" Patel gets a giggle out of it. That's our Prime Minister!
https://twitter.com/SkyNews/status/1420077168814661634
So what will you say when the shelves are full again? Brexit problems over? No of course not.
This is a blip, and not even a very serious one. The panic buying after the first lockdown was much worse than this. The shelves will be full again in no time at all, unless people go into "buy 100 rolls of toilet paper" mode.
I just said it.
I will happily concede it was not Brexit if the shelves get full again without any serious intervention from the gov't, like bringing out the Army.Quote:
If it was just covid somehow affecting the UK but nowhere else in the world, then shelves should fill up again.
They didn't bring the army in when we had actual panic buying stripping the shelves across the country.
From what I can tell, this is not widespread. I did my shopping two days ago and had no problems at all.
We'll see soon enough.
Just got caught in a torrential downpour while walking my dog. Should be hitting London about now. Expect to see more flooding methinks.
That was different because it was due to increased demand, not decreased flow of supply. The Army is much better suited to delivering food than it is to guarding loo roll (though I guess they could do the latter if it got really serious).
Oh well, if your store had full shelves on one day recently, then the problem's been solved for everyone everywhere in the UK then obviously.
£2m for an eyesore. I'm shocked it wasn't Boris' idea.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E7T6ycrW...pg&name=medium
Allow me to rephrase to counter your pedantry...Quote:
Oh well, if your store had full shelves on one day recently, then the problem's been solved for everyone everywhere in the UK then obviously.
I am unaware of any of my friends or family having any problems at all with shopping during this recent event. I've only seen pics on social media showing partially empty shelves, like the one you posted. Which I'm assuming isn't your local, right? It's an image you pulled of the net, right? Obviously, because it has "anti Brexit memes" stamped on it like a fucking watermark.
It's been recognised as a problem by the Transport Minister, so I reckon it's more than just one store.
https://www.retailgazette.co.uk/blog...iver-shortage/
I'm glad it doesn't affect you or your family or friends though, so at least you can still go on believing it doesn't exist and is just an invention of the remainers.
I never said it doesn't exist, I said it's not widespread. And it doesn't seem to be getting worse. A quick search for "empty shelves" on Twitter returns lots of people complaining about Brexit, and not many pics of empty shelves. This made me laugh...
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Then why is the Transport Sec. talking about it? He should know better than anyone if it's a widespread problem or not.
Why do you trust the government when it suits you but not when it doesn't? If he was blaming covid for this you'd be calling him a liar.
I don't give a fuck what the Transport Secretary says, I pay as little attention to politicians as possible. I can't be bothered to try and figure out the agenda. And there's always an agenda.
lol, weak.
Let's try to figure this out. The Transport Sec. is lying about a shortage of lorry drivers that embarrasses the gov't because anyone who isn't a MEGAtard can see it's caused by Brexit, and if there's anything the gov't wants it's to draw attention to that. The pictures of empty shelves are all from Portugal, probably coming from the TS and his mates using fake accounts, because they're keen to embarrass the gov't they work for, and yeah, that ties things up in a nice little bow.
Knock yourself out. Here's my input on the matter...Quote:
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I like how your choices are between being wrong and putting on a tinfoil hat, and you choose the latter.
I always have a tinfoil hat on, especially when it comes to government, so why are you surprised?
Just seems a bit convenient, that's all. Whenever you're confronted with something you don't want to believe, you can just pull out the tinfoil hat and throw Occam's Razor to the wolves.
It's convenient that I don't believe a word government says?
It's also convenient you do believe them, when you know they are all pathological liars.
Whatever you say mate. There's no lorry driver shortage and no empty shelves in supermarkets because of it. Not only is the Tory minister Schapps lying, but so is Tescos, Sainsburys, and the Road Haulage Association. And lorry drivers wages are going up despite the fact they're all lying. It's all just a grand conspiracy to make us think maybe, just maybe, Brexit isn't all puppies and rainbows.
Sorry, forgot that some other supermarkets and the British Retail Consortium are also in on the lie. This thing really has some long tentacles.
Since your reading is lacking, I'll repeat myself for a third time.Quote:
There's no lorry driver shortage and no empty shelves in supermarkets because of it.
I didn't say this, I said it's not widespread.
Ok, so let's break down your arguments:
1. The shortages aren't widespread because your unaware of your family and mates being personally affected by them.
2. Schapps is lying about shortages of lorry drivers due to some hidden agenda.
3. The shortages are due to covid and not Brexit, #MEGA.
1. This is your best argument, unfortunately it's based on a very small sample of people you know personally, and with whom you've specifically discussed food shortages. I'd estimate that number to be in the lower range of the single digits. Do tell if otherwise though; maybe you've gone out of your way to survey everyone you know about it and are just being understated here.
