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Originally Posted by Eric
Service jobs would be better than nothing ... but not much. If, as I think you are suggesting, the project could make work for British firms, employing British workers, it might not be all that bad of a deal. Do you think it possible that money injected into Briitish companies might create a longer lasting benefit, with these companies manufacturing and exporting real "stuff" like locomotives and rolling stock, and related technologies? With jobs created and spin-off benefits, the borrowing of the 33 billion could be seen as an investment.
But for some reason, I don't think this is what your tories have in mind.  |
The Siemens contract had a very competitive quote from Bombadier. All right it's a Canadian company but it would have expanded its factory here, taken on more British workers and been ready to push for exports from a safe base with years of work already under its belt.( And it would have helped you colonials survive-keep it in the family. )There was some delayed payment fiddle which pushed it to Siemens. The Germans wouldn't have allowed it to happen the other way round.
I read somewhere all the locomotives and rolling stock for HS will be bought from a French company, built in France based on existing French designs. So we've lost that one before we start.