A thank you to Brexiteers.

[brogdale]

The most curious thing about The Mail is that it has more women readers than male.

More elderly women than men?

 

[The39thStep]

More elderly women than men?

Haven't a clue .

 

[bimble]

Its probably the celeb stuff. Women read more True Crime novels than men too, which is weirder imo.

 

[dessiato]

Free fruit thanks to those lovely brexiteers

'Absolute bedlam' as hundreds turn up for free raspberries after Yorkshire farm cancels harvest due to worker shortage

A farm near York is allowing people to pick raspberries for free after finding it impossible to hire enough local staff to do the harvest.

www.yorkshirepost.co.uk

Why not do a PYO and get something back?

 

[Elpenor]

The most curious thing about The Mail is that it has more women readers than male.

“The Daily Mail is read by the wives of the men who run the country” as per Sir Humphrey Appleby

 

[Raheem]

Why not do a PYO and get something back?

Maybe they can claim on insurance and any income would just come off that.

 

[The39thStep]

“The Daily Mail is read by the wives of the men who run the country” as per Sir Humphrey Appleby

Ha ha. Apparently, it also has the largest women readership of any paper.

 

[bimble]

Ha ha. Apparently, it also has the largest women readership of any paper.

And even so, if men had not been allowed to join in in the referendum, we'd not have done the stupid brexit.

 

[danski]

well if you can think of a UK chocolate that ends in the word "cup" I'll happily amend my post

Rhymes, at least...Walnut whip, said by John Torode or Monica Galeti.

 

[Supine]

And now flu jabs delayed

Flu jabs in England and Wales delayed due to HGV driver shortage

The maker says it is two weeks behind on its deliveries, and vaccinations will have to be rescheduled.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Badgers]

And now flu jabs delayed

Flu jabs in England and Wales delayed due to HGV driver shortage

The maker says it is two weeks behind on its deliveries, and vaccinations will have to be rescheduled.

www.bbc.co.uk

#worldbeating

 

[The39thStep]

And now flu jabs delayed

Flu jabs in England and Wales delayed due to HGV driver shortage

The maker says it is two weeks behind on its deliveries, and vaccinations will have to be rescheduled.

www.bbc.co.uk

Whats happened to the idea, that a few posters on here got excited about, that the army were going to start driving ?

 

[Supine]

Whats happened to the idea, that a few posters on here got excited about, that the army were going to start driving ?

Who got excited about it? Actually, I don’t care - forget the question. That’s just a deflection from a subject that’s starting to get a bit serious. It’s all well and good if Wetherspoons run out of beer lol but medicine shortages are another matter.

What Brexit benefits justify this worsening situation? The answer is none.

 

[brogdale]

Never mind the continuity remoaniban whingeing on about flu jab delays...I distinctly remember getting the actual flu a number of times when the UK was a member of the suprastate.

 

[Raheem]

Whats happened to the idea, that a few posters on here got excited about, that the army were going to start driving ?

Think something about optics and also there are not actually a huge number of army hgv drivers.

 

[Supine]

Never mind the continuity remoaniban whingeing on about flu jab delays...I distinctly remember getting the actual flu a number of times when the UK was a member of the suprastate.

That’s my whinge dismissed

 

[brogdale]

That’s my whinge dismissed

Oh FFS...off with your ...did you really need a advanced organiser? It's Friday night, after all!

 

[brogdale]

Chin up, (was meant to be funny).
Maybe I'm a few ahead of you?

 

[krtek a houby]

And now flu jabs delayed

Flu jabs in England and Wales delayed due to HGV driver shortage

The maker says it is two weeks behind on its deliveries, and vaccinations will have to be rescheduled.

www.bbc.co.uk

Nobody gets the flu anyway

 

[bimble]

And now flu jabs delayed

Flu jabs in England and Wales delayed due to HGV driver shortage

The maker says it is two weeks behind on its deliveries, and vaccinations will have to be rescheduled.

www.bbc.co.uk

“Unforeseen challenges” lol.

 

[bimble]

It’s definitely all going well so far.

Bin collection delays ongoing amid driver shortage

At least 18 councils across the UK have confirmed that they are experiencing delays to bin collection services as a result of staff shortages.

www.cityam.com

 

[andysays]

It’s definitely all going well so far.

