Business secretary confirms post-Brexit review of UK workers' rights

I bet you like this one too? Christ, I'm ready for a good funkin.

 

Oh yes baby.

 

Video takes me back to my old stomping ground as a student in Newcastle , it was a bit rougher back in the 70s down the Quayside. This is as near to Funk Disco genre I got to

 

That's because British fishermen have been told not to catch them. Maybe Boris and co are really trying to save the environment?

 

My eyes were bigger than my belly the only time I've been on the Quayside - went in a Mongolian restaurant and ate that much I couldn't enjoy the rest of the evening

 

Got legs for it

 

never seen her legs

 

Only getting in and out of Morris minor

 

Well, at least we'll be able to trade with countries that are committing genocide... ffs.

 

Regarding Brexit, I think everyone knew it would be short term pain, but hopefully long term gain. A true assessment of its value is a long, long way off yet. Time will tell and persistent carping at those who voted Brexit is childish and petty and doesn't really serve any worthwhile purpose.

With regards to fewer companies importing goods from the EU, surely one thing this country needs is a broader manufacturing base. Since Thatcher came to power successive governments have run down the country's manufacturing industries and we have relied heavily on the finance and service sectors. Investment in better training for jobs in manufacturing would give us back a skilled workforce that could provide what the country needs and hopefully export around the world.

At the moment far too many of our young and able men and women are forced to work in distribution warehouses or call centres. Giving the youth a future with jobs that give them a sense of pride and fulfilment might also go some way to solving the country's social problems too.

 

Get ready mate tin hat time

 

How long before anyone can say anything negative though?

 

Even IDS couldn't stomach voting for that! 33 Tory rebels.

 

It's a free country, so you can say whatever you want. Brexit might be a total disaster, but surely it's too early to judge. And hopefully we can get rid of the Tories at the next election and get a decent forward thinking government instead.

 

You do know one of Johnson’s pet wants is AI and robotised companies? Not sure how manufacturing of yesteryear fits into that.

And what we make, we need a market to sell to. Unless it’s just for our own needs.

 

Why does it have to be manufacturing of yesteryear? Germany have got a manufacturing base, so have other countries. Stuff needs to be made, why is it yesteryear? What about the green industrial revolution that the Labour Party want to fund? Why can't that be done in this country. We need to make things rather than import everything.

 

I don't disagree at all with trying to have more manufacturing jobs. But we aren't going to see large scale employment in those sectors for a multitude of reasons, including technology and a push to AI. Huge numbers employed in factories is a thing of the past. Yesteryear.

As for Germany, they are in the EU. Are part of a single market and customs union. That's quite a benefit.

So if we're to generate a sizeable manufacturing base, that exports, it will have more red tape, it will have higher costs to do its business and therefore have higher prices, and the labour component will be at greater cost compared to many other world countries. As such, our manufacturing will have to be very much value added and cutting edge, or it supplies the UK market and people pay higher prices because its "British". Though in recessions/depression and post covid... I'm not sure many will have the ability to pay more.

There was an example overnight of a company that was losing EU orders as they had to register for VAT in every country they traded, complete complex information to trade, and had just had a 5k Euro order returned from Italy. In addition, they needed to register with agents at a cost of around 2k Eu per country.

The barriers to trade with our nearest neighbour are much higher than they were and are giving businesses a headache. If we aren't trading with our nearest neighbours, who are we trading with? Many of the trade deals rolled over are net import. And how can we can compete on price for common manufacturing goods with Vietnam and China?

It's not a simple thing to suddenly resurrect a manufacturing sector. And if we did, it would be a starting point to have robust markets to sell into.

 

As a past owner of a manufacturing business in Barnsley, I'm intrigued by the claim that there's little manufacturing in the UK. We're the 9th largest manufacturing economy in the world. That's upper mid table, just outside the play-offs.

 

Wonder how the Tory supporting People who are from backgrounds/family history of suffering from Genocide will react to this