no mention of British Steel yet?

[BrilloPad]

nigel has a future there, apparently
according to some plans.

If XTC are to be believed

[Old Greg]

9:45 am - 2 Apr 2016

Nigel Farage on Twitter: "If we vote to Remain on June 23rd it is the end of the steel industry in this country. Simple as that. We must Leave EU."

Or as Patrick Minford of Economists for Brexit says:

Over time, if we left the EU, it seems likely that we would mostly eliminate manufacturing, leaving mainly industries such as design, marketing and hi-tech. But this shouldn’t scare us.

Britain is good at putting on a suit and selling to other nations.

Around half of young adults now go to university, ending up in professions such as finance or law, while the making of things such as car parts or carpentry has hugely shrunk — but there will always be jobs for people without sophisticated skills.

[BrilloPad]

Over time, if we left the EU, it seems likely that we would mostly eliminate manufacturing, leaving mainly industries such as design, marketing and hi-tech. But this shouldn’t scare us.

Britain is good at putting on a suit and selling to other nations.

Around half of young adults now go to university, ending up in professions such as finance or law, while the making of things such as car parts or carpentry has hugely shrunk — but there will always be jobs for people without sophisticated skills.

It would help if the government supported technology instead of attacking it.

[Old Greg]

It would help if the government supported technology instead of attacking it.

They should hypothecate for this purpose the funds they retrospectively recover from dishonest IT contractors.

[Big Blue Plymouth]

nigel has a future there, apparently
according to some plans.

Swindon's finest

[BlueSharp]

I thought a lower pound would boost exports or does that only apply to scones and jam?

[Old Greg]

I thought a lower pound would boost exports or does that only apply to scones and jam?

And biscuits and tea.

[BlasterBates]

25,000 jobs at risk

British Steel collapses 'over Brexit' with 25,000 jobs at risk

[Old Greg]

25,000 jobs at risk

British Steel collapses 'over Brexit' with 25,000 jobs at risk

The surplus labour will drive down employment costs.

[woohoo]

25,000 jobs at risk

British Steel collapses 'over Brexit' with 25,000 jobs at risk

At the same time we have 11k shortfall of nurses. Lets start training these people. If you are going to subsidise something lets start with nurses.