Boycott twinings tea
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Maurice Picarda
Actually, might as well flounce.
"We as a region need these jobs and investment as much as anywhere in Poland."
Well, not quite. Twinings is clearly behaving badly in its use of EU funds. But in general, employment arbitrage moves employment where it's most needed, even if it's done for selfish reasons.
Well, not quite. Twinings is clearly behaving badly in its use of EU funds. But in general, employment arbitrage moves employment where it's most needed, even if it's done for selfish reasons.
Gerry1time
Did a wee in Dirac's toilet
I don't drink tea, so count me in!!! I shall carry on not drinking tea for this cause.
Same here.
In fact, I'm going to start picking up boxes of twinings, take them to the checkout with my other shopping, and then say 'oh, actually, I'm not going to buy this twinings tea, i'll put it back on the shelf instead'.
See how they like them onions.
Maurice Picarda
Actually, might as well flounce.
Don't you remember trolley protests? They used to involve cape apples and outspan oranges, and were a common sight in urban supermarkets. Presumably dates are the focus these days.
hipipol
Peckham Wry
Dont beleive that "market knows best" Arb bollocks at all
These guys have just job used creation grants to pay for shifting their factory/HQ, they should have to pay it back and get a fucking hefty fine into the baragin
Its fraud, plain and fucking simple
I dont drink their piss weak shite anyway
Maurice Picarda
Actually, might as well flounce.
The lgical consequence of a global labour market is an even and equitable distribution of income. I'm not sure whether I like the idea or not, but it's ridiculous to pretend that labour protectionism is anything other than a selfish and parochial concern.
And their Assam is lovely.
And their Assam is lovely.
hipipol
Peckham Wry
Idiot
They have lied in order to receive a government subsidy
The logical consequence is that they will be bought by a tea producer, say Tata, not that they will steal wedge to move to Poland, hardly tea central
la ressistance
aesthete
stephen fry won't be happy.
Maurice Picarda
Actually, might as well flounce.
Well, yes, I agree that that's reprehensible. I'm just taking issue with the Geordie in the linked article who whined that they need the jobs more than the Poles, which is clearly bollocks.
binka
!!!!!!!!!
with attacks on the unemployed in this country how long until until you would actually be better off being unemployed in poland? thats assuming this isnt already the case...
spliff
New Member
I don't remember trolley protests but throughout my childhood buying anything South African was verboten in our family. My Dad accidentally bought a tin of South African peaches which stayed in the cupboard for months, he said he was going to give it back to them by throwing it through a window at South Africa house. It didn't happen, they just mysteriously disappeared
I still have to double check myself even now.
Not being a tea drinker I will be fully supporting this action
la ressistance
aesthete
I don't remember trolley protests but throughout my childhood buying anything South African was verboten in our family. My Dad accidentally bought a tin of South African peaches which stayed in the cupboard for months, he said he was going to give it back to them by throwing it through a window at South Africa house. It didn't happen, it just mysteriously disappeared
I still have to double check myself even now.
Not being a tea drinker I will be fully supporting this action
i was never allowed reeboks when i was young.
Steel Icarus
ersatz maven
Are onions not okay either?
I too don't drink tea. It's my favourite kind of righteousness, this - where no effort is required on my part. Similarly I shall continue to boycott all the less-than-ethical manufacturers and producers of whisky, pickles, rollmops, tripe, aubergines, celeriac, gingham, and hot pants.
madzone
Physically unfavourable
I expect the 286 people who are going to lose their jobs at a time when it's going to be extremely difficult for them to get another one give a fuck.
bi0boy
Power User
What about the people gaining jobs in Poland? I guess if we have a big boycott some of them might lose their new jobs rather quickly - serves them right the thieving Polacks
madzone
Physically unfavourable
What about the people gaining jobs in Poland? I guess if we have a big boycott some of them might lose their new jobs rather quickly - serves them right the thieving Polacks
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George & Bill
semiotically superfluous
Tiresome putdowns such as this can't disguise the fact that there's not anything inherently wrong with jobs moving from one place to another - the foul play is that they've blagged £10m for job creation without doing any.
ymu
Niall Ferguson's deep-cover sock-puppet
Not if there are not enough jobs to go around.
The point of the EU subsidy is to create new jobs, to the benefit of all workers, not shift them to more desperate economies until another one becomes desperate enough to compete on wages.
I hope you don't mean you're still boycotting South Africa!I don't remember trolley protests but throughout my childhood buying anything South African was verboten in our family. My Dad accidentally bought a tin of South African peaches which stayed in the cupboard for months, he said he was going to give it back to them by throwing it through a window at South Africa house. It didn't happen, they just mysteriously disappeared
I still have to double check myself even now.
Not being a tea drinker I will be fully supporting this action
this is a joke, right?
Phil Aychio
The Poet In The Pub
I don't drink tea, so count me in!!! I shall carry on not drinking tea for this cause.
Arsehole.
George & Bill
semiotically superfluous
Mum's bum, -
Wookey
Muppet is not a slur
Is that a request, you saucy chav!?
Geri
wasn't born to follow
I remember doing one of these in Sainsburys when I was about 19.
Phil Aychio
The Poet In The Pub
What makes me a chav? You don't know me.
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