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[Joey66]

Frank Whittle had the first working engine, it was knocked back by the RAF so he had to set up his own company allowing the actual first flight to be made by a german.
French engineer Maxime Guillaume was granted a patent for a simple jet engine before them both but never got it into construction , although the design looks workable.

Spot on Frank whittle invented the jet engine , but our country would not give him the patent of his jet engine it was then abused and used by the USA and other countries sadly he lost out, as did the UK industries for production......
Nothing changes we carry on selling the family silver ........

 

[Jebus_lives]

Frank Whittle had the first working engine, it was knocked back by the RAF so he had to set up his own company allowing the actual first flight to be made by a german.
French engineer Maxime Guillaume was granted a patent for a simple jet engine before them both but never got it into construction , although the design looks workable.

Yes.....like I said....Frank Whittle invented it....

 

[Joey66]

Mate surely you realise these figures have been skewed by zero hour contracts etc?

I agree with your point on that issue as a trade unionist ! This is what happens when you destroy your manufacturing industries over decades .....
Now we are left with Zero hour contracts under both governments....

 

[Jebus_lives]

I agree with your point on that issue as a trade unionist ! This is what happens when you destroy your manufacturing industries over decades .....
Now we are left with Zero hour contracts under both governments....

Check out @RoryStewartUK’s Tweet:

'you'll have to run it down, just like the coal and steel industry and it'll be in your interests to do it.'

Patrick Minford everybody, beloved of the ERG and champion of pro Brexit economics.

I'll just leave this here again.

 

[Joey66]

I'll just leave this here again.

Honda Motor Co Ltd
Honda says Brexit not to blame for UK plant closure......
I will just leave this here again ........

 

[Joey66]

I'm not sure what employment figures have to do with my question, but I'm happy to have that conversation if you want.

But back to my original question, just a quick summary of the companies that have joined the UK citing the opportunities Brexit has presented will do.

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[nsno-chris]

Honda Motor Co Ltd
Honda says Brexit not to blame for UK plant closure......
I will just leave this here again ........

A press statement Joe, of course Brexit has something to do with it. The loss of JIT production because of delays coupled with the increase cost of raw materials will hamper the business massively.

When GSK closed their site in speak, the VP for manufacturing told the press that the site was shutting because it was producing harmful CFC asthma inhalers and it was not cost effective to retool; the site hadn’t produced them for years

 

[Jebus_lives]

Honda Motor Co Ltd
Honda says Brexit not to blame for UK plant closure......
I will just leave this here again ........

Again, I've agreed with you, my post was about the wider implications of 'driving down the car industry' in the same way that was done with Coal and Steel.

We are largely in agreement. Stop defaulting to perceive everyone is in disagreement with you and read the content. As I said earlier, nuance seems to be lost here.

 

[Joey66]

Again, I've agreed with you, my post was about the wider implications of 'driving down the car industry' in the same way that was done with Coal and Steel.

We are largely in agreement. Stop defaulting to perceive everyone is in disagreement with you and read the content. As I said earlier, nuance seems to be lost here.

The car industry is in turmoil all over Europe - diesel engine omission scandal.... end of

 

[peteblue]

It is still mostly Brexit Pete. The plant is to close in 2021 which is just at the point the transition period ends (If we get there). Hmmm coincidence?

Maybe Honda was always going to close it, but that could have been in 2027 when the 10% import charge disappears or perhaps when a totally different model comes out that requires re-tooling or changes to the factory. There is little doubt that Brexit has pushed this decision forward and is the absolute cause of the timing of this closure. You may say what is 6 or so years if it was always going to close, but I bet if you asked the workers they would have preferred it to have been employed for that bit longer.

It would have been really easy for Honda to blame Brexit, but they know that isn’t the case. First and foremost is the EU-Japan free trade deal, and as now has been clearly communicated by Honda, the electrification of cars. The motor industry in general is taking a massive hit regarding diesels, due mostly to the effect of the Germans falsifying the emissions tests, and companies have decided to pull forward electric drive, hence the shake up. If we suddenly decided to stay in the EU it would not make a blind bit of difference to this decision......

 

[Jebus_lives]

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You can post all you want about startups in Manchester and mattress companies looking to capitalise on 'Europe’s £26bn mattress, bedroom and bath market' but I'm asking which companies have joined the UK highlighting Brexit as the reason.

 

[peteblue]

It's also quite a leap from what he said in September Pete



I'm sure you know only too well how long the planning cycle will be for such a huge issue as closing/moving a factory, so it seems a bit odd that Howells would be gunho for Swindon in September, yet market forces conspire to need to move in February. Doesn't really sit right, does it?

The planning cycle isn’t the issue. It looks like the decision to embark upon this course is very recent. The EU-Japan trade agreement came into force on 1st February 2019.......

 

[Jebus_lives]

The car industry is in turmoil all over Europe - diesel engine omission scandal.... end of

Oh well you've said 'end of' so I've clearly no argument left.

You still haven't realised I'm in agreement with some of the things you're saying have you?

It must be a very confusing time for you.

 

[Jebus_lives]

The planning cycle isn’t the issue. It looks like the decision to embark upon this course is very recent. The EU-Japan trade agreement came into force on 1st February 2019.......

Which of course had nothing to do with Brexit.

 

[Jebus_lives]

It would have been really easy for Honda to blame Brexit, but they know that isn’t the case. First and foremost is the EU-Japan free trade deal, and as now has been clearly communicated by Honda, the electrification of cars. The motor industry in general is taking a massive hit regarding diesels, due mostly to the effect of the Germans falsifying the emissions tests, and companies have decided to pull forward electric drive, hence the shake up. If we suddenly decided to stay in the EU it would not make a blind bit of difference to this decision......

you...cant...trust.... the experts and politicians.... they're....all.....liars....

I've said before....it's.....all down to Brexit...my gut instinct, a handful of half baked theories and my experience and knowledge - which is vast and varied....tell me...it....is.