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| 'Let them eat turnips.' The fate of Europe depends on a modern Marie Antoinette | |
| 2023-02-28 | |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Vladimir Kornilov [RIA] Britain has its own Marie Antoinette. The only difference is that popular rumor unfairly attributed the phrase "They have no bread? Let them eat cakes" to the French queen. But the representative of the British government proclaimed a similar formula from the rostrum of her parliament, under television cameras and a transcript. The fact is that Britain is now experiencing another shortage epidemic - fruits and vegetables, especially tomatoes and cucumbers, have actually disappeared from supermarket shelves . Some retail chains were forced to impose restrictions on the sale of greens in one hand, which only led to increased panic among consumers. Deficiency epidemics have been flaring up in Albion intermittently lately. At first they were explained by the coronavirus, then they were attributed to Russia . And in the case of the current deficit, they decided to explain everything by a crop failure of vegetables in Spain and Morocco. It is surprising that this time Russia has not yet guessed to blame. And in these conditions, the Minister of Environment and Food Teresa Coffey, answering the questions of parliamentarians, did not find anything better than to advise diversifying the vegetable menu and eating turnips in the absence of tomatoes! She talked about the turnip, which we, in fact, call the fodder turnip. And just before that, Coffey became famous for no less brilliant answers to farmers' questions, turning to open rudeness towards them. Regarding the shortage of vegetables, she indifferently replied that she "cannot control the weather in Spain", as if she did not understand the calls to support domestic farming. And in response to complaints about the lack of money for food among a significant part of the population, she advised those in need to work a few more hours.
Notice how many such examples are now all over Europe! Truss, Coffey, Burbock and others constantly amaze with their lack of little erudition. Henry Kissinger drew attention to the problem of the quality of Western political leaders in his latest book, Leadership. He attributed this to the shift of residents from reading to visual culture, which causes a decline in the quality of literacy. Although the problem is not only this. The political tradition of many Western countries implies that deputies receive their constituencies (the so-called "safe" for a particular party) in fact as a legacy and can comfortably sit on them for decades. It is enough to sort out the necessary questions in the offices of party functionaries in order for you to be nominated for a candidate in such a constituency - and you don’t have to worry about anything. Coffey, who has little to no experience, was elected virtually uncontested in 2010 in a district that always votes Conservative. And before her, since the creation of the district in 1983, there was only one deputy there for almost three decades, who, upon reaching the age of 70, simply decided to move to a calmer House of Lords (and, by the way, is still there). That, in fact, is the whole "political struggle." So politicians like Coffey or Burbock really don't care about their constituents. Therefore, the crisis of the modern political elites of the West is becoming more and more menacing, to which it is increasingly difficult to turn a blind eye. When Marie Antoinette was in office, such problems were solved simply - by the guillotine. Now they cannot be solved by resignation: Coffey will come for Truss, for Coffey - some other genius who will start issuing "advice on a cosmic scale and cosmic stupidity." It would be nice if only the supermarket shelves in England depended on such incompetent people . But the fate of peace and war in Europe depends on them. And sometimes it gets really scary. | |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #4 #1 What actual nutritional value do cucumbers have? Posted by: Abu Uluque Well, according to Wikipedia, the cucumer is about 95% water. USDA has the complete nutritional information. |
| Posted by: Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2023-02-28 14:04 |
| #3 Mmmm tzatziki sauce on gyros |
| Posted by: Frank G 2023-02-28 12:13 |
| #2 A cucumber is just a wanna be pickle... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2023-02-28 11:52 |
| #1 What actual nutritional value do cucumbers have? |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2023-02-28 11:51 |