Brexit: Can Anyone Take the Wheel From Johnson?

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pool boy said:
you suggesting that diversity for diversity sake is a good thing or should we still try to hire the best and brightest in cutting edge jobs.
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No... I like how you tried to make it anti-white argument... One of the problems there are not enough women or men form minority groups qualified to work in these industries... It as much as a reflection on our education system and our societies culture... It has been known for decades... little action is taken... Studies show diversity in the workplace creates a better work environment and a more creative one too... Think about what could be created...

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BTW, you can add the entire tech sector to the same mix.
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They to have this problem too... It shows a cultural and education bias within our education system and society...
 
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Johnson demands bendy bananas for UK at G7 meeting






Prime Minister Boris Johnson has doubled down on his demand for bendy bananas as part of his Brexit strategy.

Johnson is insistent that the UK should have its own traditional British bendy bananas as part of any EU deal.

A spokesman for Downing Street told WalesOnCraic:

“We wanted to take control back and control is what we will have. We hereby demand that the majestic UK gets any shaped bananas it wants – including the bendy ones that we all love and cherish here in the UK. We will not be dictated to, especially when it comes to yellow crescent-shaped fruits. Our mighty nation should not have to put up with inferior bananas that lack that magic curve. Boris will be giving it to them straight at the G7 meeting this afternoon. We will not flinch. We won World War 2 and we’ll win this too.”

Johnson is expected to also demand that full English breakfasts should also be saved.

“We know what they’re up to with their fancy Continental breakfasts. We’re not having any of that shit,” said the spokesman.

https://www.walesoncraic.com/johnson-demands-bendy-bananas-for-uk-at-g7-meeting/
 
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Bananas go through a unique process known as negative geotropism. Instead of continuing to grow towards the ground, they start to turn towards the sun. The fruit grows against gravity, giving the banana its familiar curved shape.

http://www.dole.eu/dole-earth/farmtour/bananito/hotspot/banana-curved.html

Boris Johnson is saving you from this horror...

EU regulation on banana curvature
The standard story is that the European Union banned the sale of bananas that are too bendy. The standard defense of this is as The Guardian has it today: ... Commission regulation 2257/94 decreed that bananas in general should be “free from malformation or abnormal curvature”.May 12, 2016

The Horror link: https://www.forbes.com/sites/timwor...y-bananas-rules-yes-theyre-real/#7a2a9cc76fc9
 
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5fish said:
Bananas go through a unique process known as negative geotropism. Instead of continuing to grow towards the ground, they start to turn towards the sun. The fruit grows against gravity, giving the banana its familiar curved shape.

http://www.dole.eu/dole-earth/farmtour/bananito/hotspot/banana-curved.html

Boris Johnson is saving you from this horror...

EU regulation on banana curvature
The standard story is that the European Union banned the sale of bananas that are too bendy. The standard defense of this is as The Guardian has it today: ... Commission regulation 2257/94 decreed that bananas in general should be “free from malformation or abnormal curvature”.May 12, 2016

The Horror link: https://www.forbes.com/sites/timwor...y-bananas-rules-yes-theyre-real/#7a2a9cc76fc9
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it's a strawman - retailers would buy straight cucumbers if they could get them

forget your horror link - no retailer ever bought bananas that were not prime cut (they don't even reach the market) because you need more ships for the same amount of bananas and if you sell them they fetch a lower price. you can peel, mash and can them (maybe the food processing industry would buy them that way) where they are or sell them on the local market or simply plow them under as fertilizer.

... i see no quote about the eu prohibiting the sale - you just can't classify them under eu law - there might even been a market for flown in, riped on the tree bendy bananas but that surely ain't a mass market.

this myth has been debunked a gazillion of times

... and btw, the first to not sell bendy bananas were united fruit (aka chiquita) and standard fruit (aka dole) which later both changed their names to distract from their involvement in the banana wars
 
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Wehrkraftzersetzer said:
as well as the myth that a certain carpenter fed a crowd with only 4 breads and 5 fish
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I could argue... If you read the story people would take what they needed and put in the basket what they did not need and pass it on... They were redistributing resources among the people by need and crowdsourcing... It is forgotten that Christianity about taking care of your needs and give away any exist to someone in need... Do to capitalism and the genic desire to make life better for our children. It was quietly forgotten...
 
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5fish said:
The British are destroying their Government, Democracy and their Nation to make bunch of xenophobic and race anxiety voters happy...
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If the US signs a free trade agreement with the UK and the British Pound declines in value then Scotch and Irish Whiskey from Northern Ireland becomes cheaper.
That's a good thing!
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Kirk's Raider's said:
If the US signs a free trade agreement with the UK and the British Pound declines in value then Scotch and Irish Whiskey from Northern Ireland becomes cheaper.
That's a good thing!
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not for the British

this is 14,99 to 29,99€ here

14,99 to 19,99 is reasonable
 
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Kirk's Raider's said:
If the US signs a free trade agreement with the UK and the British Pound declines in value then Scotch and Irish Whiskey from Northern Ireland becomes cheaper.
That's a good thing!
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there ain't no such thing as scottish whiskey - it's whisky

... and i wouldn't be so sure that the scots intent to stay in the uk - and with a hard border in ireland i doubt congress would sign such an agreement anyway
 
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rittmeister said:
there ain't no such thing as scottish whiskey - it's whisky

... and i wouldn't be so sure that the scots intent to stay in the uk - and with a hard border in ireland i doubt congress would sign such an agreement anyway
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Not true at all Scottish Whiskey is very distinct from any other style of whisky. Irish Whiskey is also very distinct.Canadian Whiskey tastes nothing like American Whiskey.
Whiskey from Tennessee tastes nothing like Whiskey from Kentucky.
I specifically stated Irish Whiskey from Northern Ireland which has nothing to do with a " hard border".
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Kirk's Raider's said:
Not true at all Scottish Whiskey is very distinct from any other style of whisky. Irish Whiskey is also very distinct.Canadian Whiskey tastes nothing like American Whiskey.
Whiskey from Tennessee tastes nothing like Whiskey from Kentucky.
I specifically stated Irish Whiskey from Northern Ireland which has nothing to do with a " hard border".
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i don't deny that - there's no E in scottish whisky, though
 
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