One more nail in the coffin.

General secretary Bob Crow said: "While any new jobs are welcome, this whole botched and delayed intercity replacement programme could have generated thousands of skilled manufacturing jobs if the trains had been built from scratch in the UK rather than just assembled in kit form shipped from Japan."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18979836

 

[JandJC]

Sticky back plastic is cheaper in Japan.

 

[Frank Nesbitt]

I can't see the fuss. Kit cars are being built at most car plants left in the UK none built directly here. Ikea and other furniture outlets rely on imported flat packs, Crow needs to get his flat cap off and embrace the bigger picture. After all thats what his ex-champion Blair asked us to do, and thats another idiot who made a fortune for speaking a load of bull. ...Good Luck..Quo Vadis..Frank

 

[simon field]

... and thats another idiot who made a fortune for speaking a load of bull. ...

To my mind anyone who makes a fortune for speaking a load of bull is not an idiot, but a genius.

 

To my mind anyone who makes a fortune for speaking a load of bull is not an idiot, but a genius.

I suspect its more a case of 1 person speaking a load of bull to a load of idiots.

 

[Frank Nesbitt]

And the idiots paying for the bull per bucket...Good Luck..Quo Vadis..Frank

 

[Root 66 Woodshop]

hmm we have a choice really...

this...

or this...

I know which one I'd like, but I also know which one I can afford.

 

[captaincloser]

Crikey. I thought this was a thread monitoring one of Earl's DIY projects.