Re: Tesco Horse Burgers : Mon Feb 18, 2013 1:50 pm  

Dally wrote:

So, Labour raised the flag and the Tories opened the starting stalls?

I disagree with you not.

Re: Tesco Horse Burgers : Mon Feb 18, 2013 1:55 pm  

WIZEB wrote:

'Not only did the Labour Government abandon random testing of processed food but the Tories have cut 700 food standards officers. Now what kind of false economy is that? '

well, if you're going to abandon testing, then there's no point employing people to test.

Re: Tesco Horse Burgers : Mon Feb 18, 2013 1:59 pm  

Dally wrote:

So, Labour raised the flag and the Tories opened the starting stalls?

Go back further. The process of deregulation etc began in the 1980s. Successive governments have continued it.

Re: Tesco Horse Burgers : Mon Feb 18, 2013 2:01 pm  

samwire wrote:

well, if you're going to abandon testing, then there's no point employing people to test.

Re: Tesco Horse Burgers : Mon Feb 18, 2013 3:08 pm  

Standee wrote:

apparently not, on two counts.

Which point was supposedly incorrect?

The one where I agreed that cottage pie is supposedly beef or the one I agreed shepherds pie was lamb?

Or was it referring to a dig at a political event a satire?

Anyway, don't want to derail this thread any more over minor points of comprehension.

Re: Tesco Horse Burgers : Mon Feb 18, 2013 4:29 pm  

I see B&Q have had to take all their flooring off the shelves as they have found laminate

Re: Tesco Horse Burgers : Mon Feb 18, 2013 5:33 pm  

Interesting results of a survey in The Grocer

Interesting results of a survey in The Grocer

Re: Tesco Horse Burgers : Mon Feb 18, 2013 8:02 pm  

So 29% will buy more British meat.

Good. I have dashed off a memo to all the horses I am backing at Cheltenham, so they are under no illusions.

Re: Tesco Horse Burgers : Mon Feb 18, 2013 8:09 pm  

C4 Dispatches NOW

Re: Tesco Horse Burgers : Mon Feb 18, 2013 8:38 pm  

cod'ead wrote:

C4 Dispatches NOW

Do you mean Panorama? It's on now - 8.30PM.