Yellow vests - fuel protest day of action in France
Discussion
turbobloke said:
Bill said:
Find a source that says otherwise then. 
C’est un jeu d’enfant.
However, having spent alot of time in France, I do wonder whether that is because every farmer can create their own variety of cheese in the UK, whereas in France, there is much more structure/formality around "appelations", so multiple types of Brie are counted as a variety rather than individual varieties?
LordLoveLength said:
ATG said:
It would have no doubt annoyed him to be told that the UK has more varieties of cheese than France.
It would have annoyed him more listening to Liz Truss banging on about it.We import 2/3 of our cheese. That is a disgrace. Apparently
ATG said:
LordLoveLength said:
ATG said:
It would have no doubt annoyed him to be told that the UK has more varieties of cheese than France.
It would have annoyed him more listening to Liz Truss banging on about it.We import 2/3 of our cheese. That is a disgrace. Apparently
loafer123 said:
turbobloke said:
Bill said:
Find a source that says otherwise then.
C’est un jeu d’enfant.
However, having spent alot of time in France, I do wonder whether that is because every farmer can create their own variety of cheese in the UK, whereas in France, there is much more structure/formality around "appelations", so multiple types of Brie are counted as a variety rather than individual varieties?
I think that might be 2-0 loafer
Ian Geary said:
loafer123 said:
grumbledoak said:
loafer123 said:
Indeed.
I am a huge cheese fan, but there is no way we have more types of cheese than France.
https://www.newsweek.com/britain-produces-more-che...I am a huge cheese fan, but there is no way we have more types of cheese than France.
The UK May produce 750 different cheeses, but how many are cheddar, for example?
France produces many more varieties than the UK.
Still not great cheese, but edible without gagging.
Seems we had the provincial protest in the form the the anti-establishment UKIP vote at the GE and then the "Leave" result of the referendum. The French, on the other hand, are doing it their own inimitable style, but for very similar reasons: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-47859485
king from both the ECB and the IMF. Plus ca change...
BBC said:
France has the highest taxation rate among developed countries.
Data from the OECD economic think-tank for 2017 shows France top, with taxes equivalent to 46.2% of national output (GDP), with Denmark second (46%) and Sweden third (44%).
But France also has the highest level of social spending, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
That spending was 31.2% of GDP in France in 2018; in second place was Belgium (28.9%) and third was Finland (28.7%). The UK figure was 20.6%...
...Yellow vest protesters accuse Mr Macron of protecting the Parisian elite, especially the wealthy, while neglecting the hardship of citizens in the provinces.
Of course cutting taxes will put France, once more, on a heading for a budgetary bData from the OECD economic think-tank for 2017 shows France top, with taxes equivalent to 46.2% of national output (GDP), with Denmark second (46%) and Sweden third (44%).
But France also has the highest level of social spending, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
That spending was 31.2% of GDP in France in 2018; in second place was Belgium (28.9%) and third was Finland (28.7%). The UK figure was 20.6%...
...Yellow vest protesters accuse Mr Macron of protecting the Parisian elite, especially the wealthy, while neglecting the hardship of citizens in the provinces.
king from both the ECB and the IMF. Plus ca change...
irocfan said:
Which ones are Twunts ?The protesters for the damage or the Police for the tear gas and heavy handedness ? or maybe Macron for not engaging with the protestors ?
This doesn't look like it's going away any time soon.
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