Friday, 24 May 2019

British Steel


It's rather ironic that the UK voted against the imposition of tariffs on cheap, imported, Chinese steel in the EU. It's also ironic that the Leave camp's solution to the loss in GDP following Brexit is to drop all import tariffs (which in itself is an admission that there will be a problem), thereby allowing the UK to be flooded with cheap imports and facilitating the consequences for British jobs.


Then, of course, there's the Conservatives' ideological position of economic Darwinism and not supporting failing businesses, even if they fail due to government policy.

Welcome to a preview of post-Brexit Britain. It's almost as if the government wants Britain to fail. Could it be because their backers can then pick over the bones of the UK and make a killing from Disaster Capitalism, as Jacob Rees-Mogg's father advocated in his book, Blood in the Streets?

However, tell many Leavers this, and they'll still believe it's all the EU's fault.


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