The article below appears in today's Guardian. I do think some of the wording is quite good in how it explains some of the changes due to leaving the EU.
My 'Brexit bonus' proved to be a customs duty bill from DHL
Whether picture frames or trainers, buyers are counting the cost of ordering from the EU
(I know that aspects of the article and, even more so, the comments, might be seen as political. This is absolutely not why I am posting - which is simply because it does explains several aspects quite well. Please avoid political comments.)
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Absolutely. Why do people have such problems in accepting the truth? And if you don’t agree your comments are removed... Surely this is not healthy for a democratic future. We should be going forward not making a backward move. I am not the only one thinking along those lines.
Sorry... and thank you. However it isn’t a question of being controversial per se but trying to keep a logical balance. If people are muffled, prevented from freedom of expression (as long it isn’t incendiary and done deliberately to upset the applecart or anyone specifically) then we’re on a dangerous path of losing democracy . Democracy is precious and we need to preserve it.
The big confectionery manufacturers have repeatedly promised to reduce "portions", yet continue to sell multi-packs. It is so obvious that instead of us buying one full-size bar, which is well over a "daily allowance", we are expected to buy several in a multi-pack and consume two, three or four of them. Yes, the calories in one are less than some arbitrary limit - but everyone knows purchasers consume at least similar quantities regardless the individual bar size.
Actually the jewellery quarter IS still there (although rather more swanky bars there as well than you might remember) - I bought a friend some ear-rings there not so long ago when up there for work; but the car industry is certainly a shadow of its former self (although I'm not sure how may people lament the demise of the Maestro)
I emailed Jamie Oliver when he was promoting the sugar tax - he didn't reply. My daughter is a type 1 diabetic and used to be able to use lucozade if her blood sugars dropped. One day it just didn't help, and we realised they'd taken most of the sugar out to keep the price down.
But it's still mostly little businesses that make the stuff at the back with a shop at the front. Certainly there's nothing nicer than picking the stones out for your engagement ring and having it made just for you
I'm a bit surprised at the price of Italian trainers. That person would probably have saved some money by spending a weekend in Rome last Autumn and trying them on to check sizing Seriously though, I had family in Denmark and still remember having to be careful what value presents etc. we sent them at Christmas, and what we wrote on the customs labels, so that they'd avoid having to pay any duty, and vice versa.
I don't think meals got that much healthier. The masses of burgers were just replaced with cheese/ham/chicken panini's, which is basically the same thing!
They made less cakey things, reduced the range of non-diet soft drinks (but upped the availability of orange juice, which is still extremely sugarry) and I think they sold less crisps too, but they just provided alternatives like cereal bars.
The healthy switches were just lateral moves to other heavily processed food items, that weren't that much better for you anyway. The quality was still terrible.
This country is the most unhealthy country in Europe. My GP was telling me “we’re the fattest country in Europe “! Just look around and it’s easy to see ! Too many people simply don’t cook proper healthy meals. School meals and hospital meals are so unhealthy. Yet it wouldn’t take much to cool simple healthy meals.
Absolutely! Spot on. Of course deep respect to the victims of the Holocaust... such a tragedy. Post war very few people were obese. Yet people had to endure shortages of food and they were more physically active hence not obese.
I hope society at large will wake up and actually make the effort to understand what a healthy diet is and cook properly.
Of course too many people (if they still have a job) are working very long hours and that includes women, so perhaps they feel too tired when they get back to cook a decent meal but this is the way to serious diseases as you stated. Also many jobs are desk bound... doesn’t help.
Very good point indeed. Unfortunately so many young people don’t see meals prepared from scratch so they have no example to follow! Nutrition should be taught in schools (I believe it used to be taught to a certain extent )as well as economics and debating.
Actually medical students should be taught nutrition too.
Yes, Srumbler he's a self serving twit - not so slim himself now either.
Glucotabs - dissolve tube in 1/2 litre boiling water, add some squash and then top up to 1l with cold water makes them more palatable - and you don't need too much of it -what's left over goes in the fridge.
Our phone was almost the same no as Rockferry train station and my dad got fed up with innumerable calls to the effect of: “hey mate, what time’s the next train to Liverpool?” It was soon disconnected! We didn’t have a phone for years after that and woe betide you if you had the temerity to actually use it! Imagine being able to call your local train station.....from Annus Mirabilis to Annus Horribilis ++
I don’t remember the Rockferry station mimic phone but I was about 14 when we got another number. Yes permission had to be sought and it wasn’t worth the hassle phoning anyone besides no one generally phoned one another of my age back then. Fathers were such tyrants and no one thought it reprehensible behaviour.
Those were the days..... " mummy , please can i phone Christine ?"
"no, you can give her three rings and she can phone you back" ~ (Christine was loads better off than us, they had yoghurts in the fridge that they were actually allowed to eat...... ). We still had a Party Line for several years, we'd pick it up to dial a number and the 'lady up the road' was on it already.
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Seriously though, I had family in Denmark and still remember having to be careful what value presents etc. we sent them at Christmas, and what we wrote on the customs labels, so that they'd avoid having to pay any duty, and vice versa. 
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