Norway Wants to Be Europe’s Battery

[vetran]

Could we survive if you just tried to buy goods with 'made in Britain' labels?

Our shiny new nuclear power station will have a 'made in china' label.

We could if we hadn't pushed the manufacturing to low cost countries who are building smelly coal fired power stations every week and have no concept of employee rights. Charging a green tariff on imports similar to one paid by UK firms (reducing the tariff as the supplier become greener) and instituting a minimum employee standard would help considerably.

A gradual move towards that would have meant more investment in UK manufacturing over the last 40 years or improved Green attitudes and employer responsibility in overseas suppliers. Its a win win.

Our lack of vision and buying cheap have hobbled us.

Blog - A Truly British Family - Consumer champions of manufacturing & farming