quote: | Originally posted by Ian
It's quite funny really but also an eye opener. On one side, it wasn't until London had to shut down the airports that they began to really take it seriously, as always it's as if everything revolves around that fetid cesspit.
On the other hand, it will show up our misgivings as a country. We source everythign from abroad nearly now, and it's already taken the soul out of the country but now when crops can't get in, because the government support foreign growers over our own, they'll moan that they can't get hold of stuff and then the price of everything will skyrocket too. It's a double edged sword really and one that interests me massively because I think it will show that we need to support our own nation first, as must every other one in the world, and have the infrastructure and support for people who can produce stuff here and whilst it might cost 'more' than some farmer in india or kenya or libya or whatever, it helps the nation as a whole. Right now pretty much everything is outsourced to those 3rd world nations and it's wrong because it's costing the people here jobs and then the few that are here, people hire migrant or eastern european workers who're willing to work for pittance. |
My grandparents where primary producers out in t'west, I don't know about now but back then when I lived with them in the 1980's, the government simply treated farmers like they where practising a 'lifestyle choice' rather than contributing to the nation's source of food and the nearby fisheries industry was all but busted to the point of no return.
I don't suspect its any better now.
I suspect its probably gotten much worse since the EU.
England has since WW2 always been heavily dependant on outside resources, that's a given but in all seriousness its hit the point where successive governments have taken that for granted and learned nothing from it.
quote: | Originally posted by Moongoose
On the other hand, crossing Europe in a small diesel hatchback...not all that much fun. |
Actually, driving through Europe and taking your time is a great way to see the place regardless of what you're stuck in. Personally, yes its probably more fun in something faster, but I mean outside the autobarn, there isn't a lot of places you can really stretch a good car's legs without coming seriously afoul of unappreciative police
I did 3 week driving holiday around England in a small Ford hatchback, it really was a great time.
Last edited by Lilith on Apr-21-2010 at 08:35
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