Here's the reality people like Markham can't or don't want to see. The problem is: when this takes full effect Markham will be dead and the young folks will suffer from it.
Then again: should have voted remain then instead of playing with their smartphones and jerking off
The strategic outlook for the UK automotive industry beyond Brexit
https://www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/news/death-thousand-cuts
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Since the Brexit referendum all but one major decision have gone against the UK: Daimler cancelled its joint project with Nissan for Sunderland, Jaguar Land Rover moved production of the Discovery model to Slovakia, Honda announced the closure of its Swindon plant (even turning around the ship that was bringing production equipment to make the electric version of the Civic in the UK), and Nissan announced that the next generation of the X-trail SUV would be produced in Japan (making good use of the EU-Japan free-trade deal that has just come into force and will see import tariffs on cars taper away to zero). In addition, Toyota and BMW have both put out stark warnings that their UK production is under threat in a no-deal Brexit scenario. Toyota’s recent announcement to produce a Suzuki-badged version of its Corolla estate in the UK surely was welcome news in this context, while of course this will neither lead to new employment nor significant additional investment. Not surprisingly, overall investment in the industry has dropped by 80% over the last three years.
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