[BITList] Mangoes

[John Feltham]

> Ladies and Gentlemen, Friends and Relations,
> 
>  Please see attached.  This is a totally intolerable situation that cannot be allowed to continue.  The European Union has gone too far this time.  No Alphonso Mangoes in Britain this summer?  This is not democracy.
> 
>  Do the EU bureaucrats not realise that the Alphonso Mango is the king of fruits.  To forbid their consumption in the UK in May is a bit like banning Easter Eggs at Easter, Turkeys at Thanksgiving, Christmas Pudding at Christmas (actually, that might be a blessing!), Strawberries and Pimms at Henley Royal Regatta, Champagne at Weddings, Pumpkin Pie at ... whatever occasion it is that people eat this strange concoction.  Etc, etc, you get the message.
> 
>  And why are the EU banning the mighty Alphonso?  Apparently to save the European tobacco crop!  I would make two not entirely irrelevant points here:
> 
>  A: Smoking is bad for you. 
> 
> B: One acre of Cuba probably grows more tobacco than the whole of Europe.
> 
>  They cannot be serious!  We demand our Alphonso Mangoes!  If the EU does not bend then to misquote a great statesman ...
> 
> ‘We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans [if the RN can find a serviceable ship], we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air [well, maybe not after the latest defence cuts], we shall defend our right to consume Alphonso Mangoes, whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight in the market place, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in Harrods; we shall never surrender.’
> 
>  We demand our Alphonso Mangoes!  Or else – Brussels!
> 


ooroo

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