Jaguar and Land Rover saying Tata

[PRC1964]

10 - 20 years? Look now at any UK airport on Monday morning. Loads of Brits on their way to where the work is. You don't see the corresponding thing in Frankfurt, Zurich, Brussels or Schipol.

The government would claim that as a good thing. It shows that we have a flexible work force.

It's an extension or Tebbit and his "On yer bike" comment.

[AtW]

I'm not saying that Tata would be a bad thing for the workers at all. I'm GLAD that these people have had the reassurance that their future is safe.

Their future is not safe. Do you really think that promise is worth the paper it was written on? Low cost manufacturers like Tata won't be buying something to pay high British wages.

[Spacecadet]

Anyone seen any reasonable predictions of what the UK will be like work wise in 10-20 years?

Labour laws will be scrapped to make us competitive, at which point india and china will start outsourcing all of their really crap jobs to us, cause we're cheaper.

[vetran]

No it will be seat fitting

All the production will be moved offshore and the almost completed units will just have the seats fitted in the UK. Just like most other made in UK cars.

Bypasses tariffs etc.

Costs will be cut, and the assembly line will be staffed by highly skilled migrants on visas defecting from the NHS for the 10p an hour over the NMW that the new owners will be paying.

Hopefully they will tulip it up and some UK chaps will buy it for a quid, asset strip it and then go bust. Oh sorry that has already happened.


cynical moi?

[Diver]

All the production will be moved offshore and the almost completed units will just have the seats fitted in the UK. Just like most other made in UK cars.

Bypasses tariffs etc.

Costs will be cut, and the assembly line will be staffed by highly skilled migrants on visas defecting from the NHS for the 10p an hour over the NMW that the new owners will be paying.

Hopefully they will tulip it up and some UK chaps will buy it for a quid, asset strip it and then go bust. Oh sorry that has already happened.


cynical moi?

Moi