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How are Labour doing after their first 12 months

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PISKIE said:
Down here you can buy Sardines in a tin that have come from Portugal, or you can walk 50 yards down the road and buy them fresh from a boat that has landed them 2 hours ago. There's loads of examples around the country like this where you can get local food from butchers, fishmongers, markets etc.

But the supermarket has become king, because they drive down producers profits so much in order that they can offer 'cheap' food. Also they offer everything under one roof and free parking, so it's just become loads easier do to your shop in one go, rather than paying to park in a town centre and then walk around to all the different shops.
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Sardines in tins make sense. You can stockpile them in your cupboards for when society breaks dow (in about six months). Perishables from distant continents though, that's just insane. And things like asparagus in May and strawberries in June are worth waiting all year for, that's part of the appeal of seasonal fruit and veg.
 
Archers Road said:
Sardines in tins make sense. You can stockpile them in your cupboards for when society breaks dow (in about six months). Perishables from distant continents though, that's just insane. And things like asparagus in May and strawberries in June are worth waiting all year for, that's part of the appeal of seasonal fruit and veg.
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Yeah I have tinned Sardines for Armageddon <laugh>

And yeah I agree, the anticipation for spring Asparagus and summer Strawberries is worth it as they taste so much better. And this isn't even taking into account the madness of air freighting things like asparagus from south america in the middle of Jan.

The fish thing is probs more pertinent down here, when you see Mackerel on the counter in Morrisons that's been caught in Scotland, been in the deep freeze for 6 months. When you can literally buy them for £2 each from the harbour side and they've literally just been landed.
 
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I sometimes fish for Makerel too. They are easy to catch in the summer. Rig up a feather line and cast out, you can sometimes get two or three at a time.

I don't like chopping their heads off, but I figure it's better than letting them suffocate to death. Then gut them, descale and straight on the bbq.

Delicious.
 
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White House fires National Security Agency chief

The Trump administration has fired the head of both the National Security Agency and US Cyber Command, the BBC's US partner CBS has reported.

The removal of General Timothy Haugh comes amid what appears to be a wider purge of top security officials at the agency and at the White House.

Democrats have said they are "deeply disturbed" by the move and say it jeopardises national security.

It is not clear why Gen Haugh was removed, but it comes after a meeting between President Donald Trump and far-right activist Laura Loomer on Wednesday.

Ms Loomer reportedly urged Trump to fire specific employees whom she suspected lacked support for his agenda.

She posted on X that Gen Haugh and his deputy Wendy Noble, who US media reported was also let go, "have been disloyal to President Trump. That is why they have been fired."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckgerl183j3o
 
Birmingham's rubbish problem has now turned into a rat problem. Shocked I tell yer.
 
PISKIE said:
I sometimes fish for Makerel too. They are easy to catch in the summer. Rig up a feather line and cast out, you can sometimes get two or three at a time.

I don't like chopping their heads off, but I figure it's better than letting them suffocate to death. Then gut them, descale and straight on the bbq.

Delicious.
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I fish for sprats and minnows ....



















... on here :bandit:
 
Sucky said:
Speaking of teachers

Anyone been keeping up with the Irish teacher jailed for not teaching lgbgt propaganda


We'll now they seized his assets too.

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The bloke kept breaking court orders to stay away from the school after being sacked.

https://news.sky.com/story/enoch-bu...ransgender-row-jailed-for-third-time-13208740

He pretty much ****ed himself by breaking all safeguarding rules when he turned up at the school every day after being sacked.

Weird behaviour in my book. Could just have obeyed the court order and taken his sacking up via the legal route.
 
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U.S. stock market has wiped out $9.6 trillion since Inauguration Day
By Joseph Adinolfi

U.S. stocks have had a rough go of it since President Donald Trump was sworn into office for his second term in January.

Since Jan. 17, the Friday before Inauguration Day, the U.S. stock market has seen $9.6 trillion in value erased, according to data from FactSet and Dow Jones Market Data. Of those losses, $5 trillion has been erased just over the past two days -- the largest two-day loss on record.

Major equity indexes were seeing their losses deepen in early trading on Friday. The Dow was down by more than 1,200 points in recent trading, bringing its losses since the market opened on Thursday to nearly 3,000 points.

The S&P 500 was down by 3.6%, while the Nasdaq Composite was off by 3.8%, leaving it on the cusp of bear-market territory. The Russell 2000 has fallen by another 4.1% since it became the first major U.S. equity index to enter bear-market territory on Thursday.

Ken Jimenez contributed.

