Brexit – The only ones likely to lose out are politicians

I hope you’re right. One of the suspected casualties is Ford in Bridgend. It has over 1,000 staff, including family members 🙁

I am just relieved that (at least for now) the Humber area investment is unaffected. Companies like Siemens and Dong, have actually increased their investment in works and factories, on both sides of the Humber Bridge. Siemens in particular are spending €100Millions on Renewables manufacture & installation plants, with a large Engineering campus at Lincoln University and input in many engineering companies. Then there is Ørsted, which is the renamed Dong Energy:

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It was the threat of losing these companies and their investment, which formed the largest part of my decision to vote Remain. I said at the time of a huge debate here and in the former MM Forum, that I voted Remain because I feared for the future of my grandchildren’s employment and for – well – their future lives. This area has for too much merely seasonal employment, really needed a massive injection of investment and the jobs it provides. The knock-on effect alone, will be huge and is happening right now. I <span style=”text-decoration: underline;”>do not want to revive the Brexit discussion here</span>: people become irate about their opinions and that sort of anger does not belong here. We are better than the BS in Facebook, surely?

Tippon‘s post about Ford Bridgend represents the other side of the equation: I remember when Ford declared that they were going to build the plant. Saddening and sickening for another UK area and I think it is part of the retrenchment that is going to occur in the Motor Industry over the next few decades. Coming from a coalfield area, I remember well the effects of an industry hitting the buffers. My old village and the others in the area, are only now beginning to recover. Some pit villages never will: they are desolate, despondent places to visit.

Looks like Vx in elesmere port will be gone soon also. Although  given its been running at under 50% cap for a long time, it was probably being part of the EU that was keeping it open. Though that won’t stop people blaming 5hr EU for its closure.<

Which is a shame cos the area is a pro remain region.

Bob, the tissue paper gearbox was not the only issue. There was a sort of plastic lunch-box that had north and south connections. North went to the front of the car and engine and south went to the rear. North was joined to south by traces across a board. All pretty dumb stuff, however this managed to develop a fault, So Ford wanted something about £70 for the lunch-box and nearly £300 to fit it. A soldering iron, some heavy duty wire and 10 minutes and el lunch-box was fixed.

The rear brakes we a different issue, wheel cylinders are supposed to contain fluid and resist pressure only moving their piston in and out to activate the brake shoes, not on the Escort, they recycled fluid onto the brake shoes, wheel and anything else in range after much less than 30,000 miles. The Honda that replaced it went for 17 years with fewer replacement parts before it was replaced. Its replacement the Kia has barely done any miles at all but the reasons for that is a completely different story.