The Conservative Party/Government

[bluethrunthru]

The car industry is different. That's been decimated by Brexit (from expectations of record production pre-Brexit vote to the current hollowed-out industry, where it's taken a billion pounds of public subsidies to keep Nissan in Sunderland.

On the railways, it's different train operating companies and the leasing companies chasing cheapest price. Competitive procurement - but any savings to TOCs subsidised by the taxpayer are eaten up by benefits paid to where the jobs have disappeared.

The Honda decision is outwith Brexit in as much as the EU made a deal with Japan that future tariffs on cars would gradually decline to nothing so any advantage to having a production facility in Europe ( which we were still at the time by our fingertips) just not worth it. Japan will be sending cars to the EU tariff free anyway. Nissan are milking the Govt and living down the road from Washington with neighbours who work there most are just hanging on and hoping they get to their pension before the plug is pulled. Ignore what figures are quoted people who work there tell me they get no overtime nowadays and all the workers there on contracts are gone.

 

[bluethrunthru]

World-leading turds in the water.

I wonder what other country would sell off its water?

England and Chile is the answer - exalted company

 

[roubaixtuesday]

Interesting read in the most recent New Yorker. Longish.

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/...en-years-of-conservative-rule-done-to-britain

It's very good indeed.

And deeply depressing. The sheer delusion, lack of self reflection and arrogance of many of the interviewees.

 

[Bodicoteblue]

Note to Tories and supporters of privatisation this is an INTERNATIONAL event watched around the globe ........ what a fucking message we are saying to the world - we are being called shit island

Oxford Cambridge ‘boke’ race!

 

[Ifwecouldjust.......]

World-leading turds in the water.

I wonder what other country would sell off its water?

The same country that sold off its National Grid .... is the correct answer and I claim my prize.

 

[threespires]

England and Chile is the answer - exalted company

Something that is missed a lot of the time is that the scale and nature of Thatchers privatisation programme had never been done before. It was sold as a bold but 'sensible' thing to do. In reality the UK was treated as a giant petri dish by nutter economists and those who knew exactly what they could get out of it. You can tell how successful the experiment was by the stampede to replicate it across the rest of Europe, or not as the case may be.

 

[TinFoilHat]

The Isle of Shite really does suit us. Both politically and environmentally.

Thank you Tory bastards.

 

[TinFoilHat]

The favoured media outlets are now picking up on a tory wipeout as a tactic to scare people into coming out to vote.

 

[bluethrunthru]

Oh please do - I hope its salacious

Reform leader threatens to release 'embarrassing information' about Jonathan Gullis

The mud-slinging between the Tories and Reform has taken a new turn on Sunday - and Jonathan Gullis is now in the firing line.

www.thelondoneconomic.com

 

[kaz7]

Fucking sunak giving his easter message bragging about inclusion and tolerance , the people maybe , your **** of a government and you not at all , ****

Sorry jesus