tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post7687951117741383723..comments2024-03-26T13:27:26.499+00:00Comments on Zelo Street: Isabel Oakeshott’s Chicken ConTim Fentonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00726447899972084146noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-61818521440907282972019-08-18T10:09:39.314+01:002019-08-18T10:09:39.314+01:00I just cannot believe how naive people are when th...I just cannot believe how naive people are when they think the USA is just going to roll over and offer the UK a fab trade deal (even though they take years to conclude) on the spurious notion we are "special friends".<br />It's why these deals take ages to conclude because everyone obviously wants the most advantageous deal for them but when you have no options (having pissed off the biggest trading bloc in the world just over the pond) you are there to be taken advantage of.<br />Yet Britain seems to believe a known con-artist and many times failed businessman will somehow be the UK's saviour even though Congress calls the shots and would want what is best for the USA having 100 years of screwing the rest of the world on trade.<br />Let alone- who in the Hell is going to negotiate these deals?<br />Britain needs about 5000 expert trade negotiators. The ex-Oz PM Malcolm Turnbull loaned about 10 to the UK for a time but they've all been withdrawn to work on a seemingly never-ending deal still being negotiated with China which began over 10 years ago.<br />And anyone who thinks the Chinese won't put the screws on any trading partner they are dealing with who thinks they can get reprieve from the USA has rocks in their head. They can run rings around the rest of the world as Australia is now discovering having lorded it over the tiny South Pacific nations who have now turned to China for aid.Samnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-8861693921881883912019-08-18T09:42:40.186+01:002019-08-18T09:42:40.186+01:00The discussion online has got bogged down - probab...The discussion online has got bogged down - probably deliberately - in chicken. It's not just chicken: all our food standards, built up over many years, will have to be changed if we want any kind of a deal with the US. <br /><br />And as for the "You don't have to eat it" bunch: adequate food labelling is another food standard that will go: US food companies manage to keep an awful lot off labels that we have as standard. So we won't know what we're eating, or where it comes from.Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01698850550636271224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-72785956412765577602019-08-17T20:21:51.538+01:002019-08-17T20:21:51.538+01:00Very informative, Wildswimmer Pete - thank you!Very informative, Wildswimmer Pete - thank you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-90396538662784439742019-08-17T18:37:51.319+01:002019-08-17T18:37:51.319+01:00If anything is "factory farmed" it's...If anything is "factory farmed" it's far right tories like Oakeshitt and (very) Badly. <br /><br />Either that or straight off the Murdoch/Rothermere propaganda production line.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-39264063158264744972019-08-17T18:33:31.613+01:002019-08-17T18:33:31.613+01:00UK tap water is usually chlorinated to 1 part per ...UK tap water is usually chlorinated to 1 part per million but during warm weather it can be a little higher. Swimming pool water is usually chlorinated at around 3ppm - the "chlorine" smell of pools is down to the reaction with chlorine and the urea in urine to form trichloramine together with other toxic compounds that are also responsible for red "chlorine eyes". The chlorine wash used in the US is around 50ppm. There several compounds that can used in the wash, one of those is sodium hypochlorite aka toilet bleach.<br /><br />Tory Ben Bradley is talking through his arse and Oakeshott is not any better.Wildswimmer Petehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05277947534074019670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-87758478788795454522019-08-17T18:28:05.676+01:002019-08-17T18:28:05.676+01:00Whilst the EU isn't a perfect beast, at least ...Whilst the EU isn't a perfect beast, at least our common standards of animal husbandry are far, far better than those of the US. But those that see pound signs before their eyes in the chance of making a financial killing are happy to abandon these standards, knowing they'll never be eating the poor quality stuff imported if we do.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-70650337247350869992019-08-17T17:53:12.585+01:002019-08-17T17:53:12.585+01:00Just like at the obesity levels in the US, that...Just like at the obesity levels in the US, that's as good a reason as any to keep their foods off our shelvesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com