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Well, where are a bunch of defrocked vicars and alcoholic PE teachers going to find work, except as DUP MPs?

Yup!

Post-Brexit food labelling rules to appease DUP will lead to higher prices, says industry

Draft legislation is intended to ensure full array of products are sold in Northern Ireland

Forcing all UK supermarkets to put “not for EU” labels on meat, dairy and plant products in a move to assuage the concerns of unionists in Northern Ireland will force up prices and undermine the war against inflation, ministers have been told.

After months of uncertainty about the post-Brexit regulations, the government has said it will legislate so that the labelling requirement is universal from October as part of a “safeguarding the union” deal with the Democratic Unionist party (DUP).

The government is trying to convince the DUP, Northern Ireland’s biggest unionist party, to return to the Stormont power-sharing executive after a bitter two-year standoff over the trade border in the Irish Sea created by Brexit.

As part of the new deal, ministers have said they will go further than is required under the so-called Windsor framework agreement with the EU that is designed to ensure meat, diary and plant products do not enter the single market via Northern Ireland.

Rather than just products coming into Northern Ireland from Britain requiring “not for EU” labels, all agri-foods sold in the UK will need to be labelled “to ensure no incentive arises for businesses to avoid placing goods on the Northern Ireland market”.

Unionists have raised concerns that restricting the labelling requirements to goods transported into Northern Ireland from Great Britain would lead to a dwindling in the range of products going across the Irish Sea.

Waitrose is among the supermarket brands that do not have stores in Northern Ireland but which will be affected by the draft legislation. It has claimed that redesigning the packaging will “add unnecessary costs when we are doing everything we can to keep costs down”.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... s-industry

...and all because Sammy Wilson couldn't bring some English sausages over the North Channel. That and the fact that a bunch of narco-terrorists were finding their drug shipments were getting stopped.

Andy McDandy wrote: ↑Thu Feb 01, 2024 3:45 pm Well, where are a bunch of defrocked vicars and alcoholic PE teachers going to find work, except as DUP MPs?

Don't give Calvin Robinson any ideas!

Not sure how much sticking labels on is going to add to inflation. Sounds like a relatively cheap solution to the impasse.

But it's incredibly stupid and funny.

Rees Mogg patronises an oik farmer with his vastly superior knowledge of agricultural trade.

Brexit's actually not that unpopular actually, honest.

All of this is academic- the EU's moved on. Remember how you felt on referendum night. You didn't think "Oh well, we'll be back soon! Shucks!" You were right.

39% are relaxed about adopting the Euro is surprisingly high. Maybe they associate the currency with Sun, sea and sangria.

Interesting study from Brunel U.

https://neurosciencenews.com/cognitive- ... 0decisions

Summary: A new study suggests a correlation between higher cognitive abilities and voting “Remain” in the 2016 Brexit referendum.

Analyzing data from 3,183 UK couples, the study found that individuals with higher cognitive skills, as well as those with spouses possessing higher cognitive abilities, were more likely to vote “Remain.”

The research, which controlled for various socioeconomic and personality traits, adds to the evidence that higher cognitive abilities may help in recognizing and resisting misinformation.

This study highlights the potential impact of cognitive skills on political decisions and susceptibility to misinformation.

Key Facts:

The study shows a strong statistical link between higher cognitive ability and voting “Remain” in the Brexit referendum.
Spouses with higher cognitive abilities also influenced the likelihood of voting “Remain.”
The research suggests that higher cognitive ability may provide resilience against misinformation and disinformation.

Well I am shocked!

The research suggests that higher cognitive ability may provide resilience against misinformation and disinformation.

No shit Sherlock!

Back in 1969 my Sociology lecturer warned us against this, he called it a 'researchers find strippers have nice tits' report.