BRFR Cake Stop 'breaking news' miscellany

[briantrumpet]

I don't think this "Brian Moore" does hate to be pedantic. Call it a hunch ...

To be fair to me, I'm rarely pedantic on general social media stuff (unless someone else is being pedantic and makes a mistake themself), but if it's an academic or media body, then I probably will mention mistakes, as it's their job to get it right. The social media team at the school where I used to work are getting used to me pointing things out from time to time...

Also, I get annoyed with bodies publishing on SM but not bothering to read replies, so I'm kinda making a point: read replies, or have your mistakes pointed out for everyone to see. Occasionally they do amend.

 

[Ian H]

To be fair to me, I'm rarely pedantic on general social media stuff (unless someone else is being pedantic and makes a mistake themself), but if it's an academic or media body, then I probably will mention mistakes, as it's their job to get it right. The social media team at the school where I used to work are getting used to me pointing things out from time to time...

Also, I get annoyed with bodies publishing on SM but not bothering to read replies, so I'm kinda making a point: read replies, or have your mistakes pointed out for everyone to see. Occasionally they do amend.

Perhaps I ought to invite @matticus to W**dn**ds

 

[briantrumpet]

Perhaps I ought to invite @matticus to W**dn**ds

He might see that I'm the epitome of laissez faire.

 

[briantrumpet]

This ought to get an award for the most shameless hypocrisy, as nowhere does the WP mention that Telnaes won the Pulitzer for a cartoon that was spiked by the WP and over which she resigned.

 

[matticus]

The social media team at the school where I used to work are getting used to me pointing things out from time to time...

" from time to time." hmmm ...

 

[briantrumpet]

" from time to time." hmmm ...

I like to keep them on their toes. Most recent one was a reign/rein confusion, and they were grateful to have it pointed out. I was amused when one of the two people I emailed returned from her two-week holiday, and having read her emails noted that the post was actually correct... well, yes, it was by then!

I did once go into the control room just before a graduation for Exeter University to point out a grammar error on one of their Powerpoint slides - thankfully they were able to edit there and then.

 

[Stevo 666]

Maybe bring part of a large trading bloc has some benefits.

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What do you think of Starmer's new trade deal with India, Brian?

 

[briantrumpet]

What do you think of Starmer's new trade deal with India, Brian?

Seems fine on the surface. A few billion will make a small dent in the loss of trade with the EU, so is better than nothing, for sure.

To put it in context:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c99p2mlyep5o

The EU is the biggest trade partner for both the UK and India. Therefore, a free trade agreement between India and the EU would be more significant than the one with the UK. Both India and the EU have said they aim to finalise this by the end of 2025.

In other words, if we were still in the EU, it's likely we'd have had a trade deal with them this year anyway.

 

[First Aspect]

The fundamental mistake of Brexiteers was thinking that we can do better deals than a much larger trade bloc with more to offer. All we can do is get there a bit quicker.

 

[Stevo 666]

Seems fine on the surface. A few billion will make a small dent in the loss of trade with the EU, so is better than nothing, for sure.

To put it in context:

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c99p2mlyep5o



In other words, if we were still in the EU, it's likely we'd have had a trade deal with them this year anyway.

So plenty of potential given the size of the Indian market?

BTW, if you post the number including services that would be a much more accurate representation of the significance of our trading partners (even allowing for the fact that you have aggregated the numbers for 27 countries in Europe).

 

[briantrumpet]

So plenty of potential given the size of the Indian market?

BTW, if you post the number including services that would be a much more accurate representation of the significance of our trading partners (even allowing for the fact that you have aggregated the numbers for 27 countries in Europe).

There's not much point in discussing this with you if you still don't recognise the Single Market is a thing.

 

[Stevo 666]

There's not much point in discussing this with you if you still don't recognise the Single Market is a thing.

The single market is not a single country, as explained many times before.

 

[briantrumpet]

The single market is not a single country, as explained many times before.

As I say, no point in discussing it with you if you don't accept the concept of the Single Market as a thing. We've been over this ad nauseam.

 

[Stevo 666]

As I say, no point in discussing it with you if you don't accept the concept of the Single Market as a thing. We've been over this ad nauseam.

So you don't recognise countries? You could get a job as an EU commissioner with views like that.

 

[First Aspect]

It's clearly better to have a deal with India than not. It includes aerospace, which is a bonus given they've just started a war. But if the metric is a comparison to what would have been, it is likely to be a temporary lead.

The reason the single market is relevant, is because if you do a deal with the EU, it covers 27 countries, instead of 27 negotiations.

Amazeballs.

Also, you can't negotiate separately vis. tariffs, regulatory standards etc.

Drat.