O/T DDay for Brexit..well sort of...

[BigLadonOS]

Cheap labour abroad, subsidised energy, 50 people for every vacancy, it didn’t matter who was in charge tbh

Our strong point was the production of special steels and niche markets, which we sold to foreign owners.

Irony is locally steel works were bought by Indian companies, a country we sent (and still do) millions of pounds of foreign aid.

The best description of the downfall of British Steel that I have heard over the last 30 years.

[Exiletyke]

The best description of the downfall of British Steel that I have heard over the last 30 years.

Me too

[WanChaiMiller]

Cheap labour abroad, subsidised energy, 50 people for every vacancy, it didn’t matter who was in charge tbh

Our strong point was the production of special steels and niche markets, which we sold to foreign owners.

Irony is locally steel works were bought by Indian companies, a country we sent (and still do) millions of pounds of foreign aid.

Dont agree. Back in 2016 Farage said that if Remain win the referendum then the U.K. steel industry is dead ( or words to that effect)

Remoaners have kept the withdrawal going and hey, the knock on effects have killed British Steel

[BigLadonOS]

Dont agree. Back in 2016 Farage said that if Remain win the referendum then the U.K. steel industry is dead ( or words to that effect)

Remoaners have kept the withdrawal going and hey, the knock on effects have killed British Steel

He was right of course but in 2016 there was only 10% (if that) of the steel industry left in the UK the other 90% went to the wall exactly the way Grist suggests.

[WanChaiMiller]

He was right of course but in 2019 there was only 10% (if that) of the steel industry left in the UK the other 90% went to the wall exactly the way Grist suggests.

Totally agree you and Grists 'cheap labour abroad' analysis.

[BigLadonOS]

Totally agree you and Grists 'cheap labour abroad' analysis.

I would say that the selling off of the steelworks was the bigger factor to be honest with you.

[great_fire]

Elton John and Sting come out as Remainers, add them to the list with Cameron, Osborne, Blair, Campbell, Mandelson, Heseltine, Bercow, Soubry, all the humble common folk

[animallittle3]

Voting in the recent EU elections in Barnsley .

Brexit Party 23.459
Labour 7.693
Liberal Democrats 4.618
Green Party 4.064
UKIP 2.899
Yorkshire Party 2.892
Cons 1.878
Change Uk 1.200
English Democrats 616

Throws the folk will vote for a monkey with a red rosette out of the window doesn't it .

That's likely to be the only warning you will get Mr Corbyn around my neck of the woods .

[BigLadonOS]

Voting in the recent EU elections in Barnsley .

Brexit Party 23.459
Labour 7.693
Liberal Democrats 4.618
Green Party 4.064
UKIP 2.899
Yorkshire Party 2.892
Cons 1.878
Change Uk 1.200
English Democrats 616

Throws the folk will vote for a monkey with a red rosette out of the window doesn't it .

That's likely to be the only warning you will get Mr Corbyn around my neck of the woods .

Rotherham Results

Change UK - The Independent Group 1400
Conservative and Unionist Party 3208
English Democrats 739
Green Party 5471
Labour Party 11373
Liberal Democrats 5478
The Brexit Party 26951
The Yorkshire Party 3719
UK Independence Party (UKIP) 3902

I think JC gets the message. If he does not get it from those results then he is thick.

Original referendum results in Rotherham

The total number of ballot papers counted was 137,470
The number of votes cast in favour of REMAIN was 44,115
The number of votes cast in favour of LEAVE was 93,272

[Grist_To_The_Mill]

We have sort of got used to being crapped on by the Tories, but for the Labour Party to now crap on their traditional northern voters, well that is something new.

What Islington wants, Islington gets