Comments by "robs2020" (@sbor2020) on "Labour's 'green noose' chokes Tata Steel, the 'fiery heart of industry'" video.

  1. Because there are trade barriers between the UK and the EU. Why are there trade barriers? Please explain!
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  2. Let's face it folks, there is nothing about Brexit that has made things cheaper, easier, or more pleasant !
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  3. It is nonsense to say that jobs are lost because of Net Zero when there are stricter targets in EU countries. So it is not "Net Zero hysteria". Tata was very interested until the 2016 Referendum and then their interest cooled. Tata was concerned with the uncertainty post-2016 Referendum. Who will invest long-term in the UK when there are so many disparate voices in the ruling party? The UK-EU relationship is fractured, so this uncertainty contributes to unwillingness to invest. As a result, Wales has borne the brunt of the UK – majority English – government’s attitude and policy on UK-EU trade relationship. Leaving the world’s biggest free-trade arrangement, you cannot expect anything other than negative impact. It is also worth considering the fact that the Tory government is simply not interested in the steel industry, though the economic output of the sector is worth £2.4 billion, or 0.1% of the UK economy and 1.2% of manufacturing output. So I have given the reasons for uncertainty and UK-EU trade relations being the reason, now explain why you think it is "Net Zero hysteria".
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  4. What exactly is Reform UK's economic policy? Please give us ONE policy please!
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  5. Numpty alert.
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  6.  @antonioguerreiro1615  Should an area be shafted for having voted Brexit? The liar Nigel Farage wrote on 2nd April 2016, if we vote to Remain on June 23rd it is the end of the steel industry in this country. Simple as that. We must Leave EU . We vote leave and it is practically the end of the steel industry in the UK. Now - according to Farage and his acolytes - the end of the steel industry has nothing to do with Brexit and everything to do with emissions targets. Anyone repeating this is a numpty! It has everything to do with Brexit !
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  7. Did you cash in your bonanza from Thatcher's sell-off?
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  8.  @Jimmy-ei4xp  OK, I will provide evidence that exiting the EU is a major contributory factor. You provide evidence that it has nothing to do with it. Your thought-leader Nigel Farage says it's all to do with "Net Zero hysteria", so I guess provide evidence for such a claim. It is nonsense to say that jobs are lost because of Net Zero when there are stricter targets in EU countries. So it is not "Net Zero hysteria". Tata was very interested until the 2016 Referendum and then their interest cooled. Tata was concerned with the uncertainty post-2016 Referendum. Who will invest long-term in the UK when there are so many disparate voices in the ruling party? The UK-EU relationship is fractured, so this uncertainty contributes to unwillingness to invest. As a result, Wales has borne the brunt of the UK – majority English – government’s attitude and policy on UK-EU trade relationship. Leaving the world’s biggest free-trade arrangement, you cannot expect anything other than negative impact. It is also worth considering the fact that the Tory government is simply not interested in the steel industry, though the economic output of the sector is worth £2.4 billion, or 0.1% of the UK economy and 1.2% of manufacturing output. So I have given the reasons for uncertainty and UK-EU trade relations being the reason, now explain why you think it is "Net Zero hysteria".
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  9. Waiting for the evidence! @Jimmy-ei4xp 
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  10.  @Jimmy-ei4xp  I will give my evidence as why it is nonsense to say that jobs are lost because of Net Zero when there are stricter targets in EU countries. So it is not "Net Zero hysteria". Tata was very interested until the 2016 Referendum and then their interest cooled. Tata was concerned with the uncertainty post-2016 Referendum. Who will invest long-term in the UK when there are so many disparate voices in the ruling party? The UK-EU relationship is fractured, so this uncertainty contributes to unwillingness to invest. As a result, Wales has borne the brunt of the UK – majority English – government’s attitude and policy on UK-EU trade relationship. Leaving the world’s biggest free-trade arrangement, you cannot expect anything other than negative impact. It is also worth considering the fact that the Tory government is simply not interested in the steel industry, though the economic output of the sector is worth £2.4 billion, or 0.1% of the UK economy and 1.2% of manufacturing output. So I have given the reasons for uncertainty and UK-EU trade relations being the reason, now explain why you think it is "Net Zero hysteria".
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  11.  @Christine-qm1or  How is Reform UK economic policy better? Low taxation and high levels of subsidies for the steel industry. Please explain how that works.
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  12. Give a man a fish he feeds himself for a day, teach a man to fish he feeds himself for a lifetime, give a man the internet and he spreads misinformation.
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  13.  @graham7176  2030 DEGROWTH PLAN. Evidence? Do you see DEGROWTH as a powerful conceptual tool to think about societal transformations for social-ecological justice? (as Parrique, 2019 does) Or just as way of controlling people? Evidence for this! Do you consider the Agenda 2030 (the Sustainable Development Goals) is something to ignore when the World Bank expects the global economy is on track for its worst half-decade of growth in 30 years ? Reasons!
