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Yes but probably no related supply chain jobs or anything like that.Originally posted by cojak View Post3,500 (and the rest) jobs kind of fecked.Comment
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Originally posted by woohoo View PostHow are we fecked? What percentage of our GDP is from car manufacturing? Minus subsidies and tariffs.
Largest export commodities of the United Kingdom (UK) in 2017 (in million GBP)*
1. Mechanical machinery - 48 bln
2. Cars - 32 bln GBP
3. Electrical machinery - 27 bln
4. Medicimal & pharma - 26 bln
• Largest UK export commodities 2017 | StatisticComment
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48 billion million. Hyperinflation is a bitch.Originally posted by AtW View Post
Largest export commodities of the United Kingdom (UK) in 2017 (in million GBP)*
1. Mechanical machinery - 48 bln
2. Cars - 32 bln GBP
3. Electrical machinery - 27 bln
4. Medicimal & pharma - 26 bln
• Largest UK export commodities 2017 | StatisticComment
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Simple solution, run about and throw some things.Originally posted by cojak View Post3,500 (and the rest) jobs kind of fecked.
The Olympics boom created 100,000 jobs in London | London Evening StandardComment
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Isn’t that the motto of the Swindon town planners?Originally posted by DimPrawn View PostSimple solution, run about and throw some things.Comment
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So when you say we are fecked you mean not you and not me but 3500 jobs affected by this.Originally posted by cojak View Post3,500 (and the rest) jobs kind of fecked.Comment
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Is it only going to be a problem if it affects you directly and tangibly?Originally posted by woohoo View PostSo when you say we are fecked you mean not you and not me but 3500 jobs affected by this.Comment
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No, I mean me and you - Someone will have to pick up the tab for this disaster and you can bet your sweet patootie it won’t be Rees-Mogg, Martin or Dyson.Originally posted by woohoo View PostSo when you say we are fecked you mean not you and not me but 3500 jobs affected by this."I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
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