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    Is there a Redcar steelworks thread?

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-34411486

    SSI Redcar steel workers warned of 'more bad news'
    The "bad news" is they've just gone bust apparently.

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    Indeed.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-34425017

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      #3
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      This is really, really bad.

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        #4
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        Never fear tho'.

        Sajid Javid is on the case -

        https://twitter.com/evansma/status/649920911970336768

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          #5
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          Oh, this is awful. They had a mountain of outstanding debts to local suppliers.

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            #6
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            I blame Thatcher…

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              #7
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              As do I - always.

              It's a shame that the days of governments bailing out companies in debt are over.

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                #8
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                Bored of Education wrote: As do I - always.

                It's a shame that the days of governments bailing out companies in debt are over.
                It is a cunning tactic by Osborne to get the Chinese to invest in his Northern Powerhouse by letting the local competition go to the wall.

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                  #9
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                  The Thais?

                  We already had a Northern Powerhouse. I understand the strivers working at the plant are continuing to work there for free for the time being.

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                    #10
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                    Clueless anti-HS2 alliance have managed to get Redcar steelworks into their latest brainfart. It can't be saved because Osborne's offered the money to the Chinese for HS2, apparently.

                    Awful news though. Cameron was recently boasting about UK steel production doing great. It's not at its pre-crash peak yet (though reasonably close).

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                      #11
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                      Coke ovens and blast furnace to shut.

                      "No viable buyer found"

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                        #12
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                        Gov'ts line on caring for hardworking families always seemed a little hollow. Unless steelworkers didn't work hard enough.

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                          #13
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                          Has James Wharton had the simple courtesy to put in an appearance today, given he is not only a local MP, but also the champion of the "northern powerhouse"?

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                            #14
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                            James Wharton is a disgrace, he didn't even bother showing up in the House of Commons when Teesside steel was being debated after SSI announced they were pausing production.

                            Javid has apparently announced a government summit on "the future of British steel" on Friday, impressive timing. Cunts, the lot of them.

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                              #15
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                              To be fair, Wharton by not even pretending to give a shit is doing a good job of representing the 57% of voters in his constituency who voted for him or Ukip.

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                                Fussbudget wrote: James Wharton is a disgrace, he didn't even bother showing up in the House of Commons when Teesside steel was being debated after SSI announced they were pausing production.

                                Javid has apparently announced a government summit on "the future of British steel" on Friday, impressive timing. Cunts, the lot of them.
                                You might very well think that.

                                I couldn't possibly comment.

                                Other than to endorse the words of Aneurin Bevan.

                                "So far as I am concerned they are lower than vermin"

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                                  #17
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                                  Future of British steel latest : cloudy with a chance of mothballs

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                                    #18
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                                    Someone isn't happy about the behaviour of a local MP -

                                    …if he doesn’t improve, I’ll look to bury him, the town will look to bury him'

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                                      #19
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                                      san2sboro wrote: The Thais?

                                      We already had a Northern Powerhouse. I understand the strivers working at the plant are continuing to work there for free for the time being.
                                      I'm afraid these strivers are no longer important, having moved from being hardworking taxpayers, whose money must be spent wisely, to being Jobseekers, who must be sanctioned as soon as humanly possible.

                                      Same for the redundancies caused by "going all out for solar", in the same way you help a toddler to learn to stand on its own by cutting its legs off.

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                                        #20
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                                        China dumping steel has been mentioned.

                                        We've got a trade deficit with China. Don't we just tell them where to go and they do exactly what we want? Or does that argument only work when we're talking about the EU?

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                                          #21
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                                          You need Trump.

                                          I'll drive him to the airport for you.

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                                            #22
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                                            Troubles also in the midlands.

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                                              #23
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                                              Tarzan to the rescue -

                                              http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/tory-lord-heseltine-tells-steelworkers-6704187

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                                                #24
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                                                Wanker.

                                                (Heseltine, not you.)

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                                                  #25
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                                                  Have I understood this right?

                                                  http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2015/10/27/splits-are-emerging-in-the-eu-over-chinas-push-to-gain-market-economy-status/

                                                  China has argued that all World Trade Organisation members should grant it market economy status by 11 December 2016, under the terms of the agreement signed when the country joined the WTO in 2001. If China were to be granted market economy status then states would be prevented from imposing higher duties on imports from China in so called ‘anti-dumping’ cases.
                                                  Are China not dumping steel?

                                                  What's Cameron's view?

                                                  The UK is a strong supporter of conferring market economy status.
                                                  Doesn't sound likely to help the steel problem much.

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