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That's a story I brought to this very forum some time ago. I work with people from all over the EU in my local office. One of the managers, a Hungarian lady had her 18 year old brother come over to the UK ostensibly to improve his English.

While here, he worked in a number of causal jobs - building site labourer, washing up in a restaurant, pot man in a pub and a cleaner. If he didn't like a job, he moved and got a different one in a day or so, he was almost never out of work. His opinion of long term unemployed people, especially young people with no commitments wasn't great! He could not understand how anyone could be out of work.

He was Norman Tebbits dream, he got on his bike and found work.

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:tu: I was trying so very hard not to mention Norman Tebbit :D

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Ha, I just came in here to post this. :D

There’s no doubt though, Brexit will destroy our automotive industry. :rolleyes:

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Car factory remains open? Hardly a spectacular Brexit success story is it ?

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“Car factory remains open” is always a good economy/industry story. Whenever a model comes to the end of its life and a new one is designed, the whole factory has to be re-tooled and the workforce trained to build it. In this multinational era of car manufacturing this is always a vulnerable time for a factory because it’s an opportunity for governments in other countries (or indeed, international organisations with ‘regional development funds’ to dish out) to tempt them to install their new tools and train new workers in a shiny new factory somewhere the wages are low.

So the recent Nissan and Vauxhall stories are great news on their own terms because their survival was never a given. They are further notable, however, because the referendum remain campaign seemed so sure that Britain could never retain its car industry outside of the EU. Clearly they were wrong. Again.

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As opposed to closing, which is what remainers said would happen.

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Hopefully, at least for the Nissan deal, the fact that the French Government, own 6.4% of the company should sweeten the deal from that side (Renault own 43% of Nissan and the French Government own 15% of Renault)

Vauxhall being owned by a Dutch company can't hurt either

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Reality: The plant's owner said its future was threatened by no-deal...something which many on this Forum were keen advocates of. Fortunately, BoJo negotiated a deal.
https://metro.co.uk/2019/07/29/vauxh...oney-10479097/

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Did the Metro (news . . . but not as you know it) also write stories about house prices crashing? ;)

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Daily Express doing its best to clutch at straws.
https://www.express.co.uk/news/polit...orts-latest-vn

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Been a while since we had a post in here, let's try this one . .

EU unveils sweeping climate change plan

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-57833807

I believe Australia aren't too happy about it either, and India make a lot of (cheap) steel :erm:

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With 50 dead in Belgium and Germany from flooding, you can understand why they are looking at such plans.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-europe-57853014

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I doubt their 'plans' are going to change anything, there are much larger countries in the World ripping forests up and/or still using coal to provide energy.

For every step taken to solve Climate Change, there are two steps taken in the other direction by those who's economy relies on harmful practices.

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I'm not sure that's a valid argument for not trying.