[Stephen]

Originally Posted by ianch99

I think this extract was posted (again without a link) earlier in this thread ..

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I did a simple Google query using one of the sentences and the results are a bit creepy. Many, many forum sites have this Brexit narrative posted verbatim to their boards:

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q="Most+London+buses+are+run+by+Spanish+and +German+companies"

Even, the Pet Shop Boys are not spared!

So it is more likely a load of nonsense or at least propaganda from a Brexit fan?

From one of the comment sections

Whenever I see a post like this I feel the need to check it's veracity, particularly when no links are provided. So, when I searched for the Cadbury story, most of the results seemed to come from blogs where people have cut and pasted the same thing (as you have done). The BBC News site has a few articles on the closure, which Cadbury had planned in 2007, before the Kraft takeover. I could find no mention of an EU grant - the plan seems to have been to cut costs and sell off the factory land.
As for the Ford Transit story, to quote the Independent,

Production of Transit is off to Kocaeli in sunny Turkey, where the US giant says costs are “significantly lower”.

No EU grant involved. As Turkey isn't in the EU, why would Ford get a grant? Ford have had a factory in Turkey for decades. Dyson's decision to move production to Malaysia (also not a member of the EU) was prompted by a desire to reduce costs by 30%. Again, no EU grant involved...