UK Politics Thread

The Huntacha wrote: horsebox wrote: http://www.thejournal.ie/brexit-ham-sandwiches-5322537-Jan2021/?utm_source=shortlink The man asked whether he can “take off the meat and you leave me the bread?”

UK PLC is slowly grinding to a halt. No surprise given the idiotic decision to leave the customs Union and single market. Nissan tonight have announced they are stopping production for a few days due to difficulties getting parts delivered. Honda having similar difficulties. Sky also reporting cross channel traffic is down by a 1/3 in January. Only 1 truck and trailer and a few unaccompanied trailers on the Pembroke to Rosslare ferry last night. Just a snippet of the clusterf**k. 

Edited by colemanY2K - 21 Jan 2021 at 8:45pm

pre Madonna wrote: They shouldn't be f**king open though! Need cars aren't essential!

Edited by coyne - 21 Jan 2021 at 9:32pm

colemanY2K wrote: devastating news for birkenhead this evening with vauxhall on the verge of pulling the pin. the boss is blaming brexit and says it may make more sense moving production to the eu which is its biggest market. they employ 1,000 people at its ellesmere port plant across the mersey from liverpool with thousands more employed in businesses linked to the plant. chickens are coming home to roost for brexiteers.

coyne wrote: It's not Brexit related at all! Much like the Nissan thing posted a while back! It's more Nissan has the monopoly on the electric car market when the Govt are outright banning petrol and diesel cars to be sold in the UK from 2030 onwards. UK made batteries are allowed in EU cars, just the logistics can be awkward with the UK being an island from anywhere else. They're starting from ground zero in that market and I don't think they want to chance it. Nissan are saying Brexit is good for the car industry - I mean they would say that having a monopoly on the entire thing but hardly Brexit related.

Ah come on man get with the programme. prior to brexit many components in cars crossed the channel several times before they were finally installed in cars. the manufacturers had the JIT modelled down to a T. that's all gone now.

coyne wrote: colemanY2K wrote: coyne wrote: It's not Brexit related at all! Much like the Nissan thing posted a while back! It's more Nissan has the monopoly on the electric car market when the Govt are outright banning petrol and diesel cars to be sold in the UK from 2030 onwards. UK made batteries are allowed in EU cars, just the logistics can be awkward with the UK being an island from anywhere else. They're starting from ground zero in that market and I don't think they want to chance it. Nissan are saying Brexit is good for the car industry - I mean they would say that having a monopoly on the entire thing but hardly Brexit related. Ah come on man get with the programme. prior to brexit many components in cars crossed the channel several times before they were finally installed in cars. the manufacturers had the JIT modelled down to a T. that's all gone now. They're not gonna make anything from a car which is banned to sell in that country because it's made in that country, so ofcourse they're gonna pack up and leave to the EU and then ship over to the UK. If we fast forwarded time 9 years from now, the only car you can buy which was made in this country is the Nissan Leaf. Hardly a flourishing market.

sid waddell wrote: colemanY2K wrote: devastating news for birkenhead this evening with vauxhall on the verge of pulling the pin. the boss is blaming brexit and says it may make more sense moving production to the eu which is its biggest market. they employ 1,000 people at its ellesmere port plant across the mersey from liverpool with thousands more employed in businesses linked to the plant. chickens are coming home to roost for brexiteers. Brexiteers won't give a f**k - there are no votes for them on Merseyside, and they've always wanted to run Liverpool into the ground anyway

Edited by Flanno7hi - 25 Feb 2021 at 9:06am

sid waddell wrote: Flanno7hi wrote: sid waddell wrote: colemanY2K wrote: devastating news for birkenhead this evening with vauxhall on the verge of pulling the pin. the boss is blaming brexit and says it may make more sense moving production to the eu which is its biggest market. they employ 1,000 people at its ellesmere port plant across the mersey from liverpool with thousands more employed in businesses linked to the plant. chickens are coming home to roost for brexiteers. Brexiteers won't give a f**k - there are no votes for them on Merseyside, and they've always wanted to run Liverpool into the ground anyway   Ellesmere port constituency voted leave.   https://democraticdashboard.com/constituency/ellesmere-port-and-neston Yet the MP is Labour Remainer And Labour Remainers totally dominate Liverpool and the greater Liverpool area, while the Tories and Brexiters are nowhere

Note how all the tax freezes are until 2026. In a nutshell, once COVID has calmed down and the Tories have won their majority again without even trying - Literally everyone's getting taxed to hell.