Originally Posted by
KerrAvon
If you drive through France or Holland, you will see that every other petrol station is a Shell or a BP. If you look at the label in your underpants, you'll find that they have been made in Bangladesh, Pakistan, Indonesia, or similar.
We live in a globalised economy.
If a Franco Dutch company can produce the new passports cheaper and at a comparable standard to a British company then so be it. What's the alternative? Should British people have to pay more for their passports to keep Exile and the editors of The Sun and Daily Mail happy?
Labour supporters should bear in mind that this sort of thing happens, particularly when increased regulation, taxation and labour costs make a country's industry uncompetitive in world markets.
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