Bin collection delays ongoing amid driver shortage

At least 18 councils across the UK have confirmed that they are experiencing delays to bin collection services as a result of staff shortages.

www.cityam.com

No problem with bin collection in the London borough I work in.

That might be because the waste collection is run in-house rather than by an outside contractor, as so many (including the borough where I live) now are, or it might be because the vast majority of staff are directly employed rather than agency workers with zero job security, as is the case in many councils.

The way these things are organised actually does have an effect on the resilience of services when significant shake ups like Brexit or Covid come along.

Rather than just making endless sarcastic comments about "things going well" it might be an idea if posters attempted to think about some of the underlying issues which make these current problems so widespread.

My suspicion is that the reality of sectors like waste collection is so far removed from the awareness of some* that they are unable to actually think about things properly and instead end up parroting what they've read in the media or on Twitter.

* not just you Bimble, but you're certainly one of those I have in mind. Hope that doesn't come across as too grumpy

 

[Spymaster]

True Crime novels

Isn’t that an oxymoron?

 

[bimble]

I had a binman boyfriend once, long time ago but was decent money & hours and a good job for people who aren’t into having to smile on command.
Maybe it’s something to do with the way things are organised that a bunch of places are having a bin man shortage whilst other places aren’t, could also be that the drivers are seeing the much better money being offered now by the supermarkets etc and are going for those jobs instead, idk.

 

[MrSki]

No problem with bin collection in the London borough I work in.

That might be because the waste collection is run in-house rather than by an outside contractor, as so many (including the borough where I live) now are, or it might be because the vast majority of staff are directly employed rather than agency workers with zero job security, as is the case in many councils.

The way these things are organised actually does have an effect on the resilience of services when significant shake ups like Brexit or Covid come along.

Rather than just making endless sarcastic comments about "things going well" it might be an idea if posters attempted to think about some of the underlying issues which make these current problems so widespread.

My suspicion is that the reality of sectors like waste collection is so far removed from the awareness of some* that they are unable to actually think about things properly and instead end up parroting what they've read in the media or on Twitter.

* not just you Bimble, but you're certainly one of those I have in mind. Hope that doesn't come across as too grumpy

Presume you are still in Totters & are lucky not to be affected yet but the drivers of the bin lorries might be tempted away to earn more driving something other than a bin lorry. Still all is good with you at the moment so there is not a problem elsewhere?
"I have no empty shelves what are people moaning about"

 

[MrSki]

 

[andysays]

Presume you are still in Totters & are lucky not to be affected yet but the drivers of the bin lorries might be tempted away to earn more driving something other than a bin lorry. Still all is good with you at the moment so there is not a problem elsewhere?
"I have no empty shelves what are people moaning about"

I realise you struggle to understand actual written argument, but I have never said that as all is good with me there can't be a problem elsewhere.

What I am arguing and will continue to argue is that it's ridiculously simplistic to simply attribute any and all problems to Brexit, as if other aspects of the economy and wider society are somehow irrelevant.

But it's no surprise to see you immediate pop up to completely misrepresent my post as you have done so many times before.

 

[brogdale]

Spoiler alert:
Are we nearly at the bit
when we run out of gravediggers with bodies piling up unburied

 

[TopCat]

What's it like to be in the 1% of female lorry drivers?

The chronic shortage of lorry drivers has led haulage firms to try to attract more women to the role.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[MrSki]

I realise you struggle to understand actual written argument, but I have never said that as all is good with me there can't be a problem elsewhere.

What I am arguing and will continue to argue is that it's ridiculously simplistic to simply attribute any and all problems to Brexit, as if other aspects of the economy and wider society are somehow irrelevant.

But it's no surprise to see you immediate pop up to completely misrepresent my post as you have done so many times before.

Thanks for the patronising crap. That really helps.
So when people say 'I know what I voted for' did they mean this shit?
Or is it a case of those who voted against Brexit warned about all this shit & "Project Fear" was banded about? Flu vaccines where I live have been postponed. My elderly mum will get hers but the next two clinics have been postponed.
Can you or anyone else give a positive of Brexit. This thread is over 200 pages and am still waiting for a proper positive.