BRFR Cake Stop 'breaking news' miscellany

[Pross]

Tbf, isn't white males being prosecuted their whole point?
That, and don't let facts get in the way.

Exactly and I bet the victim wasn’t handcuffed in any of those situations. Good, honest white criminals are treated like second class citizens

 

[briantrumpet]

I was going to share this as a 'Good news' thing, then wondered "down from when? Is this a rolling monthly average, and if so, over what timescale? Or is this comparing June 2026 with June 2025? Or with December 2025?

OK, so they might be significantly down, but without context, these figures are vaguely meaningless.

 

[briantrumpet]

Haha, turning a tired trope around, but there does seem to be some truth in this version.

 

[briantrumpet]

Harriet Sperling marries divorced British businessman.

 

[AndyRM]

'News' is doing a lot of heavy lifting there...

 

[briantrumpet]

'News' is doing a lot of heavy lifting there...

In the early days of The Independent (late 80s) they had a policy of not reporting 'royal news', though I have a vague memory of them putting a few column lines on about p8 about something that was dominating all the other papers' headlines... and they even got stick for that.

 

[AndyRM]

My favourite royal is William, mostly because the cameras watching him go properly nuts when Villa win is great fun.

 

[briantrumpet]

My favourite royal is William, mostly because the cameras watching him go properly nuts when Villa win is great fun.

I don't really care these days. If Charles does something useful about environmental stuff, I guess it's useful, but it's probably not a great return on investment.

 

[AndyRM]

I don't really care these days. If Charles does something useful about environmental stuff, I guess it's useful, but it's probably not a great return on investment.

I never have, I just like that at least one of them obviously isn't a lizard; they hate football.

 

[C R]

I never have, I just like that at least one of them obviously isn't a lizard; they hate football.

I don't like football, am I a lizard?

 

[AndyRM]

I don't like football, am I a lizard?

Probably. Can you lick your own eyes?

 

[C R]

Probably. Can you lick your own eyes?

That would be telling, wouldn't it.

 

[Ian H]

I don't like football, am I a lizard?

 

[briantrumpet]

Any views? 'Rules is rules', or 'FFS, it's only a bit of cake!'?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crlpwd2prd0o

Mother-of-two Charley Coleman-Pollard opened her cake shed a year ago as an extension to her baking business, which she has been operating for eight years. But red tape is now threatening the future of many bakers' culinary creations as some councils in England are reviewing their street trading policies, and questioning whether cake sheds should require a licence. Street trading is regulated under the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, which states if you want to sell or offer for sale anything in a street, you must have a street trading licence or street trading consent.

 

[Psamathe]

Any views? 'Rules is rules', or 'FFS, it's only a bit of cake!'?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crlpwd2prd0o

I think it depends on the requirements to get a "Street Trading License" - which I have no idea about.

These days politicians and businesses seem keen to denigrate regulation presenting it as nothing more than a hindrance. But a lot of the regulation is actually protecting us and society from those with other interests as well as protecting them from themselves when they pursue short term interests with long term damage.

UK environment is one of the most nature-depleted in Europe. Once destroyed it will not be restored. Toxic chemicals spread on our food and environment might be good for profits but people suffer (eg health), addressing air pollution might cost business profits but impact of child development, health, NHS costs, productivity loss mean controls (regulation) are necessary not "a hindrance". Build houses on flood plains and ... they get flooded (who could have thought of that) - so we need regulation to stop developers taking profits from building in such places.