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Originally Posted by RizzyKing
I like many many other people in this country have never had any vote on the EU or how little or much we want to be involved in it and those who did have a vote in the seventies didn't realise they were voting for what we have now. There used to be an attitude of "when times are hard look after your own" seems reasonable to me and lets be honest other countries have that attitude so why is it so bad for us to have it. I am not saying we should impose trade tariffs or anything like that i am saying that if a company is in the UK making profit it isn't that much to ask them to prioritise british labour with a bit of preferantial treatment when times are hard. Why is it so bad to look after your own rather then keep playing by the rules all the time.
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Because we are not talking about Friends, Families, Governments, or even small Family firms. Now, you can send them a message that you won't use companies that, in your view, do not give adequate priority to British workers but the government cannot, and should not, enforce such a measure.
It would be detrimental to the British economy in the long run, it would deter foreign companies and limit the opportunity for British companies to expand and compete with other international firms which do not have the same limitations.
Look at France if you need an example that Protectionism just don't not work.