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Ok, Right. Got it. Not quite sure what I've got though. Telegraph nails something. Might be jelly. Or bricolage.
Ok, Right. Got it. Not quite sure what I've got though. Telegraph nails something. Might be jelly. Or bricolage.
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
That is jolly decent of you old chap!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).
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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Total value of trade deals compared to the loss of trade with the EU following Brexit.
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.
Let he who hasn't raped a child cast the first stone.Over at pharyngula PZ Myers brings in a reality check
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LGBTQ+ Catholics? That must involve a lot of guilt?
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/09/pope-leo-xiv-lgbtq
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
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.