UK government is bluffing with cards everyone can see

[NotAllThere]

Theresa May is the one who has tunnel vision and can't think of anything further than immigration issues!!

And she was profoundly bad at controlling that as Home Secretary.

[vetran]

More utter and complete gibberish, here have a picture...
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and you make no sense at all. How does that picture have any relevance?

[vetran]

And she was profoundly bad at controlling that as Home Secretary.

Indeed maybe she will learn now.

One sort of assumes they didn't want to control it.
Then the Public told them they would vote for extreme parties if they didn't.
Now its back on the priority list.

[SandyD]

"Sure, their sudden introduction will force some car companies to move to Europe"

A day later...

Toyota to invest £240m in UK plant at Burnaston - BBC News

The worlds largest car manufacturer is clearly unconcerned.

GDP was already meant to be 6% down by now with a million more out of work, it's the same bedwetters making these tulipe predictions.

We are not out yet !!! Just because they announced they 'Will' invest doesn't mean a thing ...they can change their plans, it doesn't mean they wont do a U-Turn, that announcement was based on promises that May would get a good trade deal with the EU... its obvious now that we wont be getting it !!

[AtW]

And she was profoundly bad at controlling that as Home Secretary.

WHAT? She was awesome - she first classified foreign non-EU students as migrants and then leaned on to cut issued visas to them, massive cuts to immigrants achieved real quick!

[AtW]

GDP was already meant to be 6% down by now with a million more out of work, it's the same bedwetters making these tulipe predictions.

GDP is already down by 25%, just wait until next release of top countries by GDP for 2017.

[WTFH]

£240million? Wow, that's almost 5 days worth of investment in the NHS that Vote Leave pledged/promised.


...I guess we'll have to wait until article 50 is invoked and discussions start, and then see what deal is struck. Maybe come back in 2+ years and see what promises of Vote Leave actually get delivered.

[gutaruk22]

Interesting.

But the only people stopping us revoking that rule is us as in the uk and the eu.

It would clearly be beneficial to do that mainly for the sake of the affected citizens in that particular case.

But the eu demands the rules are obeyed regardless of whether they achieve their intended purpose or not.

And i am not a big fan of that point of view.

[sasguru]

"Sure, their [tariffs] sudden introduction will force some car companies to move to Europe"

A day later...

Toyota to invest £240m in UK plant at Burnaston - BBC News

The worlds largest car manufacturer is clearly unconcerned.

GDP was already meant to be 6% down by now with a million more out of work, it's the same bedwetters making these tulipe predictions.

All packed and waiting for taxi to airport, so I'll bite.

You're so stupid that this is the second link you've posted which makes the opposite point to that you want to make.

From your own link:

"Johan van Zyl, chief executive of Toyota Motor Europe, said the investment showed that the company was doing all it could to make Burnaston more competitive.

However, he warned: "Continued tariff-and-barrier free market access between the UK and Europe that is predictable and uncomplicated will be vital for future success."

So the article is right that tariffs will probably affect the car industry.
But if you were a proper businessman and not a pish-artist you could have worked out yourself that that tariffs on mid-market cars with thin profit margins would probably not be the best move for the industry.
And neither will the fallen pound compensate since up to 60% of components are imported in complex cross-border supply chains.

[northernladyuk]

All packed and waiting for taxi to airport, so I'll bite.

You're so stupid that this is the second link you've posted which makes the opposite point to that you want to make.

From your own link:

"Johan van Zyl, chief executive of Toyota Motor Europe, said the investment showed that the company was doing all it could to make Burnaston more competitive.

However, he warned: "Continued tariff-and-barrier free market access between the UK and Europe that is predictable and uncomplicated will be vital for future success."

So the article is right that tariffs will probably affect the car industry.
But if you were a proper businessman and not a pish-artist you could have worked out yourself that that tariffs on mid-market cars with thin profit margins would probably not be the best move for the industry.
And neither will the fallen pound compensate since up to 60% of components are imported in complex cross-border supply chains.

Not just the tariffs. Customs checks on components as well...