UK Government Petition to lower fuel prices

[The Dong]

Martin Naef wrote:
> I mean, why is the lamb shank from New Zealand half the price than the 
> Scottish equivalent? It's not like there'd be a lack of sheep around 
> here... So obviously transport is still cheap.
> 
> There's always two sides of a story.

Yeah. On this side of the story transport is so expensive (and every 
link of the chain rips off as much as possible) that it is cheaper to 
fly in the lamb from Australia or New Zealand than to lob lambs on a 
truck to the abattoir then down to the shop.

"Two lorry trips!! That's twice extra!!"

I am within walking distance of 'the lambs', but can't generally afford 
to eat them. Maybe once or twice a month. It has pretty much doubled in 
price over about a year. I love lamb chops!!