The closure of the Ford transit factory in Southampton has been branded as "scandalous" by UKIP Leader Nigel Farage, with production moving from Swaythling to Turkey thanks to the European Investment Fund. This is purely the result of the European Investment Bank offering a €190 million loan for Ford’s relocation last December. The EIB is the bank of the European Union.
"Over 500 British workers are set to lose their jobs thanks to this closure, it is outrageous," said Farage. "Yet again the EU is putting British people out of work and transferring jobs to foreigners. We must be crazy and the fact that the government is allowing this is a scandal. Only UKIP stands up for British workers. We don't believe they are lazy and useless - we believe that they deserve a government that backs and believes in them."
"Over 500 British workers are set to lose their jobs thanks to this closure, it is outrageous," said Farage. "Yet again the EU is putting British people out of work and transferring jobs to foreigners. We must be crazy and the fact that the government is allowing this is a scandal. Only UKIP stands up for British workers. We don't believe they are lazy and useless - we believe that they deserve a government that backs and believes in them."
