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Balthazar Bullitt
June 16, 2023, 5:34pm

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Quoted from rancido


Do you not think that the EU encouraged a reliance on imported food, especially seasonal food which benefited poorer economies within the EU such as Portugal, Spain , Greece and Italy?


We haven't been self sufficient in food production for about 150 years. This could have been some long term strategy those pesky French as revenge for Waterloo but I doubt it.
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June 16, 2023, 9:49pm

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Ginny, do you not think that those small matters of a pandemic and the invasion of Ukraine may not have impacted outgoing expenses for people in most countries?

Take a look at the current economic situation in France and Germany and see whether Britain is an outlier, or in fact slightly over-performing cf the current European economic mean.

Times is tough everywhere.


Err no, I don't think that.

And times aint tough everywhere.
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Quoted from rancido


Do you not think that the EU encouraged a reliance on imported food, especially seasonal food which benefited poorer economies within the EU such as Portugal, Spain , Greece and Italy?


Do you seriously think that those dastardly Europeans sold us food cheaply as part of some sort of elaborate plan? It was how the single market works. We offered more money so got the stuff cheaply. A lot more expenses incurred now we're out of the single market.

It's also worth noting that leaving the single market without having a proper plan for maintaining food security was mind-blowingly stupid.
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Quoted from Balthazar Bullitt


We haven't been self sufficient in food production for about 150 years. This could have been some long term strategy those pesky French as revenge for Waterloo but I doubt it.


In 1984 Britain was 95% self sufficient in indigenous foods. Changing food tastes mean we import more of the types of food that we cannot grow competitively compared to the warmer southern EU countries.


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June 17, 2023, 3:03pm
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I have just come back from France and I tell you most of the food items in France are more expensive than in England.-. don'[t believe everything you hear on TV.
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June 17, 2023, 3:10pm
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I have just come back from France and I tell you most of the food items in France are more expensive than in England.-. don'[t believe everything you hear on TV.


That's that then, absolutely conclusive proof. Where do I join the Conservative party?


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June 17, 2023, 3:16pm
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According to http://www.tradingeconomics.com food inflation in France in May was 14.3% compared to the UK which was just over 19% according to BBC report quoted above. In Germany it was 14.5%.


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June 17, 2023, 3:23pm
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Quoted from golfer
I have just come back from France and I tell you most of the food items in France are more expensive than in England.-. don't believe everything you hear on TV.


I've just been to Paris and now in London. Paris is cheaper. Don't believe everything you hear from a gammon on an Internet forum.


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I'll bet Grimsby's cheaper than both
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I've just been to Paris and now in London. Paris is cheaper. Don't believe everything you hear from a gammon on an Internet forum.


Where did you go- Aldi Paris and Harrods London ? Try a loaf of bread not foie gras
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