18k jobs to the area as a direct result of Brexit...

I thought a BREXIT vote would bring wider change beyond our relationship with the EU. I was thinking a 20 year timeframe. This affected how I voted in 2016.

Since 1980 there appeared to be a strong movement to a service based economy in the UK, particularly financial services away from manufacturing and primary industries. This has benefited cities with large financial services sectors like London and Edinburgh. UK Governments had reacted by encouraging the develop of the large Cities and generally not bothering too much about areas away from the cities. Other areas were to survive on tourism, retiredees, people commuting to cities for work and younger people permanenetly moving from towns to cities with degrees. There were little relative incentives to sperad economical activity evenly acrosss the UK, in fact UK Governments were doing the opposite, look at investment in infrastructure in the South East which has dwarfed many other regions particularly the North East. This happened under Labour as well as Conservative. The cry at the Boro v Brighton 2016 game was "we pay your benefits" we which a sort of dark humour that both sets of fans laughted at, but probably were nervous about deep down.

The implications of the BREXIT vote are now starting to be felt for good and bad - its a pain to buy and sell small value items between the UK and the EU, some jobs have been transferred to the EU in financial services or are in the process of being done. Its harder to live half you life in Spain and half in the UK. The EU development money is drying up. However on the other side of the coin extra investment has been promised to the the left behind areas of the UK and some investments has actually started. Levelling up is a term that is certainly adapted by the current UK Government. I am not niave enough to believe there will be as big changes as promised, but there will be some and not just by the current Government. Other parties may see levelling up as a major strategy for them too. I think Labour did in its last manifesto, but not a lot of voters believed it was their major priority after they camped solidly in Remain politics. Funny enough I did tend to believe Labour in 2019 and they recognised the left behind areas needed significant help.

Time will tell if we see economic activity in areas like Teesside back to anywhere near what it was in the 1970s, but I do think there will be some swing back.
 
It’s great news and if it comes of will be brilliant. Was listening to a guy on the radio who owns a manufacturing company in the uk and he was dead against the Freeport initiative. He said that they enable the importing of cheap foreign parts which will directly impact on his and other UK manufacturers. He argued that the jobs they generate will be offset by loses in his sector. Thought it was an interesting comment.
 
I knew from the outset people would have been against this being positive news and that it would have happened anyway etc etc.

Why can't people accept that good things come on the back decisions that they didn't want or like.
 
SmallTown said:
Explain, given that Freeports are allowed under EU rules, how this is on the back of Brexit?
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Why don't you ask Ben Houchen seeing at it was his words?

I know it goes against your thoughts but good things can happen even when you don't like it.

Have a great day SmallTown. The good days are coming. The area is starting to be rebuilt and there is nothing but positives in that... If you are happy to turn it into a negative then that says it all about you.
 
ChrisTheRed said:
Why don't you ask Ben Houchen seeing at it was his words?

I know it goes against your thoughts but good things can happen even when you don't like it.

Have a great day SmallTown. The good days are coming. The area is starting to be rebuilt and there is nothing but positives in that... If you are happy to turn it into a negative then that says it all about you.
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I’m just telling you it’s not because of your unicorn Brexit. Happy to educate
 
ChrisTheRed said:
I knew from the outset people would have been against this being positive news and that it would have happened anyway etc etc.

Why can't people accept that good things come on the back decisions that they didn't want or like.
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Because if you have taken a very strong stance for a number of years that centres around a London media opinion that Brexit is going to be a disaster it is very difficult to admit you maybe got it wrong. It becomes even more difficult when you have been
Led to believe that you are intellectually superior to those you oppose.
 
Read in the FT it was General Electric. Big USA company. Wind turbines.
But this was 1000 jobs not 18000???
 
I think everyone would be able to get a lot more excited if it didn’t come out of the mouth of a lying Tory. He mentioned an awful lot of things that will benefit this company but not an awful lot about the employees. The pitch was probably come over you won’t pay any tax business rates or pesky NI contributions and a ready made workforce of poor people who’ll work for a pittance!
I hope to god it comes off and is the start of many and a boom time but you can’t help being cynical where Tories are involved.
 
Londons_Moggie said:
Because if you have taken a very strong stance for a number of years that centres around a London media opinion that Brexit is going to be a disaster it is very difficult to admit you maybe got it wrong. It becomes even more difficult when you have been
Led to believe that you are intellectually superior to those you oppose.
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Copenhagen, Hanko, Bremerhaven, Cuxhaven, Duisburg, Cork, Riga, Ventspils, Malta, Monaco, Marstrand, all have something in common....can you guess what it is?
 
Brilliant news if it's true. If it's wind related it must be linked to Dogger Bank I reckon.
 
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