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A thank you to Brexiteers.

Bahnhof Strasse said:
Yep, gotta pay wages that folk can live on now, it's tragic.
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It is about time that some of the biggest companies actually paid their staff enough to live on & not rely on UC to top up their wages. It has been a subsidy to Tescos & Sainsburys et al for years. Don't get me started on the fucking work programme where these companies who make billions make use of forced labour. :mad:
 
MrSki said:
It is about time that some of the biggest companies actually paid their staff enough to live on & not rely on UC to top up their wages. It has been a subsidy to Tescos & Sainsburys et al for years. Don't get me started on the fucking work programme where these companies who make billions make use of forced labour. :mad:
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Yep, the rentier economy relies on piss-poor pay and 'welfare' + private debt.
 
MrSki said:
It is about time that some of the biggest companies actually paid their staff enough to live on & not rely on UC to top up their wages.
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Seems they are in some sectors, various posters in trades report as much, Frau Bahn is in plumbing, rates are sky-high, jobs plentiful. Many people did vote out for this very reason, it's not particularly pretty and makes many a liberal feel ill at ease, but there you have it. Clearly it is not a panacea, only a whibbling twat would suggest it could be, but for those in trades the current situation is blooming.
 
Bahnhof Strasse said:
Seems they are in some sectors, various posters in trades report as much, Frau Bahn is in plumbing, rates are sky-high, jobs plentiful. Many people did vote out for this very reason, it's not particularly pretty and makes many a liberal feel ill at ease, but there you have it. Clearly it is not a panacea, only a whibbling twat would suggest it could be, but for those in trades the current situation is blooming.
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I am sure that any tradesperson is well chuffed with increased rates of pay but like a lot of builders there is a shortage of materials & their labourers are going to cost more if a pint down spoons goes up. The reality could be inflation not seen since the 90s which could see interest rates rising & homeowners being fucked over.
Still I ain't too bothered cos if you have nothing there is not much to lose.
 
If any goodwill has been damaged, I've no interest in elitists punishing eachother. Class solidarity before individual states and their disputes.
 
Bahnhof Strasse said:
Seems they are in some sectors, various posters in trades report as much, Frau Bahn is in plumbing, rates are sky-high, jobs plentiful. Many people did vote out for this very reason, it's not particularly pretty and makes many a liberal feel ill at ease, but there you have it. Clearly it is not a panacea, only a whibbling twat would suggest it could be, but for those in trades the current situation is blooming.
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theyve always been sky high, last visit from a boiler repairer i had was £140 for under an hours simple work
anything breaking hits the pit of the stomach when youve got no money in bank
the idea that trades prices are going to go up is ridiculous, its regular workers basic wages that need to go up not their pisstake prices
 
Pickman's model said:
On the merch front it might be a good idea to get it made in Europe to avoid vat and customs charges, then pick it up while you're out there. When you're able to go, like.
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Apart from the extra hassle and having to use different suppliers in different countries (and lose out on bulk discounts) there's always the fear that it won't get delivered on time or go to the right place.
 
ska invita said:
theyve always been sky high, last visit from a boiler repairer i had was £140 for under an hours simple work
anything breaking hits the pit of the stomach when youve got no money in bank
the idea that trades prices are going to go up is ridiculous, its regular workers basic wages that need to go up not their pisstake prices
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Mug. Frau Bahn’s current company charges £65 an hour.
 
editor said:
Apart from the extra hassle and having to use different suppliers in different countries (and lose out on bulk discounts) there's always the fear that it won't get delivered on time or go to the right place.
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Is it really necessary to go into this all over again on this thread, especially when there is another thread dedicated to this specific subject?
 
editor said:
Apart from the extra hassle and having to use different suppliers in different countries (and lose out on bulk discounts) there's always the fear that it won't get delivered on time or go to the right place.
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Maybe one of your circle of friends might help, and once you're in the EU it shouldn't be any hassle to take merch from say France to subsequent countries on your tour. So I don't think you'd need to deal with a supplier in each country. You could put some business fire and flames' way, I've always found them very reliable T-Shirts › Fire and Flames Music and Clothing anyway, there's my mite and I don't think we need to pray this thread's indulgence any more; as andysays there's a whole thread for further chat about this
 
The39thStep said:
I might be switching to continuity remain as I've just discovered that Openshaw Pork Scratchings no longer deliver to Europe. Surely a separate trade deal could be negotiated and a separate thread set up on here.
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I was delighted to discover, on my last visit to Bilbao, that the basques make their own scratchings. Slightly fluffier and less threatening to your choppers than the type you buy in ale houses here but a more than commendable attempt.
 
Smokeandsteam said:
I was delighted to discover, on my last visit to Bilbao, that the basques make their own scratchings. Slightly fluffier and less threatening to your choppers than the type you buy in ale houses here but a more than commendable attempt.
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Yes they do something similar here called , torresmos softer and less crunchy more tooth friendly. One of the butchers down the road does his own. However, the Black Country and North Manchester ones are head and shoulders above them. Last year I bought a box of fifteen or twenty Openshaw ones and took a couple of packets into the bar and offered the Portuguese a sample. They loved them kept getting asked if I could bring more and where could they buy them.
 
The39thStep said:
I might be switching to continuity remain as I've just discovered that Openshaw Pork Scratchings no longer deliver to Europe. Surely a separate trade deal could be negotiated and a separate thread set up on here.
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The39thStep said:
Last year I bought a box of fifteen or twenty Openshaw ones and took a couple of packets into the bar and offered the Portuguese a sample. They loved them kept getting asked if I could bring more and where could they buy them.
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I spy a smuggling opportunity.

PM sent.
 
Smokeandsteam said:
I was delighted to discover, on my last visit to Bilbao, that the basques make their own scratchings. Slightly fluffier and less threatening to your choppers than the type you buy in ale houses here but a more than commendable attempt.
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I make my own. It’s easy, but time consuming.

Soak, overnight, the pork belly. Then rinse before slow boiling till all the water has evaporated and the fat rendered. Continue to cook them in their own fat until done.
 
editor said:
I'm pretty sure there was at least one poster here who was empathic that Brexit would lead to better wages and conditions. But if Brexit isn't going to bring any improvements for workers, what was the point of it?
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I think much of the lexit vote was to fuck shit up so that there was the possibility of something better. No one expected a Tory government to make things better for the workers. No one expects a tg tmtbftw. Much of the leave vote too was two fingers to the fat pigs in Westminster. Anyway we've only just got on the brexit rollercoaster, there's years of fun to come yet
 
How does a person get into a situation where they're a fan of pointless acronyms and a hater of capital letters at the same time.
 
Pickman's model said:
I think much of the lexit vote was to fuck shit up so that there was the possibility of something better. No one expected a Tory government to make things better for the workers. No one expects a tg tmtbftw. Much of the leave vote too was two fingers to the fat pigs in Westminster. Anyway we've only just got on the brexit rollercoaster, there's years of fun to come yet
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Yeah. I think I am just going to have to learn, for the benefit of my blood pressure, if nothing else, not to get pissed off with people swearing that black is white, just to overcome their cognitive dissonance at the Brexit Dream revealing itself as scorched earth and ashes, all the way down.
 
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