Reply to: Who else is buying British and avoiding EU goods where possible?

[WTFH]

What the hell do France buy from Germany? It's not food, wine or cars. Everyone I know who's French would rather buy Bulgarian than German.

You can't know that many French people then. (Or you like to make sweeping generalisations based on skewed data sets)
The 4 biggest imports into France from Germany are: aircraft (10%), cars (9%), aircraft parts and car parts

[scooterscot]

Don't they all speak English?

Really embarrassing actually. As I struggle to learn German.. .day to day others in the company rattle off Deutsch, French, English.. like it was their mother tongue in all three. Usually only switching to English for my benefit.

[Mordac]

French-German dictionaries.

HTH

Don't they all speak English?

[AtW]

What the hell do France buy from Germany?

French-German dictionaries.

HTH

[Mordac]

FTFY
1. France 138
2. United States 121
3. United Kingdom 105


And I'd expect the UK to drop a lot further once everyone is driving around in Leyland like Lada's

What the hell do France buy from Germany? It's not food, wine or cars. Everyone I know who's French would rather buy Bulgarian than German.

[AtW]

Rolls-Royce cars are built by BMW, Bentleys are built by VW, Landrovers and Jaguar are built by Ford.

Tata Motors now...

[darmstadt]

[darmstadt]

Wasn't it 'Buy German' back n the 30's

[Bee]

If you buy a Bentley or a Jaguar or a Nissan for example, you are at least supporting people in this country building cars. They have a job and their money and taxes are spent here. If more cars are sold, they might invest more in bigger factories here, hire more people, pay them more money here.

If you buy a car designed and assembled in a overseas factory, almost no employment is created here, almost none of the money stays here, almost zero investment occurs here, almost zero tax is collected here.

This is a bad example I'm afraid.

Cars are one of the biggest exportations in the UK, in this case, I don't understand your problem.

Your model is not going to work because, and correct me if I'm wrong:

1- The factories are invested in countries where the salaries are low which is not UK case.

2- The UK unemployment is low.

3- The factories shall need to contract immigrants which it's not what you want.

[BlasterBates]

It doesn't actually say that at all. Are you vying for the cretin of the month award or something?

Lets put it this way, I'm sure the Germans will more than delighted if you buy a McClaren Mercedes.

[DimPrawn]

mclaren-f1-is-thinking-about-a-switch-back-to-mercedes-engines

It doesn't actually say that at all. Are you vying for the cretin of the month award or something?

[BlasterBates]

Or a McLaren P1

That shows your bremoaner anti British mindset.

McClaren P1 to be built by Mercedes in Germany

Have another look at the list I posted, there are some nice cars.

[DimPrawn]

I always imagine someone who buys British as someone who drives around in an Austin Princess.

Or a McLaren P1

That shows your bremoaner anti British mindset.

[DimPrawn]

Rolls-Royce cars are built by BMW, Bentleys are built by VW, Landrovers and Jaguar are built by Ford. The only truly British car on the road is the Austin Princess, built by British Leyland.

If you buy British you're not really buying British at all you're probably propping up the German economy.

If you buy a Bentley or a Jaguar or a Nissan for example, you are at least supporting people in this country building cars. They have a job and their money and taxes are spent here. If more cars are sold, they might invest more in bigger factories here, hire more people, pay them more money here.

If you buy a car designed and assembled in a overseas factory, almost no employment is created here, almost none of the money stays here, almost zero investment occurs here, almost zero tax is collected here.

[BlasterBates]

Buy British