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Just checked out Andrew Rawnsleys gushing praise for Starmer in the Observer and the nakedness of the double standards on display is amazing. The media falling over themselves to praise Starmers Labour for barely scrapping ahead of the Tories in the polls. This is one of the most grossly incompetent governments in history, in the midst of very publicly bungling their response to the pandemic and the best Labour can manage is a margin-of-error lead in the polls. Corbyn was absolutely monstered by the media for doing the same against the far less disastrous May government.
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“Ukip for culture” what does that mean? that they want the nation to exit culture? leave that to the europeans to do and go our own way without?
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Sep 27, 2020 22:15
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It means the Snowflake Party because its all about being butthurt that someone said "blm" or "terf"
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Sep 27, 2020 22:22
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quote:From Monday evening, almost 1.9m of Wales' 3.1m people will be subject to local coronavirus rules. Sounds fine.
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Sep 27, 2020 23:05
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Lady Demelza posted:The 'faces on wall' thing also works because people feel they're being watched, and so are more likely to behave in socially acceptable ways. That's why some shops have a cardboard cut-out of a policeman. I remember when Morrisons in Ripon was having a ridiculous amount of shoplifting going on, so they got in one of those cardboard coppers. Someone nicked it. Regarding the Lib Dems not wanting to rejoin the EU yet: they're right. We're better off in than out, but the time to start campaigning is not January 1st 2021. People are going to need a few hard years of things falling apart before they are ready to see the value of the EU. In the meantime everyone who wants back in needs to not give the impression that things are falling apart because they're undermining Britain just so we will go back in.
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Sep 27, 2020 23:19
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I can't see us ever rejoining as presumably we'd have to drop the Pound for the Euro and good luck with that argument.
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Sep 27, 2020 23:24
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i go to a turkish grocer it’s cheaper than the chains their produce is better than any chain except maybe wait rose or whole foods (but way cheaper) and they have cool indecipherable bulgarian salamis
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Sep 27, 2020 23:27
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Lungboy posted:I can't see us ever rejoining as presumably we'd have to drop the Pound for the Euro and good luck with that argument. Eh, Poland are a relatively recent EU member obliged to join the Eurozone, and their planned date for changing currency is roughly when Warsaw sinks into the ocean. Promising to join the Euro in theory is not exactly a binding obligation to actually do it in practice, see also Sweden for instance.
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Sep 27, 2020 23:32
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big scary monsters posted:Eh, Poland are a relatively recent EU member obliged to join the Eurozone, and their planned date for changing currency is roughly when Warsaw sinks into the ocean. Promising to join the Euro in theory is not exactly a binding obligation to actually do it in practice, see also Sweden for instance. Yeah, Sweden have committed to adopt the Euro as the rules require, but the same rules don't set out a timetable within which you have to complete the process. Of course the EU might set such a timetable for us if we did rejoin, just to make us prove that we were serious, but we'd have the support of Sweden and Poland if we argued the point because what could be set for us could also be set for them.
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Sep 27, 2020 23:38
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eu agrees we can keep the pound sterling if we change it to kilo
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Sep 27, 2020 23:39
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We would be in a strong negotiating position, they would have to agree to whatever we wanted.
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Sep 27, 2020 23:41
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bump_fn posted:eu agrees we can keep the pound sterling if we change it to kilo One weird trick to combat inflation, economists hate it.
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Sep 27, 2020 23:41
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NotJustANumber99 posted:We would be in a strong negotiating position, they would have to agree to whatever we wanted. This is very true, we could send David Davis along without even a pen to negotiate.
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Sep 27, 2020 23:42
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I've never done a full ship in Waitrose, just the occasional online shop, or nipping in for a couple things when I'm nearby, but out of the others, Sainsburys > Tesco > Asda > Morrisons. We mostly shop at Tesco's, but that's because it's nearby, so we've collected a bunch of clubcard points, but Sainsbury's have the best quality own brand stuff. Asda's own brand is probably the worst of them all, but they tend to have the best prices overall, and much more selection than the Morrisons I've been to.
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Sep 27, 2020 23:44
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Lungboy posted:I can't see us ever rejoining as presumably we'd have to drop the Pound for the Euro and good luck with that argument. 
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Sep 27, 2020 23:44
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where does coop rank
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Somerfield was the best. 
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Sep 27, 2020 23:46
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mehall posted:I've never done a full ship in Waitrose, just the occasional online shop, or nipping in for a couple things when I'm nearby, but out of the others, nah to all of this to be honest.
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Sep 27, 2020 23:48
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NotJustANumber99 posted:Sainsbury's is poo poo, they've lost the plot, Asda and Morrisons are poo poo too but less and at least somewhat cheap. Tesco's is optimal. Waitrose makes me feel worthy to spend that bit extra. Lidl and Aldi are very hit and miss depending on the store, newer the better and the most fun but poo poo for like lunch meal deals. I spend loads in the local budgens for shite because I plan poorly and am lazy. Having said all that I mainly shop in booths. My nearest local supermarket was a Morrisons in my old place in MK. For some stuff they were poo poo - their produce was awful, stuff you'd normally get a week out of would only last a couple of days and much of it was just poo poo quality. Their bakery products are good though. Good bread, and cheap. I think Tesco was prob my favourite - good mix of cheap but decent stuff plus some of their nicer stuff was good - their Finest macaroni cheese was I think the best I've ever had from a ready meal. ASDA was always an absolute loving state but they used to have crazy deals on sometimes, though lots of empty shelves and stuff. Plus they treat their employees like absolute poo poo. Sainsbury's was alright, can't say much about it tbh.
