BRFR Cake Stop 'breaking news' miscellany

[briantrumpet]

For those who remembrer the cause of the Rickflounce - Silver being both a dick and right at the same time. Maybe the meaning of 'woke' has changed but is exactly the same.

 

[Pinno718]

What tf is that ^?

 

[Pblakeney]

What tf is that ^?

A problem with screenshots not giving the full picture.

 

[C R]

What tf is that ^?

I think it is colloquially referred to as böllocks. (the white house calculation).

 

[briantrumpet]

Sorry, cross posting, but the full picture is in the Trump thread, where they put in two Greek symbols in a 'formula', in which one represented 0.25, and the other represented 4, and were multiplied together. So still just one total bollock.

 

[briantrumpet]

I put this here because of the part Nate Silver took in an epic flounce of someone who was on about 80k posts. Or maybe it was 180k.

 

[Pinno718]

Nate Silver = Rick?!

 

[briantrumpet]

Just sayin'

 

[Stevo 666]

Just sayin'

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Sounds like an unreconciled remainer trying to deflect from the immediate advantage we now have over the EU on trade with the US.

Brexit was done ages ago and it's not like there is a choice to go back as no major political party will do that. But as I've said before, sometimes there is a price to pay for freedom. Hey ho.

 

[Pinno718]

Sounds like an unreconciled remainer trying to deflect from the immediate advantage we now have over the EU on trade with the US.

Brexit was done ages ago and it's not like there is a choice to go back as no major political party will do that. But as I've said before, sometimes there is a price to pay for freedom. Hey ho.

So you have got all the facts at your fingertips?

What was the value of the trade between the UK and Europe before and after Brexit?
What is the increase in trade (if any) with the US post brexit?
What is the projected trade increase with the current tariffs?

The British automotive industry was already struggling and Jaguar Landrover have paused exports to the US (just for example):

https://www.itv.com/news/2025-04-05/jaguar-land-rover-pauses-us-car-exports-over-trumps-tariffs

 

[Stevo 666]

So you have got all the facts at your fingertips?

What was the value of the trade between the UK and Europe before and after Brexit?
What is the increase in trade (if any) with the US post brexit?
What is the projected trade increase with the current tariffs?

The British automotive industry was already struggling and Jaguar Landrover have paused exports to the US (just for example):

https://www.itv.com/news/2025-04-05/jaguar-land-rover-pauses-us-car-exports-over-trumps-tariffs

Here we go again, lets play '20 questions' with Pinno 🙄

As mentioned above, no amount of debating will change it, so it's an exercise in futility. You can print your 'I told you so' t-shirt if you want, but in reality most people with half a brain knew there would be an impact, as the EU would always make it so to discourage any other countries who might have thinking about breaking away.

The question is really subjective one, I.e. how much do you value freedom from a big beaurocracy.

 

[First Aspect]

Here we go again, lets play '20 questions' with Pinno 🙄

As mentioned above, no amount of debating will change it, so it's an exercise in futility. You can print your 'I told you so' t-shirt if you want, but in reality most people with half a brain knew there would be an impact, as the EU would always make it so to discourage any other countries who might have thinking about breaking away.

The question is really subjective one, I.e. how much do you value freedom from a big beaurocracy.

I absolutely disagree that "most people" thought this. The prospect of our friends in Europe biting our hands off for a fabulous deal after we'd told them to fark off was hugely emphasised by the same people who said we'd be £350million a week better off. Most people seemed surprised to me that they said fark off back to us.

I accept that it was pretty obviously going to happen, and that only modest intellect was required to forsee it, but most people are a bit thick.

 

[Stevo 666]

I absolutely disagree that "most people" thought this. The prospect of our friends in Europe biting our hands off for a fabulous deal after we'd told them to fark off was hugely emphasised by the same people who said we'd be £350million a week better off. Most people seemed surprised to me that they said fark off back to us.

I accept that it was pretty obviously going to happen, and that only modest intellect was required to forsee it, but most people are a bit thick.

You missed the 4 key words in my post above that followed on from what you put in speech marks...

 

[First Aspect]

You missed the 4 key words in my post above that followed on from what you put in speech marks...

Most people do only have half a brain. I think that's the issue.

 

[Stevo 666]

Most people do only have half a brain. I think that's the issue.

Compared to intellectual powerhouses like ourselves...

Somebody has/had a forum signature along the lines of ' The best argument against democracy is a 5 minute conversation with the average voter'. They may have a point.