Another new Brexit thread

[stonerblue]

It seems we already get them from Kenya.

9 whole percent.
We also get them from, amongst other places
Belgium
Denmark
Holland
Italy
Spain

 

[Gareth Barry Conlon]

So my flowers already come from there and this shiny new brexit busting trade agreement is just a maintenance of the status quo and a mirror of the eu trade agreement that's been in place for years?

Yes - however. Flowers imported from Africa go to Holland in bulk and the various buyers then buy and export smaller quantities from there that are delivered all across the EU with no further checks / customs. Post Jan these flowers delivered from Holland to Tesco near you have to go through a 2nd round of checks / customs. So importers have to either deal with the red tape of uk/eu customs or set up a new supply line direct with Africa and deal with those customs / red tape. Either way its delay, bureaucracy and red tape for uk business with zero gain.

 

[Saddleworth2]

9 whole percent.
We also get them from, amongst other places
Belgium
Denmark
Holland
Italy
Spain

Not for much longer though :-(

 

[jaseirai]

But, but, think about the air miles and the damage to the environment and the melting of the ice cap. All for some shitty Tesco roses who’s head falls off the day after you plonk them in the vase.

Don’t buy avocados either; El Chapo is directing the harvest from a supermax in Colorado. Narco-produce plus air miles.

 

[Mazzarelli's Swiss Cheese]

9 whole percent.
We also get them from, amongst other places
Belgium
Denmark
Holland
Italy
Spain

Thoughts with you and your flowers at this sad time. I doubt the significance of our imports from the EU is enough to make them offer a decent FTA - nevermind. Still, cracking news about the Kenya deal though - thanks for letting us know.

 

[Mazzarelli's Swiss Cheese]

Don’t buy avocados either; El Chapo is directing the harvest from a supermax in Colorado. Narco-produce plus air miles.

Yes, Guardian article this week about them becoming 'green gold' for money laundering in South America.

 

[Saddleworth2]

Don’t buy avocados either; El Chapo is directing the harvest from a supermax in Colorado. Narco-produce plus air miles.

No. They come in submarines. Much more eco friendly.

 

[hilts]

Excellent.
I prefer my fresh flowers to have travelled from the other side of the world. That way they can go straight into the bin instead of leaving them on the window sill for 3 days to slowly rot. Much better for the enviroment and probably cheaper an all..

Who doesn't like drinking a nice bit of pret coffee with strawberries and cream whilst the lovely aroma of fresh flowers hangs in the air.

What have we done;-)

 

[Metal Biker]

Flowers. We're on flowers, now.

 

[smudgedj]

Flowers. We're on flowers, now.

Wait till they find out where coffee comes from.

 

[west didsblue]

If by 'trawling' and 'rant' you mean reading the thread and commenting then yeah, guilty.
As for 'chill', i'm not even slightly tepid at the moment.

It can get a bit tiresome getting into discussions with that particular poster. The best thing to do is to regularly call him on his incessant wumming and bullshit until he loses his rag and puts you on ignore.

 

[hilts]

You almost had it the first time.
A sarcastic side wipe aimed at pointing out how getting shit from the other side of the world is somehow better than getting the same shit from next door.
And what sort of cheap arsed shit buys flowers in a supermarket anyway?

Probably a Romanian who has spent the day flogging himself in a field under the watchful eye of bluethruanduntrue gouging on his reasonably priced punnet of strawberries.

 

[hilts]

Wait till they find out where coffee comes from.

Please God don't say it's belgium:-)

 

[hilts]

Got to be good for the planet to get our flowers from Africa rather than Holland. I’m sure someone has calculated the carbon footprint for us

I have yet to see a remainer work out the carbon footprint for an increased population and politicians jollies to Europe.

You can go first and we will take it from there;-)

 

[Ifwecouldjust.......]

It seemed to be a deeply sarcastic attempt to extract bad news from something that is at worst not particularly newsworthy. Your motivation is best known to you obviously, but it just seems a bit bitter and twisted tbh.

But the initial post seemed to be an attempt to extract good news from something that is at worst not particularly newsworthy. Your motivation is best known to you obviously, but it just seems a bit in search of unicorns tbh.


see what I did there

 

[Mazzarelli's Swiss Cheese]

But the initial post seemed to be an attempt to extract good news from something that is at worst not particularly newsworthy. Your motivation is best known to you obviously, but it just seems a bit in search of unicorns tbh.


see what I did there

Unicorns don't exist mate - I'll leave you to them!

 

[journolud]

No. They come in submarines. Much more eco friendly.

Have you been on the Swiss cheese?

 

[Vic]

Excellent.
I prefer my fresh flowers to have travelled from the other side of the world. That way they can go straight into the bin instead of leaving them on the window sill for 3 days to slowly rot. Much better for the enviroment and probably cheaper an all..

So, £54m of cut flowers a year from Kenya... £900m from Holland. Can you imagine the air miles to replace the Dutch flowers?

 

[Vic]

Wait till they find out where coffee comes from.

It's not where it comes from but how it gets here. By sea not air.

 

[Mazzarelli's Swiss Cheese]

So, £54m of cut flowers a year from Kenya... £900m from Holland. Can you imagine the air miles to replace the Dutch flowers?

Maybe the Dutch need to lobby the EU for some sort of FTA?