Oni dan sem prebral, da v brexitanskem kmetskem interesnem združenju (BTW, je članstvo v njem prostovoljno ali obvezno?) izražajo skrb zaradi posledic (pre)trdega Brexita. Menda bi jim lahko ob letu osorej zmanjkalo hrane.

The Guardian navaja opozorilo angleških kmetov, da zaloge hrane zadoščajo samo do avgusta 2019, če bodo po brexitu morali biti samooskrbni
agrobiznis.finance.s...njka-hrane

Zakaj že? Ker jim neusmiljeni EUropejci ne bi več hoteli prodajat sadja in zelenjave? Ali bi hudo navili cene? Ali bi Brexitanija zaračunavala carine? Ali kar vse skupaj? To mi je čudno, ker bi pričakoval, da bi se domače kmetstvo razveselilo upada tuje in prepoceni konkurence. Sploh, ker razen whiskyja, mlečnih izdelkov, mesa in lososov Brexitanci izvozijo bolj malo hrane. V glavnem, zadevo sem malo bolje razumel, ko sem prebral članek v tujem jeziku in ne v agrobizniščini.

Ko pa sem že brskal po Guardianu, sem naletel na eno fino zgodbo tipa 2TDK x cca 80-100, ki po vrednosti zasenči celo zloglasno novo berlinsko letališče. Gre za HS2, projekt hitre železnice od Londona do Birminghama. Zgadba ima podobne poteze kot so jih pri 2TDK opisovale Finance - od plač do raznih svetovalnih pogodb. Podobnost je lahko naključna, a vendar se mi zdi vredno omeniti, da je po mojem spominu glavni vladni pooblaščenec za drugi tir pridobil (sporni) naziv magistra oz. MSc v Brexitaniji. Najbrž pridobljeni brexitanski nou-hau zdaj prenaša v Mojo Deželo preko 2TDK.

This week the chairman of the national infrastructure commission, John Armitt, admitted that, to make transport sense, HS2 needs an extra £43bn adding to its budget. This budget is still fancifully put by the transport department at £56bn, but is variously estimated by the Treasury and others at £80bn to £100bn. The taypayer-owned HS2 Ltd is a classic para-statal: a collage of trapped ministers, unaccountable officials, a bottomless budget and no risk.
What is more, HS2 can pay itself what it likes. A quarter of the 1,346 staff were revealed this week as earning more than £100,000, with 15 more than £250,000. This was approved by the Treasury secretary, Liz Truss, whose boss Philip Hammond is hamstrung by having also approved HS2 as transport secretary in 2010. Meanwhile the company’s soaring consultancy bill also doubled last year to a staggering £600m, including £21m in one year on “environment consultants”. This train has already committed more than £10bn of public money to itself, without a yard of track laid. It is out of control. It makes Trident look a bargain.
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