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Is semi-skimmed milk a left wing option?

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AmberWarning10 · 04/12/2024 16:09

Is semi-skimmed milk a left wing option?

Nigel Farage has posted a video ranting about the milk options at a “smart” London hotel - semi-skimmed, oat milk, and almond milk, appear to be denounced as “left wing options”.

He may have a point about the lack of whole milk, but are other milks left-wing? What kind of milk would be a far-right milk? Or Communist milk?

This is the debate that will define the next decade.

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MurdoMunro · 04/12/2024 17:01

Full fat milk - Johnson
Buttermilk - Ed Davey
UHT - Angela Merkel
Oat milk - Caroline Lucas
Semi skimmed - Sturgeon
Skimmed - Reese Mogg
Water - Corbyn
Weak piss - Farage

Tooes · 04/12/2024 17:03

They say they're are no stupid questions, but ...

Eetzup · 04/12/2024 17:03

Odd for that grifting fucker to have such an issue with something so white.

Is semi-skimmed milk a left wing option?
GoodLaudanum · 04/12/2024 17:07

Eetzup · 04/12/2024 17:03

Odd for that grifting fucker to have such an issue with something so white.

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TinklySnail · 04/12/2024 17:07

AmberWarning10 · 04/12/2024 16:09

Is semi-skimmed milk a left wing option?

Nigel Farage has posted a video ranting about the milk options at a “smart” London hotel - semi-skimmed, oat milk, and almond milk, appear to be denounced as “left wing options”.

He may have a point about the lack of whole milk, but are other milks left-wing? What kind of milk would be a far-right milk? Or Communist milk?

This is the debate that will define the next decade.

Where can I see this rant?

Boomer55 · 04/12/2024 17:10

I’m a pensioner and I’ve drunk semi skimmed for decades - hardly a modern left wing option…😂😂

eqpi4t2hbsnktd · 04/12/2024 17:14

Genuinely no idea what colour our lid is... but did get called "London Privileged" for having a milkman!

Skodasuperb · 04/12/2024 17:20

It's the opposite. Semi skimmed, skimmed and oat / nut milks are the healthier option. This clearly shows that people are looking after no1 and making healthy choices.

Whole milk, on the other hand, is clearly the Leninist dairy option. High in fat and calories, raises BP and cholesterol which socialised medicine can then treat in the glorious nhs.

BruisedNeckMeat · 04/12/2024 17:21

This is actually quite amusing. I consider myself fairly right of centre and only drink whole milk! I’ve never associated the two.

Perhaps all the oat/almond/soy is linked to ultra leftie, hipster wanky types with their artisanal coffee shops. Proper, salt of the Earth Brits have reacted by insisting on full-blooded milk in our tea.

NobleWashedLinen · 04/12/2024 17:23

Ladamesansmerci · 04/12/2024 16:14

For real 😭 he does realise people have allergies? Or that maybe some people just prefer oat milk?

My family have only ever had semi-skinned. I've never liked full fat. Can people seriously tell the difference between semi and whole in tea??

Far right milk is obvs from Jeremy Clarkson's farm.

It's totally left wingers who are sensitive snowflakes.

Having allergies is definitely left wing woke bollocks. Proper right-thinking people don't have allergies.

newtlover · 04/12/2024 17:26

eqpi4t2hbsnktd · 04/12/2024 17:14

Genuinely no idea what colour our lid is... but did get called "London Privileged" for having a milkman!

hmm, throwing delivery and/or packaging into the mix raises a host of new questions
I have a milkman and live in the gritty north (WC=leftie?)
but its in glass bottles and organic (MC, green?)
the other day I bought full fat, non pasteurised milk direct from the farmer (supporting a local small business...?) but it was in a plastic bottle, with a white top....all v confusing

XDownwiththissortofthingX · 04/12/2024 17:29

Oat Milk = Woke

Semi skimmed = for Lefties.

Real men take lard and eight sugars in their tea.

KnopkaPixie · 04/12/2024 17:34

I'm an anarchist. I drink wild goats' milk. The goats congrugate on common land and we negotiate. In return for the milk I build them a shelter and everything works fine until somebody turns up and shouts, "But who will build the roads!"

RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie · 04/12/2024 17:36

The only relevant question here is, 'Is Nigel Farage a totally stupid, offensive, incendiary fucking twat?'

And the only relevant answer is, 'Of course he fucking is.'

MurdoMunro · 04/12/2024 17:38

Hey hey hey @RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie have a yakult and take a moment. Breathe it out, it’s OK. You’re with friends.

ErrolTheDragon · 04/12/2024 17:38

Hm... I prefer skimmed milk in tea, while milk in coffee.

So, my milk preferences show I've got a nice balance of left and right wing, which is as it should be.Dragon

PerditaLaChien · 04/12/2024 17:41

Almond milk (thats aaaaahmond milk, iykyk) is bad for the environment.

Skim milk is a fucking crime.

Semi skim is bearable

Blue top is the nicest

Oat milk is the most sensible of the alternative "milks".

DemonicCaveMaggot · 04/12/2024 17:42

ForPearlViper · 04/12/2024 16:26

We used to get Brucellosis tested fresh milk from a local farmer/milkman, rather than pasturised, when I was growing up - don't know if you can still get it.

I don't think it was a positive political, or even culinary, choice though - it was just the sort the milkman had. However, I'm a bit worried now in case I have been indoctrinated in some way? I think Trump is abhorrent but now I'm worried I might be a 'sleeper' and stray phrase will set me off one day.

You have seen the Manchurian Candidate?

The local farmer is clearly your cell leader. He will contact you shortly.

Eetzup · 04/12/2024 17:42

I wonder what the good people of Clacton think about Nigel's latest crusade? He's definitely across the big issues.

GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 04/12/2024 17:44

I usually only use skimmed. Does that make me a rabid Marxist?

MurdoMunro · 04/12/2024 17:47

I think you might actually be Lenin @GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER come back to haunt us. Do you agree that a basic condition for the necessary expansion of political agitation is the organisation of comprehensive political exposure?

SmudgeButt · 04/12/2024 17:49

Love full fat milk. Better yet I love the stuff you get from the vending machines in some near rural areas. £1.30 for a litre of fresh and creamy milk!!! And that's leftish as you are recycling your glass milk bottles too. Very save the whales and all that blather.

Even better is proper hohe alpen milch from meadows high in the alps where the cows are all big doe eyed creatures looking like extras in the sound of music. No seriously folks - this is really tree hugging, naturist engendering stuff. It's so far left of left that Nigel can't even imagine it. Thankfully.

HongKongFinish · 04/12/2024 17:50

I'm happy to consume any type of milk which annoys the cunt.
Might even make me drink more of it...

1457bloom · 04/12/2024 17:51

BIWI · 04/12/2024 16:14

skimmed milk = red top = left wing
semi-skimmed = green top = green party
whole milk = blue top = right wing

<gavel>

Spot on

Eetzup · 04/12/2024 17:52

SmudgeButt · 04/12/2024 17:49

Love full fat milk. Better yet I love the stuff you get from the vending machines in some near rural areas. £1.30 for a litre of fresh and creamy milk!!! And that's leftish as you are recycling your glass milk bottles too. Very save the whales and all that blather.

Even better is proper hohe alpen milch from meadows high in the alps where the cows are all big doe eyed creatures looking like extras in the sound of music. No seriously folks - this is really tree hugging, naturist engendering stuff. It's so far left of left that Nigel can't even imagine it. Thankfully.

Not sure I agree. Those cows sound suspiciously like they could be fascists to me.

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