Trump Re Ukraine

[diy_fun_uk]

Plenty of manufacturing where I live, electronics, shipbuilding, engineering, paper, furniture, although the steelworks went (thanks Maggie) and clothing & shoe making went East

Yep, that'll all help keep the lights on ...

 

[MNW67]

Starmer speaking at the Scottish Labour conference mentioned something about a new industrial strategy.

Maybe they'll realise we should never have done away with our industrial base in the first place!!!

You couldn't make this sh1t up.

I would actually be interested to hear the views of @Dylan123 here. Being serious. My own thoughts go back and forth on this.

 

[crystal ball]

Yep, that'll all help keep the lights on ...

Ok forgot to mention, High voltage switching & transformers, two onshore Gas terminals, one of the biggest wind farms in Europe

 

[diy_fun_uk]

Ok forgot to mention, High voltage switching & transformers, two onshore Gas terminals, one of the biggest wind farms in Europe

So we're not reliant on other countries to keep the proverbial lights on?

 

[crystal ball]

So we're not reliant on other countries to keep the proverbial lights on?

Dunno I expect all European countries are interconnected

 

[diy_fun_uk]

Zelensky speaking now, says he's willing to exchange presidency for peace.

He wants Trump to visit Ukraine.

 

[blup]

Meanwhile Trumpf demands that Mexico puts tariffs on Chineese imports. Is he losing it?

 

[Notch7]

I'm referring to the foundation stuff, steel, energy etc.

Conservatives govt refused to support EUs anti dumping restrictions against China.

Energy…..well we know what happens when you privatise everything and it ends up in the hands of foreign sovereign wealth funds.

Nuclear for example….No new nuclear power stations have been ordered since the privatisation of the Central Electricity Generating Board in 1990.

Water for example….There is a direct link between the 1989 privatisation of water companies in the UK and the ceasing of new reservoirs being built


I am by no means an ideological believer in state ownership, there are other models, but the pure for profit privatisation model doesn’t work

 

[Notch7]

Meanwhile Trumpf demands that Mexico puts tariffs on Chineese imports. Is he losing it?

China have been increasing their investment in Mexico factories.

 

[denso13]

Meanwhile Trumpf demands that Mexico puts tariffs on Chineese imports. Is he losing it?

Mexico threatened with tariffs unless they put tariffs on Chinese goods. Bullies gotta bully...

 

[diy_fun_uk]

Conservatives govt refused to support EUs anti dumping restrictions against China.

Energy…..well we know what happens when you privatise everything and it ends up in the hands of foreign sovereign wealth funds.

Nuclear for example….No new nuclear power stations have been ordered since the privatisation of the Central Electricity Generating Board in 1990.

Water for example….There is a direct link between the 1989 privatisation of water companies in the UK and the ceasing of new reservoirs being built


I am by no means an ideological believer in state ownership, there are other models, but the pure for profit privatisation model doesn’t work

Again, when I say the UK has depleted its industrial base (the important stuff, not a company in Britstol making shoes) I'm not directing the blame at any one party, they're all guilty of letting it happen.

 

[carmanmemoranda]

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Again, when I say the UK has depleted its industrial base (the important stuff, not a company in Britstol making shoes) I'm not directing the blame at any one party, they're all guilty of letting it happen.

Thatcher mostly though?

 

[diy_fun_uk]

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Thatcher mostly though?

For all the rights and wrongs of Thatcher, jeez could we could with a leader like her in power right now.

 

[Notch7]

Zelensky speaking now, says he's willing to exchange presidency for peace.

He wants Trump to visit Ukraine.

Zelensky shows how a real leader behaves

What a great guy

Running rings around the orange blob

 

[MNW67]

Zelensky speaking now, says he's willing to exchange presidency for peace.

He is a true hero.