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Originally Posted by Chris
Whereas others believe everything’s an unmitigated disaster, and those who think otherwise are deluded. 
Thankfully there is a broad middle ground where it’s possible to be both frustrated at Teresa May’s ineptitude yet also confident that such is the scale and impact of Brexit that nobody can afford to mess it up; both sides know this and when the day comes the EU will agree to fudge it one way or another, just as it always does.
It’s worth bearing in mind, by the way, that every risk assessment ever carried out by a school planning a trip has described the potential for death or serious injury. Describing a risk of something happening doesn’t mean it will happen or even that it’s likely.
As I said earlier, there is simply no way for Airbus to shift wing production to a location within the EU in the time available. Regardless of what happens next March, those wings will still be being made in Broughton this time next year and the year after that.
Also, consider the implications of the Times article you quoted. They’re claiming to be worried about tariffs and the loss of EU certifications and an EU supply chain whilst also pondering a production shift to China or the USA? That doesn’t even begin to stack up. |
It would be a bit like the way Japanese TV manufacturers left the UK. Their existing cathode ray models continued to be made here. When they introduced their LCD models, they opened new factories in Eastern Europe to produce them and closed their British ones.
We've got a transition period of a couple of years. How long it would take a company like Airbus to up sticks I'm not sure but I'm sure sufficient of the workforce would be prepared to upsticks given that their skills wouldn't be in demand in many other places in the UK.