The Honda Questions

[northernladyuk]

Indeed - it has always been a good idea to throw away any morals you have to ensure large faceless corporations can make more money.

I mean a bet there has not been 1 book written about a society that has given it's freedom over for the illusion of financial security.

Jeez fookin' kerist on a bike some people on here are thick as pig$h!t

The last paragraph certainly helps to explain the first two.

[original PM]

The last paragraph certainly helps to explain the first two.

Indeed - which multinational would you like to bend you over and fook you and the next 4 generations of your kids?

[northernladyuk]

Indeed - which multinational would you like to bend you over and fook you and the next 4 generations of your kids?

There's no need for additional confirmation. We're good.

[original PM]

There's no need for additional confirmation. We're good.

You keep telling yourself that and the world will be just fine.

[northernladyuk]

You keep telling yourself that and the world will be just fine.

Isn't it going to be fine anyway, following Brexit? Or are you moving on to the blaming someone else for the disaster phase?

[original PM]

Isn't it going to be fine anyway, following Brexit? Or are you moving on to the blaming someone else for the disaster phase?

I am not blaming anyone for anything.

But do you really think it is a good idea for people of the Uk to not leave the EU to satisfy large multinationals desire for profits?

Where do you think that would end?

[northernladyuk]

I am not blaming anyone for anything.

But do you really think it is a good idea for people of the Uk to not leave the EU to satisfy large multinationals desire for profits?

Where do you think that would end?

Let's ignore the slippery slop fallacy at the end of your sentence.

I do think it's a good idea for the UK to have skilled manufacturing jobs, and that requires investment, typically from multinational companies. Jobs are the flip side of profits. Leaving the EU (or perhaps more precisely, leaving the customs union and single market) is likely to have a negative impact on such investment.

[original PM]

Let's ignore the slippery slop fallacy at the end of your sentence.

I do think it's a good idea for the UK to have skilled manufacturing jobs, and that requires investment, typically from multinational companies. Jobs are the flip side of profits. Leaving the EU (or perhaps more precisely, leaving the customs union and single market) is likely to have a negative impact on such investment.

So what you are saying is we should stay in the EU so that companies will still invest in the UK as that gives us jobs and them the ability to sell into the European Market tariff free?

[northernladyuk]

So what you are saying is we should stay in the EU so that companies will still invest in the UK as that gives us jobs and them the ability to sell into the European Market tariff free?

It is somewhat more complex than that. It is not just selling tariff free, but also the ability to manage supply chains (e.g. for components) that cross internal EU borders.

Also your question is framed very crudely, as the decision around membership of the EU is multi-faceted and cannot be reduced to a single factor. To illustrate that, let me turn the question around for you to answer:

So what you are saying is we should leave the EU so that companies won't still invest in the UK as that doesn't give us jobs and them the ability to sell into the European Market tariff free?

[original PM]

It is somewhat more complex than that. It is not just selling tariff free, but also the ability to manage supply chains (e.g. for components) that cross internal EU borders.

Also your question is framed very crudely, as the decision around membership of the EU is multi-faceted and cannot be reduced to a single factor. To illustrate that, let me turn the question around for you to answer:

So what you are saying is we should leave the EU so that companies won't still invest in the UK as that doesn't give us jobs and them the ability to sell into the European Market tariff free?

As you say the decision is multi faceted but things like the Honda Question are being presented as a reason why Brexit was a bad idea.