15-11-2020, 12:08 AM
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Re: Shiny new trade deal with USA?
Originally Posted by Bread
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England can feed itself. Stop making stuff up.
There is just not the area of land to sustain the population never mind having land to house and transport them too.
According to the US Food and Agricultural Organization, the minimum amount of land needed for self-sustainable food in North America or Western Europe is 17 acres per person. This number assumes absolutely no land degradation, crop failures, or waste.
England has a population of 55 million and an area of 32 million acres
The maths does not work.
15-11-2020, 03:09 AM
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Re: Shiny new trade deal with USA?
HiWe cannot feed ourselves, we could not in WW2, even with the Land Army
.We will not change our eating habits, those who think we will are living in Fantasy Land.
We import cod and haddock, which is what we eat, we export a lot of oher fish because we do not eat them.
We export a third of every pig, simply because we do not eat those bits.
Life goes on, we are not going to change our habits because of Brexit.
It is the same with manufacturing, we are not suddenly going to manufacture mobiles, TVs etc or cars or lorries.
The Common Market was fine by me, made a lot of sense, the EU is very different which is why i wanted out,
15-11-2020, 06:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Bruce
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Oh come on! that is just not true.. That is a ridiculous thing to say. Britain couldn't feed itself during the second world war why do you suppose every vacant bit of land was turned to growing something?There is just not the area of land to sustain the population never mind having land to house and transport them too.
According to the US Food and Agricultural Organization, the minimum amount of land needed for self-sustainable food in North America or Western Europe is 17 acres per person. This number assumes absolutely no land degradation, crop failures, or waste.
England has a population of 55 million and an area of 32 million acres
The maths does not work.
Another point is that under the EU CAP a fair chunk of uk agriculture has been subsidised to keep it fallow. This is already changing.
15-11-2020, 06:34 AM
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Re: Shiny new trade deal with USA?
Originally Posted by swimfeeders
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HiWe cannot feed ourselves, we could not in WW2, even with the Land Army
.We will not change our eating habits, those who think we will are living in Fantasy Land.
We import cod and haddock, which is what we eat, we export a lot of oher fish because we do not eat them.
We export a third of every pig, simply because we do not eat those bits.
Life goes on, we are not going to change our habits because of Brexit.
It is the same with manufacturing, we are not suddenly going to manufacture mobiles, TVs etc or cars or lorries.
The Common Market was fine by me, made a lot of sense, the EU is very different which is why i wanted out,
The single market destroyed out manufacturing and fishing. Its because of that we are in the situation we are in now. Hence, Brexit
15-11-2020, 06:02 PM
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Re: Shiny new trade deal with USA?
Originally Posted by Bruce
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Oh come on! that is just not true.. That is a ridiculous thing to say. Britain couldn't feed itself during the second world war why do you suppose every vacant bit of land was turned to growing something?There is just not the area of land to sustain the population never mind having land to house and transport them too.
According to the US Food and Agricultural Organization, the minimum amount of land needed for self-sustainable food in North America or Western Europe is 17 acres per person. This number assumes absolutely no land degradation, crop failures, or waste.
England has a population of 55 million and an area of 32 million acres
The maths does not work.
to starve us into submission Brucy??
It didnt work then and it wont work now no matter what Barmier
says?
If you have the money anyone will sell to you ??
Deal or no deal !!
Donkeyman! 👍😀👍
15-11-2020, 06:11 PM
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Re: Shiny new trade deal with USA?
Originally Posted by Donkeyman
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Do you think deutchland will deploy thousands of U boats againto starve us into submission Brucy??
It didnt work then and it wont work now no matter what Barmier
says?
If you have the money anyone will sell to you ??
Deal or no deal !!
Donkeyman! 👍😀👍
France can't feed itself either thats why the EU has the CAP.
15-11-2020, 06:12 PM
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Originally Posted by swimfeeders
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HiWe cannot feed ourselves, we could not in WW2, even with the Land Army
.We will not change our eating habits, those who think we will are living in Fantasy Land.
We import cod and haddock, which is what we eat, we export a lot of oher fish because we do not eat them.
We export a third of every pig, simply because we do not eat those bits.
Life goes on, we are not going to change our habits because of Brexit.
It is the same with manufacturing, we are not suddenly going to manufacture mobiles, TVs etc or cars or lorries.
The Common Market was fine by me, made a lot of sense, the EU is very different which is why i wanted out,
I eat it all !!
You are right about automobiles, but you miss one point?
They are becoming redundant now due to climate change??
We are ideally placed to start the next big thing!!
Donkeyman! 👍😀👍
16-11-2020, 10:07 AM
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Originally Posted by spitfire
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Any Trade Deal should make Britain Great again.
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