Delayed Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 Airbus leaving would be a disaster in itself, but replicated many times over would be utter catastrophe. You can’t easily replace those engineering skills or the infrastructure. When is this utter insanity going to stop. But like brexiteers that are often reminded, Brexit hasn't happened yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magilla Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 No, but what can we do? Neither the government nor MPs will listen to reason. The factory supports 117,400 UK jobs in supply and services aswell. Aston Martin and Rolls-Royce next? ---------- Post added 22-06-2018 at 11:54 ---------- But like brexiteers that are often reminded, Brexit hasn't happened yet. Quite, and the damage *already* far outweighs any possible benefit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altus Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 But like brexiteers that are often reminded, Brexit hasn't happened yet. Companies preparing to move all or part of their business to the EU27 because of brexit is happening now though - the government haven't given them any assurances that it will be worth their while planning to stay. Having gone through all the hassle and expense of getting ready to leave they aren't going to stop just because the government does a deal that means we effectively stay in the single market. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delayed Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 The factory supports 117,400 UK jobs in supply and services aswell. Aston Martin and Rolls-Royce next? ---------- Post added 22-06-2018 at 11:54 ---------- Quite, and the damage *already* far outweighs any possible benefit! But these are just threats at this stage, which is my point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altus Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 Airbus's new livery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJRB Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 We seem to be hell bent on Brexit at whatever cost. Current and future generations will have their sovereignty to comfort them as they wrestle with the multiplicity of issues raised by our isolation from the wider world. I see no financial or social Brexit dividend and cannot see how any rational person can support it other than in very narrow self interest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magilla Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 But these are just threats at this stage, which is my point Well you can see why they're worried. The job of negotiating the "aviation deal" that will prevent UK planes from being grounded in 9 months time has only just been advertised:- https://www.ttgmedia.com/news/revealed-dft-advertises-key-aviation-roles-just-nine-months-before-brexit-14534 Threats were months ago:- https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-britain-eu-japan/japan-warns-on-brexit-we-cannot-continue-in-uk-without-profit-idUKKBN1FS1MJ Now it's a dawning reality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Arctor Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 No, but what can we do? Neither the government nor MPs will listen to reason. It's ok, we're getting blue passports. That's the main thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L00b Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 (edited) Companies preparing to move all or part of their business to the EU27 because of brexit is happening now though - the government haven't given them any assurances that it will be worth their while planning to stay. Having gone through all the hassle and expense of getting ready to leave they aren't going to stop just because the government does a deal that means we effectively stay in the single market.Companies have already been doing that awhile now. And not just City-based asset and fund management outfits. They’re just not fond of advertising the fact. PR wouldn’t really cut it, in these days of ideology-led, “post-truth” shouty-shout politics. For all it’s current public warnings, you can bet Airbus has long started the process of approaching and vetting EU27 suppliers as ready-alternatives to its current U.K. suppliers. That’s what it should tell the press, not the government or MPs who clearly care about it, about as far as the next GE or Sun headline goes. Lest we forget: I1L2T3's truth is no different to mine and that of so many others confronted daily to local and non-local businesses facing continuing uncertainty about 'what will happen with Brexit' since June 2016, and now out of time to wait-and-see and finally setting about implementing contingency plans that involve geeting the f out of here, jobs in tow. We warned you about it in here, 'Project Fear' warned the electorate about it, businesses warned the government about it, but f all has been done to alleviate the uncertainty, which -16months on- is worsening. By now it's probably too late, so all we (well, certainly I) are doing now, is just chronicling a death foretold. 11 October 2017. About 8 months later, still no better certainty, so there is no surprise whatsoever to these news. Edited June 22, 2018 by L00b Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Cid Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 It's ok, we're getting blue passports. That's the main thing. We also now have a Union Jack on driving licenses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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