PM & Health Minister test Positive For Covid-19

[trigger_andy]

13 minutes ago, Matthew Storrs said:

Modest too- you really are the whole package! ? 

What I mean is I often get told I speak shite and occasionally make a good point. Kinda like a broken clock is right twice a day.  

[headgroundsman]

I worked on farms most of my life before my accident ( for those that do not know I broke my back in RTA ). I was headgroundsman at a hotel with 100 acres at the time. I was very lucky as my boss told me there were no desk jobs for me so I would have to learn how to work from a wheelchair. I worked there for another 8 years. I have no gripes about the rates of pay for farm work. I worked hard, saved a little each week. Grew veg in my garden, went shooting for meat. I was made redundant 3 times and has a serious accident but was never out of work or claimed any benefits except for DLA. I got married last year and live mortgage free in a farm house with 1/4 acre garden. I guess I must be very lucky in life.

ps retired now at 62 but still love my veg garden

 

[Peasgood]

Worked on farms my entire life (56) in all weathers harvesting fruit and veg by hand. Mostly paid less than minimum wage, two weeks holiday a year, every third weekend off (was every fourth for a long time), all bank holidays, no time off in summer etc etc.

Wouldn't want to swap it with any of you lot, that's for sure. As for this isolation lark, my life hasn't changed as it's what I have always done.

[Stere]

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Why should British people be expected to work the fields for so little? Before mass immigration from Eastern Europe it was predominantly British people that did the harvesting, myself included. We have grown far to used to food at throw away prices. What we pay for fresh fruit and veg does not reflect the true cost. ID be happy to pay more for fresh food knowing that we where supporting not only the farmers but creating jobs, albeit seasonal, for British people, or whomever is already in the UK. Although the Farmers are somewhat to blame for the system they created of relying on foreign workers and housing them like Battery Chickens. To then call the British people who are not willing to work in those conditions, or for so little is an insult. It would be a massive step backwards to accept that kind of standards.

 

So lets see what the Government and Farmers come up with?  If anything positive comes out of this this could be it. 

 

Sounds abit commie to me so  u want a higher minimum wages? ?

 

Then how could they compete on price with cheap foreign imports picked by   slaves like alot of stuff italy and spain is

 

 

[trigger_andy]

2 hours ago, Stere said:

 

Sounds abit commie to me so  u want a higher minimum wages? ?

 

Then how could they compete on price with cheap foreign imports picked by   slaves like alot of stuff italy and spain is

 

 

Well, if thats your opinion Im not going to bother trying to change it.  

 

 

[trigger_andy]

3 hours ago, Peasgood said:

Worked on farms my entire life (56) in all weathers harvesting fruit and veg by hand. Mostly paid less than minimum wage, two weeks holiday a year, every third weekend off (was every fourth for a long time), all bank holidays, no time off in summer etc etc.

Wouldn't want to swap it with any of you lot, that's for sure. As for this isolation lark, my life hasn't changed as it's what I have always done.

Is your home included? 

 

We used to get free tatties and berries when we worked the farms. is that the same with you? Daffies too, but there's only so much of them you can fit in the house.  

[woody paul]

This is going to be the biggest shake up British people have had, most people waste money this will make them appreciate money but so maybe willing to work for less so no foreign getting a chance.