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plentywahalla

posted on 21/10/15 at 07:55 AM Reply With Quote
I was trying to spread the blame around a bit instead of laying it at the door of this government. They are trapped by a combination of climate change and European politics that have been established by various governments for good reasons over the past decades.

If you sign up for the benefits of a a globalised economy then you have to live with what else it brings. Our present good economic growth is based on our exports of high quality, high value goods into world markets such as China. We put that at risk if we start to try and isolate and ring fence our industries.

There are a lot of things that our government can and should do, but intervention whether by nationalisation, imposing tariffs or subsidies, is not it.





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JoelP

posted on 21/10/15 at 08:17 AM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by plentywahalla.

If you sign up for the benefits of a a globalised economy created ou have to live with what else it brings. Our present good economic growth is based on our exports of high quality, high value goods into world markets such as China. We put that at risk if we start to try and isolate and ring fence our industries.


I would describe our current economic growth as debt fuelled, not based on export strength. The tories have created more national debt in 5 years than all previous labour governments combined, for various reasons. Personal debt is at record levels, and interest rates at record lows for unprecedented times. Equally, the uk is one of the most unequal countries in the g20. Longest sustained period of falling real wages on record. That's not economic competence, that's ideological blindness.

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There are a lot of things that our government can and should do, but intervention whether by nationalisation, imposing tariffs or subsidies, is not it.


Well that's what I'm asking. I see lots of people saying what shouldn't be done, I want people's ideas on what should be done.






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swanny

posted on 21/10/15 at 09:30 AM Reply With Quote
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Originally posted by JoelP
Signed. I'd be very interested to hear people's ideas on what should be done? Subsidise and leave private? Nationalise? Import tariffs on steel?

Sadly we have a rightwing government blinded by ideology. They will do nothing, because they don't believe in state intervention.


unless its in the financial industry.

link

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SJ

posted on 21/10/15 at 09:54 AM Reply With Quote
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unless its in the financial industry.

link.



That's quite funny. I particularly like:

"Steelworker Roy Hobbs said: “People are over mass-produced steel anyway. I’m moving into artisanal hand-beaten bronze for the hipster market.”

[Edited on 21/10/15 by SJ]

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JoelP

posted on 21/10/15 at 10:53 AM Reply With Quote
Indeed a funny link.

There seems to be a theme of privatising the profits whilst socialising the risk. We see that with the banks, the nhs (sued when a private provider did botched jobs in NHS hospitals), and also in this new nuclear plant, where Gideon boasts that no public money will be used to build it but we're on the line for 17bn in guarantees.






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SJ

posted on 21/10/15 at 10:59 AM Reply With Quote
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Indeed a Indeed a funny link.

There seems to be a theme of privatising the profits whilst socialising the risk. We see that with the banks, the nhs (sued when a private provider did botched jobs in NHS hospitals), and also in this new nuclear plant, where Gideon boasts that no public money will be used to build it but we're on the line for 17bn in guarantees.


Is it just me that is a bit worried about letting the Chinese build a nuclear power plant in the UK? I'd feel a lot safer if it was built by British engineers.

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slingshot2000

posted on 21/10/15 at 11:05 AM Reply With Quote
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Is it just me that is a bit worried about letting the Chinese build a nuclear power plant in the UK? I'd feel a lot safer if it was built by British engineers.


A lot of people try to avoid buying anything built in/by the Cheapaneese, yet we propose to buy a nuclear plant of them.
Why? Because it will be cheap ?????

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MattD

posted on 21/10/15 at 11:15 AM Reply With Quote
Signed

Done.
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Mr Whippy

posted on 21/10/15 at 12:08 PM Reply With Quote
I watched a program last night about (global) recyling and how china is the main buyer for it so its no suprise they can undercut everyone else when rather than starting with getting raw materials out the ground they just reprocess and sell it back to us at a huge profit.

Like it or not they're very smart.

[Edited on 21/10/15 by Mr Whippy]

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Smoking Frog

posted on 21/10/15 at 12:17 PM Reply With Quote
Signed
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nige

posted on 21/10/15 at 02:19 PM Reply With Quote
steel

as a 40yr veteran of the scunthorpe plant
someone has blown the candle out at the end of the tunnel
contract worker are not counted in the 900 job losses , so it will be alot more
this is only news worthy for a short time , many thanks for all that have signed
who picks up the bill for demolishing the redcar site ????
us as tax payers

sad time to be in engineering





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you think it will be done in " no " time but then " no " turns into a " bloody " long time

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coozer

posted on 21/10/15 at 02:28 PM Reply With Quote
Isn't a petition too late now? If its anything like what happened to the pits and shipyards round here the government couldn't give two hoots!





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robinsoncrusoe55

posted on 21/10/15 at 03:52 PM Reply With Quote
Petition

Signed.......It's Tragic, the state of our manufacturing industries....
The"Great" has gone, from Britain !!

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