Re: Tesco Horse Burgers : Mon Feb 18, 2013 1:04 pm  

In one of the dafter 'couldn't-make-it-up' bits of this entire affair, Iceland's boss blames councils for driving down standards. So, councils demand cheaper meat for hospitals and schools – except they don't of course, for hospitals, and in many cases, they don't for schools either, where the service has been privatised. But anyway, this is to blame for Iceland selling shîte for £1. So Mum's gone to Iceland because the council made her? Are they really stupid – or do they simply assume that we are and will fall for any attempt to blame public services?

In one of the dafter 'couldn't-make-it-up' bits of this entire affair, Iceland's boss blames councils for driving down standards. So, councils demand cheaper meat for hospitals and schools – except they don't of course, for hospitals, and in many cases, they don't for schools either, where the service has been privatised. But anyway, this is to blame for Iceland selling shîte for £1. So Mum's gone to Iceland because the council made her? Are they really stupid – or do they simply assume that we are and will fall for any attempt to blame public services?

Re: Tesco Horse Burgers : Mon Feb 18, 2013 1:05 pm  

cod'ead wrote:

Another day, another summit between supermarkets and government. This time on how to restore customer confidence in processed food.

As the government were warned about this in writing nearly 2 years ago, it will be somewhat hypocritical of them if they belatedly have a go at the supermarkets.

Re: Tesco Horse Burgers : Mon Feb 18, 2013 1:07 pm  

I believe that anyone wishing to state that the Shepherd's Pie they make contains beef is well within their rights to do so!

Re: Tesco Horse Burgers : Mon Feb 18, 2013 1:19 pm  

TrinityIHC wrote:

sattire

If being wrong is "sattire" I better buy a new dictionary.

Re: Tesco Horse Burgers : Mon Feb 18, 2013 1:25 pm  

Standee wrote:

If being wrong is "sattire" I better buy a new dictionary.

It might be pertinent.

Re: Tesco Horse Burgers : Mon Feb 18, 2013 1:26 pm  

WIZEB wrote:

It might be pertinent.

Good point, had missed that!

Re: Tesco Horse Burgers : Mon Feb 18, 2013 1:27 pm  

Standee wrote:

If being wrong is "sattire" I better buy a new dictionary.

Don't worry - your dictionary is safe, I wasn't wrong!

Re: Tesco Horse Burgers : Mon Feb 18, 2013 1:42 pm  

Dally wrote:

As the government were warned about this in writing nearly 2 years ago, it will be somewhat hypocritical of them if they belatedly have a go at the supermarkets.

'The back-end of the pantomime horse has to be Government. We don't elect Findus. We don't elect food companies. We elect Government to defend us... 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? ... The people who are supposed to regulate the activities of business in this country are the elected politicians and they're just not even at the starting gate on that.''

Re: Tesco Horse Burgers : Mon Feb 18, 2013 1:43 pm  

TrinityIHC wrote:

Don't worry - your dictionary is safe, I wasn't wrong!

apparently not, on two counts.

Re: Tesco Horse Burgers : Mon Feb 18, 2013 1:48 pm  

WIZEB wrote:

Not only did the Labour Government abandon random testing of processed food but the Tories have cut 700 food standards officers.

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