It's been a long 20 years.
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| Author: | Sussex [ Fri Nov 09, 2012 9:19 am ] |
| Post subject: | The war is finally over. |
It's been a long 20 years. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20263308 |
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| Author: | grandad [ Fri Nov 09, 2012 10:04 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The war is finally over. |
A reduction of €62 per tonne. How much will that be per banana? |
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| Author: | Nidge2 [ Fri Nov 09, 2012 10:28 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The war is finally over. |
grandad wrote: A reduction of €62 per tonne. How much will that be per banana? About 0.0000001p |
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| Author: | wannabeeahack [ Fri Nov 09, 2012 10:41 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The war is finally over. |
grandad wrote: A reduction of €62 per tonne. How much will that be per banana? dunno, but arent they bent? |
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| Author: | Nidge2 [ Fri Nov 09, 2012 4:49 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The war is finally over. |
wannabeeahack wrote: grandad wrote: A reduction of €62 per tonne. How much will that be per banana? dunno, but arent they bent? Europe didn't want them bent did they? They wanted straight ones a few years ago. The UK pay billions a year for them to make statments like that. |
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| Author: | gusmac [ Fri Nov 09, 2012 4:57 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The war is finally over. |
Nidge2 wrote: wannabeeahack wrote: grandad wrote: A reduction of €62 per tonne. How much will that be per banana? dunno, but arent they bent? Europe didn't want them bent did they? They wanted straight ones a few years ago. The UK pay billions a year for them to make statments like that. That's just crap. The sad thing is so many people believe it. |
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| Author: | trotskys twin [ Fri Nov 09, 2012 5:41 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The war is finally over. |
Europe didn't want them bent did they? They wanted straight ones a few years ago. The UK pay billions a year for them to make statments like that.[/quote] That's just crap. The sad thing is so many people believe it.[/quote][/quote] Spot on Jock 
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| Author: | wannabeeahack [ Fri Nov 09, 2012 7:39 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The war is finally over. |
Quote: the commissioners have no problem with straight bananas, it's the crooked ones they don't like so much, but they have never banned them. As Commission Regulation (EC) 2257/94 puts it, bananas must be "free from malformation or abnormal curvature". In the case of "Extra class" bananas, there is no wiggle room, but Class 1 bananas can have "slight defects of shape", and Class 2 bananas can have full-on "defects of shape".
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| Author: | blackpool [ Fri Nov 09, 2012 7:56 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The war is finally over. |
Accusations of distorted or untruthful reporting are most commonly directed at conservative and Eurosceptic sections of the British media.[7] Stories often present the European civil service[8] as drafting rules that "defy common sense". Examples cited as Euromyths include stories about rules banning mince-pies, curved bananas and mushy peas.[2] Others include a story that English fish and chips shops would be forced to use Latin names for their fish (Sun, 5 September 2001),[8] that double-decker buses would be banned (The Times, 9 April 1998),[9] that British rhubarb must be straight,[10] and that barmaids would have to cover up their cleavages.[11] Its a myth 
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| Author: | wannabeeahack [ Fri Nov 09, 2012 11:40 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The war is finally over. |
It does disprove the EU-myth that the EU will be the best thing for EU consumers Though it may be the best thing for a few African banana growers |
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