Good. The West would likely benefit from strong international partnerships for advancing AI, nuclear, and quantum tech.

Especially the part about helping the UK become Russia-independent for energy.

tialaramex 13 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> Russia-independent for energy

It's specifically about nuclear fuel. The UK doesn't mine Uranium, but it does do fuel manufacture & imports from several countries. I wasn't able to find what, if any, "Russian" influence there is. Maybe the CEO at the fuel plant likes Russian vodka and now he'll be told to buy Polish instead ?

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nine_k 9 hours ago | parent [-]

«The UK does not directly import Russian crude oil, refined products, or gas, having imposed a ban in late 2022 and early 2023 to counter the war in Ukraine. However, fuel derived from Russian oil is still indirectly imported into the UK through a loophole that allows Russian crude to be refined in other countries, like India and Turkey, and then sold to the UK.» (Gemini, but I'd have written the same.)

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tialaramex 8 hours ago | parent [-]

Gemini thinks our nuclear power plants use "fuel derived from Russian oil" ?

The text is about Nuclear fuel

> The TPD also commits the UK to achieve full independence from Russian nuclear fuel by the end of 2028

This whole "deal" is largely waffle and nonsense, the two countries are going to somehow work together to achieve nuclear fusion with AI, and they're going to create a quantum supply chain, and this is going to unlock breakthroughs in health care...

Stop trying to figure out what would make sense. Donald Trump has no idea what sense would be and Starmer is mostly just glad to avoid Donald deciding Farage should be Prime Minister now or whatever other nonsense he might decide on a whim.

	▲	nine_k 8 hours ago \| parent [-]
		No, UK power stations, trucks, and cars use fuel derived, at least partly, from oil pumped in Russia.

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lazyeye 13 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Agreed. Its a great first step with hopefully more to come.

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croes 13 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Trump killed that strong partnership, this is just a deal with an unreliable partner you don’t want to be dependent on. He will exploit as soon it fits his need. Somehow worse than Russia

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analognoise 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Is America under Trump/MAGA is really “the West”.

If we’re using the federal government to shut down comedians, I think we have more in common with China/Russia/N. Korea? Especially when you consider illegally using the military to murder boats full of civilians, and banishment (not deportation) to random places.