Trade Deal, or No Deal...

[french frank]

A moratorium on the dreadful phrase "teething troubles" is long overdue....

"Tradeless friction" seems to be the phrase trending on t'internet.

[Serial_Apologist]

"Tradeless friction" seems to be the phrase trending on t'internet.

NOT frictionless trade then - which really would be "the rub" [sic}?

[french frank]

NOT frictionless trade then - which really would be "the rub" [sic}?

No, it was written on the side of a red bus.

[teamsaint]

Well we can add to the list of things that have been forgotten over recent months the war on single use plastics, and food miles.

[cloughie]

Talk about a long haul......

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/feb/07/british-importers-brace-for-disaster-as-new-brexit-checks-loom

Even if you thought you knew something about it this is a shocking read....so this is "free trade"?

A moratorium on the dreadful phrase "teething troubles" is long overdue.... always the answer when ministers have no answer....its become one of those "if I hear it one more time I'll...." phrases....

BTW....anyone found any aubergines in the shops recently...?

Who needs aubergines when there are plenty of local ‘in season’ winter vegetables?

[french frank]

Who needs aubergines when there are plenty of local ‘in season’ winter vegetables?

Yes, I had a stir fry of carrot, parsnip and onion with my nut roast today

[vinteuil]

Who needs aubergines when there are plenty of local ‘in season’ winter vegetables?

... ah, bring on the turnip liqueur

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[cloughie]

... ah, bring on the turnip liqueur

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I’ll get my still out!

[teamsaint]

Kale Surprise is always a good dish this time of year.

[vinteuil]

Kale Surprise is always a good dish this time of year.

... best of all when the Surprise is that it doesn't contain any Kale



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[jayne lee wilson]

Well we can add to the list of things that have been forgotten over recent months the war on single use plastics, and food miles.

Food miles? Yes...the much-vaunted government enthusiasm for joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership, for which they have formally applied, will be a great help....
But they are promising cheaper food for us all - well of course they are - so that's alright then isn't it?
Not to mention....

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-red-tape-wales-lamb-b1798426.html

[cloughie]

The perfectly imperfect English apples at Tesco’s are a real bargain at 64p for a bag of 4!

[teamsaint]

Food miles? Yes...the much-vaunted government enthusiasm for joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership, for which they have formally applied, will be a great help....
But they are promising cheaper food for us all - well of course they are - so that's alright then isn't it?
Not to mention....
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...-b1798426.html

I am confused now.
Do we want to trade with all countries, or just the EU ?

I mean, free trade deals are a good thing, aren't they ?

[jayne lee wilson]

I am confused now.
Do we want to trade with all countries, or just the EU ?

I mean, free trade deals are a good thing, aren't they ?

Different matter, different discussion....I was following up your "food miles" point... but even "free trade" is beginning to seem a misleadingly inaccurate term now.....
We had it inside the EU Single Market. Did we really vote to leave the single market and the customs union, or did the ERG force it upon us? We could have had Political Separation without it, and without denying the referendum result. A more harmonious compromise, perhaps?
Now we are mired in protracted costs, bureaucracy, squabbles, mutual blame and endless renegotiations....whilst attempting to establish what is still fondly referred to as "free trade" further afield, elsewhere...

As for Ireland, well..........

[french frank]

i mean, free trade deals are a good thing, aren't they ?

ttip? (that's supposed to be in capital letters)

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