UK Politics Thread VII: Wake me DUP inside [can't wake UUP]

[HMS Barham]

Aldi products are better at a lower cost than Sainsburies with a better deal for the supplier.

Sainsburies staff look happier because they lose their jobs if they don’t.

I'll have to take your word for it. In Germany itself Aldi really was a bit crap.

[Taihei Tengoku]

Having worked at both a Tesco and an Aldi down the years I can say that Aldi management just really cares far more about efficiency than customer service.

The German way.

An example would be if you asked a staff member where something is. In Tesco they expect you to walk the customer to the product

The British way.


The American way is that everything costs twice as much because the store looks like a Tescos from 2005 which in their minds is a palace of sophistication and luxury because it actually sells something other than smoothies and donuts, and the staff still don't know where anything is.

spoken like someone who hasnt been to costco!!!!!!

[Souseiseki]

Aldi products are better at a lower cost than Sainsburies with a better deal for the supplier.

Sainsburies staff look happier because they lose their jobs if they don’t.

I'll have to take your word for it. In Germany itself Aldi really was a bit crap.

the stella artois of supermarkets

[Philjia]

Aldi products are better at a lower cost than Sainsburies with a better deal for the supplier.

Sainsburies staff look happier because they lose their jobs if they don’t.

I'll have to take your word for it. In Germany itself Aldi really was a bit crap.

It was a bit too far away to make shopping there convenient last semester, but the mussels in white wine sauce were pretty good.

[HMS Barham]

I'll have to take your word for it. In Germany itself Aldi really was a bit crap.

It was a bit too far away to make shopping there convenient last semester, but the mussels in white wine sauce were pretty good.

What I liked were the dirt cheap off-brand liquors that looked kinda like something you'd heard of from a distance, but on closer inspection...

[HMS Barham]

The German way.


The British way.


The American way is that everything costs twice as much because the store looks like a Tescos from 2005 which in their minds is a palace of sophistication and luxury because it actually sells something other than smoothies and donuts, and the staff still don't know where anything is.

spoken like someone who hasnt been to costco!!!!!!

Is costco better or worse? I was considering getting a membership this year.

I went to a Korean supermarket last week which reminded me strongly of a good British supermarket apart from everything being in Korean. You could even buy fresh mackerel which I have never seen in the US (or in Germany for that matter).

[Taihei Tengoku]

spoken like someone who hasnt been to costco!!!!!!

Is costco better or worse? I was considering getting a membership this year.

I went to a Korean supermarket last week which reminded me strongly of a good British supermarket apart from everything being in Korean. You could even buy fresh mackerel which I have never seen in the US (or in Germany for that matter).

It's like Home Depot but for groceries. I don't think too many things are "fresh" (they do have a good meat counter) but they are "cheap as hell." I have commissary access so it's redundant for me.

H-Mart is great and technically it's an American chain.

[Hydesland]

There's an Aldi near me but I don't see what the fuss is about really. Honestly the place is an absolute tip and it's kind of off putting.

[Fartsniffage]

There's an Aldi near me but I don't see what the fuss is about really. Honestly the place is an absolute tip and it's kind of off putting.

But it's cheap. And that's the point.

[Ifreann]

There's an Aldi near me but I don't see what the fuss is about really. Honestly the place is an absolute tip and it's kind of off putting.

But it's cheap. And that's the point.

Cheap and cheerful*.


*Participating employees only

[Ifreann]

Today in bantz: Comrade Corbyn promises to lift the ban on selling the Daily Mail on Virgin trains once he nationalises them.

[Trumptonium]

"Under a Labour government the railway system will be brought back into public ownership and a hundred flowers will bloom"

?????

Was this an intended press release or was it published by accident? All fine and dandy to be enthusiastic but that sounds like a manifesto for schoolchildren in your election to the book club.

~~~~~ also mao zedong is the origin of that phrase, not saying anything ~~~~~

[Ostroeuropa]

"Under a Labour government the railway system will be brought back into public ownership and a hundred flowers will bloom"

?????

Was this an intended press release or was it published by accident? All fine and dandy to be enthusiastic but that sounds like a manifesto for schoolchildren in your election to the book club.

~~~~~ also mao zedong is the origin of that phrase, not saying anything ~~~~~

I cringed too. Still doesn't overshadow the bantz.

[Hydesland]

There's an Aldi near me but I don't see what the fuss is about really. Honestly the place is an absolute tip and it's kind of off putting.

But it's cheap. And that's the point.

Sure, it's cheap - but what's so novel about that? Asda used to be cheap but people didn't praise it as some kind of superior fashionable shopping choice.

[Ifreann]

The world's gone mad. Nigel Farrage wants another referendum on Brexit.

[Vassenor]

The world's gone mad. Nigel Farrage wants another referendum on Brexit.

He wants it to prove that there's been no change in opinion and everyone is still 100% in favour of his approach.

[Ifreann]

The world's gone mad. Nigel Farrage wants another referendum on Brexit.

