BRFR Cake Stop 'breaking news' miscellany

[First Aspect]

Ok, Right. Got it. Not quite sure what I've got though. Telegraph nails something. Might be jelly. Or bricolage.

 

[bobzmyunkle]

This may not be safe for the music thread at t'other place, of for playing loud at work

View: https://youtu.be/JkOHDoEkPW0?si=eBaWHFlBKwpNLxrr

Sounds about right.

 

[briantrumpet]

Haha, it's Brexit all over again. Decent-sized economy effectively cuts itself off from a big economy that was supplying a lot of its needs, then looks for scraps elsewhere in the world to make up the shortfall.

 

[briantrumpet]

This is actually quite a good Bluesky thread about Brexit post the US deal. Not polarised, with varied viewpoints. On the plus side, Starmer hasn't torpedoed modest improvements with the EU- such as allowing beef & chicken imports would have done.

https://bsky.app/profile/davidheniguk.bsky.social/post/3loppp74fx22m

 

[briantrumpet]

Apparently the new Pope is known simply as 'Bob' to his friends. I think he needs to meet Rowan Atkinson.

 

[matticus]

Cardinal George Pell who was later convicted for abusing children (and then acquitted to be fair but he had a pivotal role in covering up decades of sexual abuse in the church).

That is jolly decent of you old chap!

 

[PurplePenguin]

This is actually quite a good Bluesky thread about Brexit post the US deal. Not polarised, with varied viewpoints. On the plus side, Starmer hasn't torpedoed modest improvements with the EU- such as allowing beef & chicken imports would have done.

https://bsky.app/profile/davidheniguk.bsky.social/post/3loppp74fx22m

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Do you think Canada would be economically better off becoming the 51st state of the US? If you do, why do you think they are not so keen? Then apply the same logic here.

 

[Stevo 666]

Total value of trade deals compared to the loss of trade with the EU following Brexit.

Given we have only just signed two this week and the CPTPP in December '24. the increase in trade is yet to be seen. But to out the potential into perspective, a quick google tells me that the GDP of the CPTPP, USA and India come to over 40% of global GDP (and rising), whereas the GDP of the EU is around 14% of global GDP (and falling). so you can see where the potential is.

If any needs a reminder of which direction the EU is going in global terms:

 

[briantrumpet]

Do you think Canada would be economically better off becoming the 51st state of the US? If you do, why do you think they are not so keen? Then apply the same logic here.

Until Trump came along, it looks like there weren't too many barriers to trade, thanks to NAFTA. Reading about that, it seems that removing tariffs and whatnot was good for everyone. Kinda like the Single Market.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada–United_States_trade_relations

 

[Ian H]

Over at pharyngula PZ Myers brings in a reality check
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Let he who hasn't raped a child cast the first stone.

 

[bobzmyunkle]

LGBTQ+ Catholics? That must involve a lot of guilt?
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/09/pope-leo-xiv-lgbtq

 

[Ian H]

LGBTQ+ Catholics? That must involve a lot of guilt?
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/09/pope-leo-xiv-lgbtq

My experience is that a lot of Catholics take a pick'n'mix approach to the rules of the church. It's quite surprisingly different from when I was a caflick.

 

[Mr Celine]

This may not be safe for the music thread at t'other place, of for playing loud at work

View: https://youtu.be/JkOHDoEkPW0?si=eBaWHFlBKwpNLxrr

Unfortunately 'f*ck the pope' is the cri de coeur of the blue/unionist half of Glasgow who are just as obnoxious as the green/catholic half.

 

[Rusty Nails]

Given we have only just signed two this week and the CPTPP in December '24. the increase in trade is yet to be seen. But to out the potential into perspective, a quick google tells me that the GDP of the CPTPP, USA and India come to over 40% of global GDP (and rising), whereas the GDP of the EU is around 14% of global GDP (and falling). so you can see where the potential is.

If any needs a reminder of which direction the EU is going in global terms:
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So no idea of benefits then?

It’s what we could possibly gain from distant countries versus what we know we have lost from just across the channel.

The US is a big market of ours but nothing in this trade deal shows where we are going to significantly increase the sales we already make there. It is more about making sure we don’t lose out even more because of the tariffs. India is a big unknown and I am not sure what scope we have for significant increases in trade with them, particularly given their closeness to the giant markets and suppliers in the Far East.

 

[Stevo 666]

So no idea of benefits then?

It’s what we could possibly gain from distant countries versus what we know we have lost from just across the channel.

The US is a big market of ours but nothing in this trade deal shows where we are going to significantly increase the sales we already make there. It is more about making sure we don’t lose out even more because of the tariffs. India is a big unknown and I am not sure what scope we have for significant increases in trade with them, particularly given their closeness to the giant markets and suppliers in the Far East.

No, just haven't bothered to look yet. Not sure what the issue is with distance as transport is easily organised for goods and services exports tend to be 'down a wire'.

Worth pointing out that we have a trade deal with the EU that allows tariff free trade and one that means they can meddle less in our internal affairs. That said, why are you preoccupied with a small and shrinking part of the global economy? We are rightly prioritising the higher growth countries a regions.