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I Like Chips Member Since: 25 Jun 2017 Location: Ascott Under Wychwood Posts: 1545 |
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7th May 2024 8:03 pm |
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Mowog Member Since: 11 Apr 2018 Location: Cheshire Posts: 503 |
When the population of UK was made up of indigenous residents, the desire to
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8th May 2024 7:21 am |
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IanMetro Member Since: 11 Sep 2017 Location: Somerset BS21 Posts: 3156 |
We have had several 'Buy British' campaigns, I remember in particular those in the 1970s and 80s.
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8th May 2024 9:10 am |
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BossBob Member Since: 30 Sep 2010 Location: Bristol Posts: 1402 |
You can’t buy British because we’ve let investors from other countries buy our companies. They’ve then done simple cost benefit analysis and worked out that they can manufacture products overseas and import them into the UK for less than the cost of importing the raw materials and manufacturing products in the uk. So what do they do. They decide to make more profit and move production overseas. If final products are produced in the uk they’ll often be composed of parts produced in other countries which are assembled in the uk to gain some kind of market share advantage. |
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8th May 2024 10:54 am |
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Mowog Member Since: 11 Apr 2018 Location: Cheshire Posts: 503 |
Unless of course the steel is produced in uk by British owned steel co.
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8th May 2024 11:22 am |
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BossBob Member Since: 30 Sep 2010 Location: Bristol Posts: 1402 |
There is no British owned steel company. Tata (who also own JLR) own what used to be British Steel. Even they don’t want to make steel any more. Their Electric Arc furnaces planned for Port Talbot only remelt scrap steel.
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8th May 2024 12:22 pm |
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Mowog Member Since: 11 Apr 2018 Location: Cheshire Posts: 503 |
I know the Indians own it
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8th May 2024 1:52 pm |
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BossBob Member Since: 30 Sep 2010 Location: Bristol Posts: 1402 |
The amount of steel that is used by the public is negligible when compared to the steel used in industry and construction and I doubt if they would be willing to pay double the price for steel just because it’s British as they’d have to pass that on to their customers and the customers would be looking for the cheapest price. |
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8th May 2024 2:16 pm |
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IanMetro Member Since: 11 Sep 2017 Location: Somerset BS21 Posts: 3156 |
If everyone thought (and did) as you have said then all our worries would be over. But on my last look --- Tax Reductions and Cheap Living seem to get a lot of votes. As the thread is about EVs, then the example is the only way the Government promotes the change to EVs/PHEVs is to offer tax cuts to Business Users, then I suppose the rest of us are supposed to buy their cast offs. FL2 XS SD4 Auto 2010 2012-2017 (21k - 91k miles) (MY2011) FL2 Metropolis SD4 Auto 2014 2017- (16k - 77k+ miles) (MY2015) Metro in its 11th Year of (Extended) LR Warranty / Full LR Service History (Expensive, but Trouble/Worry free - hopefully?) |
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8th May 2024 2:46 pm |
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Just a driver Member Since: 29 Nov 2021 Location: Norfolk Posts: 428 |
As buisness has found cheap sources of labour meaning labour in Uk is cheaper for them. How would people earning less find the money to pay a premium for a Uk product ? |
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8th May 2024 3:55 pm |
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Mowog Member Since: 11 Apr 2018 Location: Cheshire Posts: 503 |
Save up like I did |
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8th May 2024 4:29 pm |
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IanMetro Member Since: 11 Sep 2017 Location: Somerset BS21 Posts: 3156 |
It seems that strange things are happening in Formula E as number of battery cycles are starting to add up, and the charge/discharge stresses are also getting larger.
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11th May 2024 5:41 pm |
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Mowog Member Since: 11 Apr 2018 Location: Cheshire Posts: 503 |
I assume F1 is aiming to go electric eventually?
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11th May 2024 5:43 pm |
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IanMetro Member Since: 11 Sep 2017 Location: Somerset BS21 Posts: 3156 |
I imagine that Formula 1 would less regulated, and leave Formula E with all of its efficiency rules and regulations. Motor racing in general is becoming more and more technical, and the driver/team skills are becoming more and more specialised by race-car category. FL2 XS SD4 Auto 2010 2012-2017 (21k - 91k miles) (MY2011)
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11th May 2024 6:02 pm |
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