Political Thread in memory of David Reid. (R.I.P.)

[sinkov]

It begins.................

"A major new factory from one of the American tech giants perhaps? Or a new lab from one of the pharmaceutical giants? Or, best of all, a huge new green energy fund. The newly appointed Chancellor Rachel Reeves was probably hoping for some positive investment news for her first week in office, especially as she has decided, in an unprecedented move, to make ‘growth’ a ‘national mission’. Instead, one of the UK’s best businesses has cut almost a third of its UK workforce – and that will just be the start of the corporate exodus from Labour’s Britain.

Dyson will argue that its decision to axe 1,000 jobs in the UK, announced today had nothing to do with the election of a new government. It had been planned for months. Well, perhaps. In fact this is a company that racked up record revenues of more than £7 billion last year, up 9 per cent year-on-year. It is hardly in trouble. It would have known Labour was about to take power and planned accordingly. The timing, to put it politely, seems designed to make a point."

Last to leave, please turn out the lights.

[The Bedlington Terrier]

It begins.................

"A major new factory from one of the American tech giants perhaps? Or a new lab from one of the pharmaceutical giants? Or, best of all, a huge new green energy fund. The newly appointed Chancellor Rachel Reeves was probably hoping for some positive investment news for her first week in office, especially as she has decided, in an unprecedented move, to make ‘growth’ a ‘national mission’. Instead, one of the UK’s best businesses has cut almost a third of its UK workforce – and that will just be the start of the corporate exodus from Labour’s Britain.

Dyson will argue that its decision to axe 1,000 jobs in the UK, announced today had nothing to do with the election of a new government. It had been planned for months. Well, perhaps. In fact this is a company that racked up record revenues of more than £7 billion last year, up 9 per cent year-on-year. It is hardly in trouble. It would have known Labour was about to take power and planned accordingly. The timing, to put it politely, seems designed to make a point."

Last to leave, please turn out the lights.

Dyson is a tax dodging tw@t. Incidentally, your pro-Brexit founder, Sir James Dyson, moved the group’s corporate headquarters to Singapore in 2019, pointing to the growing importance of supply chains and customers in Asia. But go ahead and blame Labour.

[sinkov]

But go ahead and blame Labour.

Oh I will mon ami, I will, you can rest assured about that. Labour is now the government, anything that happens on their watch is their responsibility. C'est la vie.

[The Bedlington Terrier]

Oh I will mon ami, I will, you can rest assured about that. Labour is now the government, anything that happens on their watch is their responsibility. C'est la vie.

Yes let's all forgive and forget the bloody awful legacy of 14 years of Tory corruption and mismanagement. Not!