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Donald Tusk dreams UK will stay in the EU
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Originally posted by Lost It View PostTrue enough. Until Ford got the loan there was no evidence, only rumours that the factory at Southampton was closing. Consequences. It was making money, supporting a local economy.His heart is in the right place - shame we can't say the same about his brain...Comment
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Originally posted by Mordac View PostYes, as Darmy says it was probably a complete coincidence. The real question is why the EU should lend a US company the cash to build a factory in a non-EU country? It goes against all of their protectionist agenda. Unless there's another agenda...Comment
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Originally posted by PurpleGorilla View PostRaising the standard of Eastern Europe is the way of securing the Cold War legacy.His heart is in the right place - shame we can't say the same about his brain...Comment
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Originally posted by Mordac View PostYes, as Darmy says it was probably a complete coincidence. The real question is why the EU should lend a US company the cash to build a factory in a non-EU country? It goes against all of their protectionist agenda. Unless there's another agenda...
You know it was actually the EIB (albeit an EU institution of which the major shareholders are the EU countries, including the UK which along with 3 others are the largest shareholders) and the fact it was a loan which has to be repaid and was for Ford to enlarge the factory making Transits which they done in Turkey since 2003. Maybe other banks in the UK shouldn't make loans to foreign companies...
More on that Ford loan (note: not a grant as the eurosceptics would have everyone believe) here: Focus on Ford: The £80m EU loan for Ford's Turkish Transit plant (From Daily Echo)
And then again: European Investment Bank loan of GBP 340 million for Jaguar Land Rover
Which is being hailed as a British success in light of Brexit...and there's quite a few more of these stories out there....“Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.”Comment
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Originally posted by Mordac View PostOr pissing off the Russians. All coins have two sides...Comment
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Originally posted by Mordac View PostYes, as Darmy says it was probably a complete coincidence. The real question is why the EU should lend a US company the cash to build a factory in a non-EU country? It goes against all of their protectionist agenda. Unless there's another agenda...
I mean, they were never a "quality" vehicle, the new ones I hear from trades of daft things going wrong, door panels coming off, gearboxes failing, door locks failing, which might be a consequence of them stopping being a box with a steering wheel that has some handy storage in the back, but they certainly don't hold as much kit as they used to.Comment
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Oi Fritz, we have been doing laws since way before you were born.
http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/...als-May-BrexitComment
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