UK car production peaked in the late nineties although very nearly got back to those levels in 2016 so your point remains valid. If you combine the friction introduced to trade by Brexit with the withdrawal from the European integrated energy market, costs in the UK make any sort of complex manufacturing unviable and we are rapidly deindustrialising. The previous government sought to slow this process by massive subsidies to attract investment but that is unsustainable. I'm not sure it was the plan for us to become a back door for the Chinese car industry but that looks like the only option we have at the moment. Its heartbreaking to think of all the good jobs that will be lost and the impact this will have on families.

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former Tesla showroom acquired	22/12/24 12:12:00	Carl Johns
Re:former Tesla showroom acquired	22/12/24 23:31:00	Paul Campbell
Reply	23/12/24 09:30:00	Andrew OSullivan
Re:Reply	23/12/24 09:35:00	Steve Taylor
Re:Re:Reply	23/12/24 09:38:00	Steve Taylor
Re:Reply	23/12/24 12:01:00	Craig David Mcdowell
Re:former Tesla showroom acquired	23/12/24 10:23:00	Michael Robinson
Re:Re:former Tesla showroom acquired	23/12/24 13:43:00	N V Brooks
Reply	23/12/24 13:56:00	Andrew OSullivan
Re:Domestic car industry	23/12/24 16:05:00	Richard Greenhough
Reply	24/12/24 07:25:00	Andrew OSullivan
Re:Reply	30/12/24 11:10:00	Jeremy Parkinson
Reply	06/01/25 09:59:00	Andrew OSullivan
Re:Tesla	06/01/25 11:20:00	Richard Greenhough
Re:Re:Tesla	06/01/25 11:46:00	Peter Evans
Reply	06/01/25 15:13:00	Andrew OSullivan
Re:Reply	06/01/25 17:11:00	Peter Evans
Reply	06/01/25 18:32:00	Andrew OSullivan
Re:Reply	06/01/25 19:31:00	Brian Coyle
Re:Re:Reply	06/01/25 20:20:00	Peter Evans
Re:Re:Re:Reply	07/01/25 10:55:00	Francis Rowe
Reply	07/01/25 14:46:00	Andrew OSullivan
Re:Reply	08/01/25 08:56:00	Jeremy Parkinson
Reply	11/01/25 09:42:00	Andrew OSullivan
Re:Reply	14/01/25 09:24:00	Jeremy Parkinson

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