love* in the time of plague (and by love* i mean brexit* and other dreary matters of uk politics)

on moments like this

Sunak definitely needs to work on curbing his twinkly grin when delivering the news that, yes indeed, lol we're all going to die.

I quite like it, gives you a grisly faceapp quality to the news

He is really struggling to suppress it during this interview I'm watching.

Is it more of a "I'm here to make your death as comfortable as possible" twinkly grin or more of an "oh, have we had a little accident again?" twinkly grin?

Britain’s leaders asked their people to do three things, captured in one pithy slogan: “Stay home. Protect the NHS. Save lives.”

that's one thing ffs

consumer-facing service sector is now 80% of economy per FT, which goes on to quote

“We expect pent-up consumer demand to drive a strong recovery in the third quarter, although this momentum will gradually fade as the outlook for the labour market deteriorates"

(xxp) It's like Priti Patel's smirk, he can't help himself.

this momentum will gradually fade as survivors resort to eating one another

Cannibalism provides strong downward pressure on supermarket sales.

Putting the Dom in holodomor

But upward pressure on flatware and prion treatments, so it’s not all bad news for industry

BREAKING: @scotgov has announced its commitment to extending the protections against eviction until March 2021.

This helps thousands hit hard by the pandemic to keep a roof over their heads.

This is a big win for our supporters and us.

Thank you all! 🙌🙌🎉#shelterscotland pic.twitter.com/ZkkKkdDNtr

— Shelter Scotland (@shelterscotland) August 12, 2020

Look out for the Scottish government bending over backwards to be nice guys after this exams debacle.

Truss is back on her cheese game, when you are barely even in the league one of European cheese producers it probably isn't best to draw too much attention to a national product that might be ok, but due to lack of demand you can only really export in micro quantities.

it's a crackers strategy

Good Stilton and Cheddar are A-listers tbf, pretty fond of Stinking Bishop too

^

good cheddar what's that?

Truss Liz to be grating on my nerves

As someone who loves British cheese and always looks for it when they are abroad and has spent 15 years living in different countries around Europe and Asia, I have to report that we apparently do not export any cheese at all.

good cheddar what's that?
― plax (ico), Wednesday, August 12, 2020 3:36 PM (two minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

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Cheddar is almost never not dull and Stinking Bishop is rubbish. The UK does some brilliant goats cheeses but plenty of the bigger names just can't measure up to Europe's

I've got no prob with UK cheese, just saying the global demand for it is relatively miniscule.

Stilton is unfuckwithable though yeah, liz truss otm lol

The UK cheese deficit is in the region of 40,000 tonnes per month.

Some of you are apparently more acquainted with crack than cheese

Whereas I suspect if you look at France they are exporting millions of tonnes of cheese a month and would look at you with baffled disgust if you mentioned that other countries make it at all.

My local supermarket in Paris, in a quite untouristy part of the city, carries Wyke Farms cheddar, in slices, blocks, and shredded as well. I have no idea if that's a "good" cheddar but you do export some cheese

(I think British cheese is generally excellent fwiw)

Pathetic stuff.

Sir Steve House said officers could not have known Butler and the driver of the BMW car were black before they stopped it, because the windows were tinted.

“Criminals often use vehicles to travel in and to commit crime, therefore officers will often check cars to see if there is anything that requires them to stop it and do further checks.”

House continued: “The officers ran a number plate check on the vehicle. At this stage, the officers still didn’t know who the occupants of the car were, including their ethnicity because the car windows were tinted.

Tinted front windscreen was it?

Proper strong Cheddar is a fucking staple, not my problem if people are daft enough to buy crap

Yeah the really strong stuff is good but also p hard to find

at least they're not talking about innovative jams anymore i guess

Surely running the plates of every passing car is an inefficient use of police resources?

Stinking Bishop just doesn't stink. It's such a bland, mild disappointment. And there's France mass-producing Vacherin and Epoisses like it's nbd

Sounds like you bought a dud Bishop tbh

Would agree it's not as good as the best French cheeses in that style but nothing could be

You might be right. I need it to properly stink next time

I've never had any that hasn't reeked, probably a question of how wrongly it's been refrigerated

I don't know, running down Britain's cheeses, did Lord Mountbatten die in vain?

itt bashing the bishop

I got me a chunk of port wine derby this week and it looks freaking horrible, hope it tastes better than it looks!

Yeah I guess if you cool it down too much it loses the edge

If cheese looks repulsive that's usually a good sign

I love mixing a few different cheeses for sauces cos it seems any combination seems to work fine, never had a disaster yet. Stilton gives a lovely texture to sauces and you can't go wrong with a bit of blue brie in there as well.

A nice cheese sauce is going to make post Brexit long pig that much more palatable

hmm rolls of human thigh pancetta, don't front like it won't be delish!

I can just imagine the lolz Japanese trade minister is having with his colleagues after a meeting with Liz Truss.

"Brexit: UK-Japan trade deal ‘consensus’ crumbles over Stilton"

i didn't realise NickB was a copy editor at the indie

Lol the graun one said “Stilton drives a wedge between” &c, NickB moonlighting!

Can't believe nobody is taking this listeriously

absolutely shocking british cheese situation in the US. just shocking. nothing but cheddar, and what they call "sharp cheddar" is so mild i would not give it to an infant with a weak stomach, and what they call mild is essentially milk in a solid form. you couldn't kick a ball in the street.

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"American Cheese" and also apparently they have a variety called "Brick Cheese"!