Friday, April 18, 2014

What Cleggie Said ... Nissan.

Nissan employ over 7,000 people in the North East and export over 80% of their goods.  They couldn’t be clearer: if we leave the EU we will lose business.
Nissan only said that they would re-evaluate their business model, as all companies would do when something changes.  But when we didn’t join the euro, and they re-evaluated their business model, they actually opened up a new plant!  Nissan will want the UK to continue spending the money that we are, on keeping Nissan happy.  They won’t want to lose the good deal they’ve got.
Ford closed a plant in the UK last year to go to Turkey.  That happened with money given to Ford by the European Investment Bank.  We paid for it in our taxes.  They sell us 1.8 million cars a year; the German car industry needs our business.  They’re not going to start a tariff war!

Prayers of Jane Austen.

The little-known prayers written by Jane Austen. Jane Austen (1775-1817) on engraving from  1873.  (Photo: Getty/iStock) It is now 250 years...