Comments by "Greg Greg" (@SlowhandGreg) on "The Remoaners have got it wrong. The people of Sunderland have been rewarded." video.

  1. Thousands of jobs have been lost at Sunderland and other car plants since 2016 there is also a halving in demand in the sector for UK cars since 2019 partly due to the pandemic but also due to export problems. The expected jobs for the new plant is about 1500 with 4500 generated in the wider supply chain The government is expected to contribute 100 million in subsidies so 66,000 per job As other car makers reduce production in the UK it is seen by Nissan as an opportunity to increase its UK market share. Due to country of origin rules non of the Sunderland cars will be tariff free to the EU or Northern Ireland and the deal probably breaches unfair competition rules due to state aid as well. So yea great deal for a non UK company to grab the UK market from UK car companies with the UK government ponying up a huge wodge of public cash
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