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[Bruce Wayne]

Theresa May suffers humiliating Lords defeat as peers demand UK stays in a customs union

Supporters of the Labour-led amendment argued MPs should have the opportunity to 'think again'

www.independent.co.uk

yada yada unelected bla bla

 

[Bruce Wayne]

I'm surprised May hasn't been in touch @peteblue to tap into your wisdom of the solutions that are out there waiting to be used. All talk and no trousers seems a recurring theme of this whole Brexit process

 

[edge]

Theresa May suffers humiliating Lords defeat as peers demand UK stays in a customs union

Supporters of the Labour-led amendment argued MPs should have the opportunity to 'think again'

www.independent.co.uk

yada yada unelected bla bla

should all be lashed in the bin , loads of them are getting money off the EU via pensions grants etc hardly likely to give a none bias view,
long over due to be confined to the pages of history.
Shocking in this day and age people still let lords ect decide there fate because of who they know, what favours they have done or which bed they were born in, or slept in
anyone who supports them is just a modern day peasant in there mindset.

 

[Walken]

I'm surprised May hasn't been in touch @peteblue to tap into your wisdom of the solutions that are out there waiting to be used. All talk and no trousers seems a recurring theme of this whole Brexit process

I'm not actually convinced the top tier of this government, including May, completely understand the situation with the backstop

 

[Harryflashman]

Us ambassador lying about food safety so that’s all good .

Today, Donald Trump’s ambassador in the UK insisted that chlorine-washed chicken was safe, arguing that the US has the “lowest level of food poisoning”.


The US has been the target of a “very, very successful” campaign against its food imports, Woody Johnson told Radio 4′s Today programme, blaming the EU.


Asked whether he would prefer to eat organic chicken or poultry washed with chlorine and beef pumped with hormones, the ambassador said: “If I had my choice between chicken that was clean and safe and it didn’t have campylobacter material and poisons on it, I would take the one that had been cleaned sufficiently.


“We have the lowest level of food poisoning in the United States,” he added. “Most Americans would feel our food is safe and cost effective and humane.”



————————In reality ——————




According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, around 48 million people in the US are affected by foodborne illnesses each year – around 14.8% of the population.


While salmonella is estimated to cause 1.2 million illnesses annually, infecting approximately 0.37% of Americans, around 0.4% of the population get sick as a result of campylobacter, with 1.3 million cases estimated each year.


However, cases in the UK are much lower. According to government data, just 0.096% of the population were affected by campylobacter in 2017, with just under 64,000 cases estimated.


Meanwhile, instances of salmonella were even less frequent. Just 0.015% of UK citizens were infected in 2017, with 10,089 cases confirmed.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Us ambassador lying about food safety so that’s all good .

Today, Donald Trump’s ambassador in the UK insisted that chlorine-washed chicken was safe, arguing that the US has the “lowest level of food poisoning”.


The US has been the target of a “very, very successful” campaign against its food imports, Woody Johnson told Radio 4′s Today programme, blaming the EU.


Asked whether he would prefer to eat organic chicken or poultry washed with chlorine and beef pumped with hormones, the ambassador said: “If I had my choice between chicken that was clean and safe and it didn’t have campylobacter material and poisons on it, I would take the one that had been cleaned sufficiently.


“We have the lowest level of food poisoning in the United States,” he added. “Most Americans would feel our food is safe and cost effective and humane.”



————————In reality ——————




According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, around 48 million people in the US are affected by foodborne illnesses each year – around 14.8% of the population.


While salmonella is estimated to cause 1.2 million illnesses annually, infecting approximately 0.37% of Americans, around 0.4% of the population get sick as a result of campylobacter, with 1.3 million cases estimated each year.


However, cases in the UK are much lower. According to government data, just 0.096% of the population were affected by campylobacter in 2017, with just under 64,000 cases estimated.


Meanwhile, instances of salmonella were even less frequent. Just 0.015% of UK citizens were infected in 2017, with 10,089 cases confirmed.

Hard to argue with data like that, although I'm gonna assume that the Radio 4 person didn't present him with those facts?

 

[edge]

Us ambassador lying about food safety so that’s all good .

Today, Donald Trump’s ambassador in the UK insisted that chlorine-washed chicken was safe, arguing that the US has the “lowest level of food poisoning”.


The US has been the target of a “very, very successful” campaign against its food imports, Woody Johnson told Radio 4′s Today programme, blaming the EU.


Asked whether he would prefer to eat organic chicken or poultry washed with chlorine and beef pumped with hormones, the ambassador said: “If I had my choice between chicken that was clean and safe and it didn’t have campylobacter material and poisons on it, I would take the one that had been cleaned sufficiently.


“We have the lowest level of food poisoning in the United States,” he added. “Most Americans would feel our food is safe and cost effective and humane.”



————————In reality ——————




According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, around 48 million people in the US are affected by foodborne illnesses each year – around 14.8% of the population.


While salmonella is estimated to cause 1.2 million illnesses annually, infecting approximately 0.37% of Americans, around 0.4% of the population get sick as a result of campylobacter, with 1.3 million cases estimated each year.


However, cases in the UK are much lower. According to government data, just 0.096% of the population were affected by campylobacter in 2017, with just under 64,000 cases estimated.


Meanwhile, instances of salmonella were even less frequent. Just 0.015% of UK citizens were infected in 2017, with 10,089 cases confirmed.

he was on farming today, they had a girl on from some real facts site ,she gave all this info out right afterwards.

 

[gonetomorrow]

What's the Attorney General on about his meat and two veg? Or did I imagine it?

 

[edge]

further to my post above the EU brought in measures in 2004 to 2005 to help bring down infections caught from poultry stocks , since it has gone down.
In fairness to the USA they have brought measures in this year to do the same , that ambassador didn't mention it says a lot about how good he is when he didn't brief this out.
Wonder if Donald needs an ambassador for Merseyside i am available.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

further to my post above the EU brought in measures in 2004 to 2005 to help bring down infections caught from poultry stocks , since it has gone down.
In fairness to the USA they have brought measures in this year to do the same , that ambassador didn't mention it says a lot about how good he is when he didn't brief this out.
Wonder if Donald needs an ambassador for Merseyside i am available.

I think @Big Fat Sam is auditioning tbh.

 

[Big Fat Sam]

I think @Big Fat Sam is auditioning tbh.

Worth a go, but can't be arsed with the 1000 km commute on a daily basis.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Worth a go, but can't be arsed with the 1000 km commute on a daily basis.

With that level of laziness you're a shoe in.

 

[Big Fat Sam]

With that level of laziness you're a shoe in.

It's too close to Everton. I'd need to find more creative reasons for not going to the games then. I'ma stay right where I am. The job is yours for the taking.

 

[peteblue]

I'm surprised May hasn't been in touch @peteblue to tap into your wisdom of the solutions that are out there waiting to be used. All talk and no trousers seems a recurring theme of this whole Brexit process

As does the Eu continually saying ‘tell us what you want’. This brinkmanship does not auger well for any future relationship. We should just walk away, let the clock tick down and leave....

 

[Bruce Wayne]

As does the Eu continually saying ‘tell us what you want’. This brinkmanship does not auger well for any future relationship. We should just walk away, let the clock tick down and leave....

The backstop was the government's idea though. It was just an idea they had no real idea how to implement, and that has been soundly rejected by the UK parliament. Not really sure how that's the EU's fault or problem.