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Sep 27, 2020 23:51
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bump_fn posted:where does coop rank good scotch eggs so pretty high
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Sep 27, 2020 23:54
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The Morrisons salad bar is loving great, plus I know where everything is, so that's where I go.
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Sep 27, 2020 23:55
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Doctor_Fruitbat posted:The Morrisons salad bar is loving great, plus I know where everything is, so that's where I go. We already established you can buy infinite eggs for a pound.
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Sep 27, 2020 23:57
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mehall posted:I've never done a full ship in Waitrose, just the occasional online shop, or nipping in for a couple things when I'm nearby, but out of the others, Aldi or Liddle, you rich gently caress. I can imagine you wearing your top hat, reclining and imagining what very expensive supermarket your butler might suggest. Then we instruct our chauffeur to make haste to Sainsbury's.
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Sep 28, 2020 00:10
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Its lidl i think? Not been. Harrods delivery all the way for me.
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Sep 28, 2020 00:14
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Fortnum and Mason or nothing imo
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Sep 28, 2020 00:15
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stev posted:Fortnum and Mason or nothing imo Bargain Booze do some good offers.
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Sep 28, 2020 00:17
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idk I assume the kitchen staff order the food in from somewhere, I can ask my housekeeper if you like.
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Sep 28, 2020 00:18
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Bursting into rod liddle's house and demanding all his wet eggs.
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Sep 28, 2020 00:18
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bump_fn posted:where does coop rank They have our printers. I went in to one of their distribution warehouses in the south because "smoke was coming out of it". Turn up and a load of bits of the machine are missing, and very much turn around and say "I am not touching this". Plus they put printers in the chilled sections of the warehouses and that's just loving dumb
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Sep 28, 2020 00:44
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Dogatron posted:Aldi or Liddle, you rich gently caress. Counterpoint - I've never lived walking distance from an Aldi or Lidl, and until I moved in with my current gf, had no method of personal transportation E; plus, there's lots of poo poo those two don't stock.
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Lungboy posted:This is very true, we could send David Davis along without even a pen to negotiate. Why would we need a pen? They're the ones that have to make notes. Other than to quickly tick off the demands that they've agreed to I suppose.
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ShaneMacGowansTeeth posted:They have our printers. I went in to one of their distribution warehouses in the south because "smoke was coming out of it". Turn up and a load of bits of the machine are missing, and very much turn around and say "I am not touching this". Plus they put printers in the chilled sections of the warehouses and that's just loving dumb Tell a lie, the smoking printer was Procter & Gamble, not Co-op. Most of Co-op's printer kit should have been refreshed five years ago
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Sep 28, 2020 00:55
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stev posted:Other than the decade lost to Jamie Oliver what's Sainsbury's done that so bad?
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The bags of frozen bifteki during Greek week at lidl are loving ace. Also the bins of shame in lidl and aldi full of random crap are awesome. It was a lot better Germany though. Our local is asda and its pretty decent. Has a massive polish section now so I buy turkey kielbasa for scrambled eggs in the morning and some seriously good dill pickles that aren't sweet. I keep meaning to pop one town over to morrisons and check out the BOGOFS my mum is always going on about but with covid I only really take the cart on foot, can't afford to go to a supermarket and wander about like a tourist like I used to.
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Sep 28, 2020 01:22
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Bobby Deluxe posted:Sainsburys is Lidl quality food at a Waitrose pricepoint. It's for people who can't afford to shop at M&S but still want to feel like they're better than people who shop at Tesco. In my experience stuff at lidl is as good or better than stuff in sains, Tesco, asda. I don't think it's lower quality than any of them it's usually just diff euro brands which range from weird to great (chocolate digestives)
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Iceland is amazing value and people don't talk about it enough. I have never gone in there and not been surprised in a good way on reaching the tills. Only buy boxed stuff, their fresh / own brand meat is shite, and they stopped doing the good ikea knockoff meatballs as well which is all bad. But generally very good and very cheap options if you're buying McCain or Birdseye or whatever.
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Sep 28, 2020 01:32
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The hot & spicy frozen chicken strips are extremely good.
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I always used to fantasise as a kid about being "rich enough" to buy one of those massive snack tray things from Iceland they sell around Christmas. I still have never even been in one. So to me Iceland is secret food nirvana.
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Sep 28, 2020 01:38
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Lungboy posted:I investigated moving to Canada but without a sponsor lined up there was some rule whereby an employer would have to carry out an investigation and prove that no Canadian could do the job before they can offer it to a non-Canadian, which was never going to happen. I looked into Australia and New Zealand too but they're out due to my health, so I'm left with the EU. Yeah that's the biggest issue with Canada. The UK does the same thing to non-EU folks (and soon to be, well, everyone) if it makes you feel any better? Not that I expect it does.
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Bobby Deluxe posted:Iceland is amazing value and people don't talk about it enough. I have never gone in there and not been surprised in a good way on reaching the tills. In maybe the proliest statement I could possibly make: I save Iceland for Christmas where I go and ram my entire freezer with party food and make it last well into January. So I can at least vouch for the quality of Iceland's wee sausage rolls.
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