He wants it to prove that there's been no change in opinion and everyone is still 100% in favour of his approach.

Neverendum confirmed.

[Vassenor]

He wants it to prove that there's been no change in opinion and everyone is still 100% in favour of his approach.

Neverendum confirmed.

It would be fun to see him come out of his echo chamber and see that yes, we're sick of this crap and want to reverse it.

[Hydesland]

The world's gone mad. Nigel Farrage wants another referendum on Brexit.

TFW

[Ifreann]

The world's gone mad. Nigel Farrage wants another referendum on Brexit.

TFW

[Trumptonium]

Neverendum confirmed.

It would be fun to see him come out of his echo chamber and see that yes, we're sick of this crap and want to reverse it.

You using the phrase "echo chamber" is the funniest thing I've seen since 2018 began.

Keep it coming.

[Trumptonium]

The luxury yacht industry is booming in the UK.

Sunseeker (based in Poole), Princess (Plymouth) and Fairline (Southampton) have all reported double digit growth this year, and Sunseeker has signed a deal to be one of the main sponsors of FIFA 18, a space normally reserved for the likes of $100bn+ companies.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/20 ... -on-brexit

“We suddenly became 15 to 20% cheaper than our competitors in Europe and the US [after Brexit],” said Russell Currie, managing director of Fairline Yachts, at the opening of the London Boat Show at ExCel in east London. “It’s been a fantastic year.”

Currie said 95% of the company’s yachts, the biggest of which sell for several million pounds, are exported so the collapse in the pound has made its vessels better value compared to European and US rivals. “That doesn’t mean that only 5% of owners are British,” he said. “Most of them are British but they are buying them in a sunnier climate than ours.”

More manufacturing jobs! #DespiteBrexit.

[Souseiseki]

wow, pretty fucking shameful that even nigel farage and aaron banks are trying to question the will of the people by undemocratically considering another referendum on this settled issue. shaking my head.

[Vassenor]

It would be fun to see him come out of his echo chamber and see that yes, we're sick of this crap and want to reverse it.

You using the phrase "echo chamber" is the funniest thing I've seen since 2018 began.

Keep it coming.

Uh-huh. Your attempt at a cheap gotcha has been noted. Keep it coming.

The luxury yacht industry is booming in the UK.

Sunseeker (based in Poole), Princess (Plymouth) and Fairline (Southampton) have all reported double digit growth this year, and Sunseeker has signed a deal to be one of the main sponsors of FIFA 18, a space normally reserved for the likes of $100bn+ companies.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/20 ... -on-brexit

“We suddenly became 15 to 20% cheaper than our competitors in Europe and the US [after Brexit],” said Russell Currie, managing director of Fairline Yachts, at the opening of the London Boat Show at ExCel in east London. “It’s been a fantastic year.”

Currie said 95% of the company’s yachts, the biggest of which sell for several million pounds, are exported so the collapse in the pound has made its vessels better value compared to European and US rivals. “That doesn’t mean that only 5% of owners are British,” he said. “Most of them are British but they are buying them in a sunnier climate than ours.”

More manufacturing jobs! #DespiteBrexit.

So I presume you have data that shows this growth would only have happened because of the referendum.

[Trumptonium]

You using the phrase "echo chamber" is the funniest thing I've seen since 2018 began.

Keep it coming.

Uh-huh. Your attempt at a cheap gotcha has been noted. Keep it coming.

The luxury yacht industry is booming in the UK.

Sunseeker (based in Poole), Princess (Plymouth) and Fairline (Southampton) have all reported double digit growth this year, and Sunseeker has signed a deal to be one of the main sponsors of FIFA 18, a space normally reserved for the likes of $100bn+ companies.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/20 ... -on-brexit

“We suddenly became 15 to 20% cheaper than our competitors in Europe and the US [after Brexit],” said Russell Currie, managing director of Fairline Yachts, at the opening of the London Boat Show at ExCel in east London. “It’s been a fantastic year.”

Currie said 95% of the company’s yachts, the biggest of which sell for several million pounds, are exported so the collapse in the pound has made its vessels better value compared to European and US rivals. “That doesn’t mean that only 5% of owners are British,” he said. “Most of them are British but they are buying them in a sunnier climate than ours.”

More manufacturing jobs! #DespiteBrexit.

So I presume you have data that shows this growth would only have happened because of the referendum.

So I presume you have data that shows this growth would have happened if the referendum didn't happen?

If you read the statement from the Managing Director of a Luxury Yacht corporation (presumably someone with more qualifications than Vassenor from NS), you'll see that he is referencing the effects of Brexit as the source of his success. Or do you not trust experts?

Here, hope I helped.

For each 18 month period, export growth
June 16 - November 17: 15.9% growth
December 14 - May 16: 3.76% growth
June 13 - November 14: -1.93% growth
December 11 - May 13: 3.5% growth
June 10 - November 11: 5.8% growth
December 08 - May 10: 6.1% growth