2. As I explained, that would need to be a widespread conspiracy that includes supermarkets, the RHA and the BRC, who are all claiming shortages of lorry drivers are affecting business. So, no.
3. EU drivers made up 1/4 of UK drivers before Brexit. Most of them have left the UK and aren't coming back. That's because of Brexit, not covid.
Oh, and if it's not too presumptuous to consider myself your friend, I've had to deal with shortages and spoilage at my local, though mostly the latter. Carrots, which I buy regularly, have been hit and miss in terms of having gone off, which only began this year, strawberries (also something I buy regularly) are now getting into dubious territory as well. Some empty shelves but thankfully not anything I buy too regularly (so far), just the occasional empty basket for cucumbers, lettuce, or celery. So yeah, add that to your little survey.
Also because there are very few images on social media, in contrast to when we definitely did have widespread shortages due to panic buying.Quote:
1. The shortages aren't widespread because your unaware of your family and mates being personally affected by them.
Politicians lie all the time. Why do you choose to believe them when it suits you? This isn't a ridiculous question to ask.Quote:
2. Schapps is lying about shortages of lorry drivers due to some hidden agenda.
Maybe you're right, but you're not even questioning your seemingly contrasting attitude towards the UK government.
I acknowledged it's probably a bit of both. Brexit + covid results in a more complicated border situation.Quote:
3. The shortages are due to covid and not Brexit, #MEGA.
So weak. The number of pictures on social media is not a reliable index of anything.
Like I said, it's not just the gov't saying it. So this argument is also retarded.
You're trying to make an issue out of me believing several independent sources of the same information because one of them happens to be the gov't. It's not an issue, give it up.
What, you're believing what the gov't says, that covid is affecting food supply? Don't you ever examine your willingness to believe the gov't only when it suits you? Arrgghghgh!
loooooool.
Deluded. Given the vast number of remainers who would gladly share images on social media, I think the lack of images is very telling.Quote:
So weak. The number of pictures on social media is not a reliable index of anything.
Yeah, there's tons of remainers saying it too.Quote:
Like I said, it's not just the gov't saying it. So this argument is also retarded.
Frankly I don't, but I didn't really want to get into a discussion about how covid is a crock of shit.Quote:
What, you're believing what the gov't says, that covid is affecting food supply?
As if you counted the number of posts that include photos of empty shelves lol.
Yep, remainers like Schapps, the RHA, the BRC, Tescos, Sainsburys, Aldis, etc. etc.
Me neither, I've read enough of your baloney lately.
I scrolled through after a search for "empty shelves". I didn't literally count images, but it was somewhere between not many and a few.Quote:
As if you counted the number of posts that include photos of empty shelves lol.
lol nice list of trustworthy corporations. For a lefty, this is amusing. If they were talking about, idk, job security or something, you'd dismiss their comments as agenda driven.Quote:
Yep, remainers like Schapps, the RHA, the BRC, Tescos, Sainsburys, Aldis, etc. etc.
Go and do something else then instead of replying to me.Quote:
Me neither, I've read enough of your baloney lately.
Stop pretending you don't get some kind of perverse enjoyment arguing shit with me.
FWIW, there are food shortages in the US, too. Produce aisles get filled then completely emptied. I've never seen a produce section in a major supermarket without fully stocked shelves before COVID. Now, it's not every week, and not always multiple items of produce, but there are shortages.
So maybe it's not Brexit, but COVID related.
Probably because USA is not part of Mercosur. Nothing to do with covid. You need more Mexican lorry drivers.
More remainer lies.
https://www.southwestfarmer.co.uk/ne...uk-due-brexit/
It's barely rained there for two months, but southern Spain is now a flood zone apparently.
Good thing we left the EU so we don't need to rely on their food anymore. #MEGA
https://twitter.com/claraeuro/status...04019704012803
That'll show those Eurolibtards what sovereignty means! #MEGA #flags
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/brexi...ash/ar-AAMvtXo
Goddamn EU, keeps on treating us like we're not in the EU anymore, just because we left the EU!
https://inews.co.uk/news/brexit/uk-t...-rules-1133467
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/i...IU0EA&usqp=CAU
I mean, personally, I don't give the slightest fuck if I have to pay £6 extra to go to France. It's not even news. That's a pint in the airport lounge.
Today on "Boris": Boris has close contact with someone testing positive for covid, but there'll be no self-isolation for him! What a delightful scamp!
https://www.theguardian.com/politics...o-self-isolate
Poop gets up, makes coffee, reads Guardian, comes to FTR to gleefully tell four people about Boris.
At what point do you stop to think that maybe this relentless goofing about is intended to keep the masses in a moral frenzy? Next week it'll be leaving his dog in a car for ten minutes while he pops into the bookies.
There's people who are going to criticise him all day every day no matter what he does. But when what he does is blatantly out of order again and again and again, the masses are eventually going to get sick of it and want a new PM (cf. Trump).