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  14.  @rollerrollerichson6258  They have a website. There is an entire section on articles about Brexit, and the impact it will have / has had. Go to the source and find out rather than rely on GBers telling you!
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  15.  @rollerrollerichson6258  So why did the WEF want Brexit?
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  16. Are you a numpty that voted for the 2019 Conservative Party manifesto? .....😂😂😂 Reaching Net Zero by 2050 with investment in clean energy solutions and green infrastructure to reduce carbon emissions and pollution . You didn't know what you were voting for in 2016 and you didn't know what you were voting for in 2019....😂😂😂
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  17. Status Quo? The rock band or status quo? Yes, but economics students go beyond the first year foundation level text. A cursory read would tell you that the Industrial Revolution started in around 1750. You clearly didn't move onto Capital , which you will have read: *capitalism is a social system based on the exploitation of the majority by a minority for their private profit * .
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  18. You GBers repeat the WEF conspiracy theory that it is running the government, when GB News has on its payroll a representative of the Institute of Economic which actually does run the government: Emily Carver. The IEA and GB News are mouthpieces of the oligarchs and the off-shore billionaires that promote deregulated disaster capitalism, and the ones that will benefit most from the crises that they bring about. After all, it is the IEA that is proud of their advice to Liz Truss, and Kwasi Kwarteng which led to them blowing a £30 billion hole in the economy. Did this lead to more democratic participation?
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  19.  @rollerrollerichson6258  They have a website. There is an entire section on articles about Brexit, and the impact it will have / has had. Go to the source and find out rather than rely on GBers telling you!
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  20. Common sense is doing some heavy lifting. Is it common sense to think that leaving the world’s biggest free-trade arrangement, you wouldn’t expect anything other than negative impact? Is it common sense to suggest that Net Zero had nothing to do with Tata’s decision to close, rather that it was the uncertainty of UK-EU?
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  21.  @grahamjesson5464  It is nonsense to say that jobs are lost because of Net Zero when there are stricter targets in EU countries. So it is not "Net Zero hysteria". Tata was very interested until the 2016 Referendum and then their interest cooled. Tata was concerned with the uncertainty post-2016 Referendum. Who will invest long-term in the UK when there are so many disparate voices in the ruling party? The UK-EU relationship is fractured, so this uncertainty contributes to unwillingness to invest. As a result, Wales has borne the brunt of the UK – majority English – government’s attitude and policy on UK-EU trade relationship. Leaving the world’s biggest free-trade arrangement, you cannot expect anything other than negative impact. It is also worth considering the fact that the Tory government is simply not interested in the steel industry, though the economic output of the sector is worth £2.4 billion, or 0.1% of the UK economy and 1.2% of manufacturing output. So I have given the reasons for uncertainty and UK-EU trade relations being the reason, now explain why you think it is "Net Zero hysteria".
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  22.  @grahamjesson5464  As I said it is nonsense, no it is a lie, to claim that jobs are lost because of Net Zero when there are stricter targets in EU countries . United Kingdom Target Year: 2050 Target Type: Net zero (or similar) GHG emissions: 429 MtCO2e GDP (PPP): $3.1tn France Target Year: 2050 Target Type: Net zero (or similar) GHG emissions: 352 MtCO2e GDP (PPP): $3.1 Other EU Countries Metric tonnes Carbon dioxide emissions in the atmosphere: GHG emissions: (Spain = 293 MtCO2e); (Austria = 70 MtCO2e by 2040) ; (Sweden = 30 MtCO2e by 2040) . Data from the Energy & Climate Intelligence Unit So I have given the reasons for uncertainty and UK-EU trade relations being the reason, and provided some evidence why it is not "Net Zero hysteria", now explain why you think it is.
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  23.  @grahamjesson5464  I believe . What do you base your beliefs on? Unreliable sources like chicken entrails? Or water divination? Or Nigel Farage? The high priest of numptocracy! A grifter moving on to his next grift. The Eu's business is control so they wouldn't make it easy . What do you expect when the UK leaves a free trade bloc of 31 European countries? You voted to be a "third country" So there are regulations for "third countries" if they want to travel, or trade with the EU. This is because "third countries" do not belong or voted to leave the free trade block. Is it really a devious plan that was hatched in 2020? Who voted for this regulation? Yes, the UK as an EU member played a role in devising and voted for it. _environmental targets i believe_. The grifter-in-chief, Nigel Farage tweeted on 2nd April 2016: if we vote to Remain on June 23rd it is the end of the steel industry in this country. Simple as that. We must Leave EU . We voted leave and it is practically the end of the steel industry in the UK. Now – according to Farage and his acolytes – the end of the steel industry has nothing to do with Brexit and everything to do with emissions targets. As I have pointed out from evidence, this is simply untrue or a lie. Anyone repeating this lie is a numpty! It certainly has a hell-of-a-lot to do with Brexit !
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  24. Your reasons for thinking it is "Net Zero hysteria" ?
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