Is Brexit actually going to happen?

[DotCommunist]

What should a communist do?

cheerlead for a racist pan european trading club maybe

 

[MightyTibberton]

cheerlead for a racist pan european trading club maybe

Instead of cheerleading for a Tory and DUP government's negotiationshambles you mean?

 

[DotCommunist]

Instead of cheerleading for a Tory and DUP government's negotiationshambles you mean?

these moves are so old we're doing them reflexively now lol

 

[Pickman's model]

Instead of cheerleading for a Tory and DUP government's negotiationshambles you mean?

Negsham

 

[Pickman's model]

Finland is in the EU.

That makes it even worse

 

[sleaterkinney]

What should a communist do?

Stand with Farage, Johnson and Rees-Mogg!

 

[bimble]

wot no biscuits?

 

[Pickman's model]

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wot no biscuits?

not surprised he's packing a biography of one of britain's greatest drinkers alongside the gin

 

[Poi E]

Who rather liked French wine.

 

[Poi E]

And what the fuck is British gin? On the shelf with British whisky? In fact, looks like it's all from England, with tea from the colonies for good measure.

 

[teuchter]

I didn't know we could grow tea here.

 

[Winot]

As someone on Twitter pointed out, PG Tips and Marmite are made by Unilever.

 

[Doppelgänger]

As someone on Twitter pointed out, PG Tips and Marmite are made by Unilever.

Unilever is Anglo-Dutch. A great European partnership, oh hang on...

 

[Raheem]

So much for Brexit going ahead unhampered.

 

[SpookyFrank]

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Aww look, a biography of a racist cunt. How charmingly apt.

 

[Mordi]

I didn't know we could grow tea here.

We used to steal Cornish tea from Waitrose.
S'pretty good.

 

[MightyTibberton]

I wonder what'll happen to all those things that have EU designated protection of origin (or whatever it's called exactly), they'll be firing up the Melton Mowbray-style pork pie machines across Poland and Italy and getting their Cheddar labels out of storage in France!

 

[Raheem]

I wonder what'll happen to all those things that have EU designated protection of origin (or whatever it's called exactly), they'll be firing up the Melton Mowbray-style pork pie machines across Poland and Italy and getting their Cheddar labels out of storage in France!

Just for the sake of being know-it-all, cheddar doesn't have protection. Cheddar cheese is basically any hard cheese that's been chopped up and squeezed a second time, so you can make it anywhere you like.

 

[MightyTibberton]

First of all I reveal that I thought Finland wasn't in the EU. Now I shame myself as a cheese ignoramus! Zut a-fucking-lors!

That would explain Somerset Brie and the like, I suppose?

 

[MightyTibberton]

Although, I have a partial point:

The term "Cheddar cheese" is widely used, but has no protected designation of origin within the European Union. However, in 2007, a Protected Designation of Origin, "West Country Farmhouse Cheddar", was created and only Cheddar produced from local milk within Somerset, Dorset, Devon and Cornwall and manufactured using traditional methods may use the name.[7][8] Outside Europe, the style and quality of cheeses labelled as cheddar may vary greatly; furthermore, cheeses that are more similar in taste and appearance to Red Leicester are sometimes popularly marketed as "Red Cheddar".

"Red Cheddar"?! Yoiks!

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Canada makes the best cheddar.

 

[Raheem]

Canada makes the best cheddar.

Really? Shit, that was the ace up our sleeve.

 

[Winot]

I wonder what'll happen to all those things that have EU designated protection of origin (or whatever it's called exactly), they'll be firing up the Melton Mowbray-style pork pie machines across Poland and Italy and getting their Cheddar labels out of storage in France!

My understanding is that the UK will no longer be bound and so our products will no longer have that protection but equally within the UK the use of ‘champagne’, ‘Parma ham’ etc. will not be protected under the geographical designation rules.

The UK common law of passing off will still apply though so we might see a return of Advocaat type cases here.

Erven Warnink BV v J Townend & Sons (Hull) Ltd - Wikipedia

 

[MightyTibberton]

My understanding is that the UK will no longer be bound and so our products will no longer have that protection but equally within the UK the use of ‘champagne’, ‘Parma ham’ etc. will not be protected under the geographical designation rules.

The UK common law of passing off will still apply though so we might see a return of Advocaat type cases here.

Erven Warnink BV v J Townend & Sons (Hull) Ltd - Wikipedia

Thank you.

I hope they can do some sort of deal on that. I can't see how it benefits anyone in the UK or the EU to get rid of it, though I suppose it might be closed to new applications and UK would have to pay an admin fee.

 

[Badgers]

 

[MightyTibberton]

I wonder how far that's a career move for Nige.

 

[killer b]

Canada makes the best cheddar.

What metric are you judging this on?

 

[teqniq]

The guy actually has no shame.

'my mind is actually changing on this'

Nigel Farage: Maybe there should be a second Brexit referendum

 

[souljacker]

I wonder how far that's a career move for Nige.

Wasn't he quoted as being out of work and broke recently? A 2nd referendum should get him some slots on Question Time and the Andrew Marr show again.

 

[billy_bob]

Yeah, my first thought was 'bit of a gamble', but then, there's no need for a Farage in a world where Brexit's been decided on, whereas if a second referendum went the other way he'd be guaranteed a prominent role as long as he wants it.