S&P 500 SPX (S&P US) 5074.08-322.44-5.97%

DJIA DJIA (Dow Jones Global) 38314.86-2231.07-5.50%

Nasdaq COMP (Nasdaq) 15587.79-962.82-5.82%

Russell 2000 Index RUT (US Composite) 1827.03-83.51-4.37%
 
brb said:
7 hours ago
U.S. stock market has wiped out $9.6 trillion since Inauguration Day
By Joseph Adinolfi

U.S. stocks have had a rough go of it since President Donald Trump was sworn into office for his second term in January.

Since Jan. 17, the Friday before Inauguration Day, the U.S. stock market has seen $9.6 trillion in value erased, according to data from FactSet and Dow Jones Market Data. Of those losses, $5 trillion has been erased just over the past two days -- the largest two-day loss on record.

Major equity indexes were seeing their losses deepen in early trading on Friday. The Dow was down by more than 1,200 points in recent trading, bringing its losses since the market opened on Thursday to nearly 3,000 points.

The S&P 500 was down by 3.6%, while the Nasdaq Composite was off by 3.8%, leaving it on the cusp of bear-market territory. The Russell 2000 has fallen by another 4.1% since it became the first major U.S. equity index to enter bear-market territory on Thursday.

Ken Jimenez contributed.

S&P 500 SPX (S&P US) 5074.08-322.44-5.97%

DJIA DJIA (Dow Jones Global) 38314.86-2231.07-5.50%

Nasdaq COMP (Nasdaq) 15587.79-962.82-5.82%

Russell 2000 Index RUT (US Composite) 1827.03-83.51-4.37%
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He's probably going to let the arse fall out of it, buy big when they are at rock bottom, then make up some cock n bull that the whole world as fallen in line with him as he's the messiah lift sanctions and sell when it all recovers making himself even more billions, while half his country live in squalor
 
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Gessa said:
He's probably going to let the arse fall out of it, buy big when they are at rock bottom, then make up some cock n bull that the whole world as fallen in line with him as he's the messiah lift sanctions and sell when it all recovers making himself even more billions, while half his country live in squalor
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There will be people who'll make millions off the back of this crash, those who can afford to buy up thousands of shares at rock bottom prices and then flog them when Trump takes his foot off the neck of the global economy. You can't help but think it's a deliberate ploy to enable the wealthy to increase their wealth even more.

Meanwhile ordinary hard working Americans are having the arse ripped out of their pensions and paying $12 for a dozen eggs.
 
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PISKIE said:
There will be people who'll make millions off the back of this crash, those who can afford to buy up thousands of shares at rock bottom prices and then flog them when Trump takes his foot off the neck of the global economy. You can't help but think it's a deliberate ploy to enable the wealthy to increase their wealth even more.

Meanwhile ordinary hard working Americans are having the arse ripped out of their pensions and paying $12 for a dozen eggs.
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I'm fighting back, no more Bourbon or yankie red wine for me, their chocolate is ****e anyway and anyone who eats meat imported from there needs a blow on the head.
 
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PISKIE said:
There will be people who'll make millions off the back of this crash, those who can afford to buy up thousands of shares at rock bottom prices and then flog them when Trump takes his foot off the neck of the global economy. You can't help but think it's a deliberate ploy to enable the wealthy to increase their wealth even more.

Meanwhile ordinary hard working Americans are having the arse ripped out of their pensions and paying $12 for a dozen eggs.
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I watched The Big Short again the other night, can’t help but think we’re all getting screwed over by disaster capitalists again. Do I stick a grand in my Stocks and Shares ISA on Monday and convince myself I’m Rockefeller?

Bitcoin’s still up
 
Archers Road said:
I watched The Big Short again the other night, can’t help but think we’re all getting screwed over by disaster capitalists again. Do I stick a grand in my Stocks and Shares ISA on Monday and convince myself I’m Rockefeller?

Bitcoin’s still up
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If you're gonna do that, I reckon they're gonna tumble a fair bit more yet.

Gold is probs a good investment to make right now.
 
So the markets only had two days to respond to Trumps tariffs, imagine the affect of Trumps tariffs on a whole week....should be fun come Monday morning.
 
brb said:
So the markets only had two days to respond to Trumps tarrifs, imagine the affect of Trumps tariffs on a whole week....should be fun come Monday morning.
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If they drop 20% we're in recession zone. aka black monday and covid shock.


On 19 October, 1987 - also known as Black Monday - the US stock market lost 23% of its value in a single day, and other stock markets had similar falls. The UK FTSE index fell 23% over two days – partly because it closes earlier than New York, and so it often plays catch up with whatever happens in the US the next morning.

That was most definitely a crash.

In 1929, the US stock market lost over 20% of its value in two days - and 50% within three weeks. That was the famous Wall Street Crash that ushered in the great depression of the 1930s.

By comparison, the US stock market has lost around 17% of its value from its peak in February
 
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