depends on your time frame

short term, who knows. I can't see HMG letting something like Nissan (or the likes of Airbus) go so it's a wait-and-see on how they incentivise them to continue in the UK.

Long term, Brexit is a mere bump in the road.

Car ownership will fall off a cliff in the not too distant future (IMHO) once driverless cars come on stream properly. Ben Legg of OLA has a very attractive vision for the future (as a car user, anyway) if you've ever come across him.

so tbh I stand by my view that evolving technology is a bigger threat to manual car workers in Sunderland than Brexit is. Which isn't to downplay the potential impact of Brexit in any way shape or form.

Posted By: CWC on October 2nd 2019 at 15:27:28

Message Thread

Boris says he's ready for a no deal Brexit.... (General Chat) - MORDENCANARY, Oct 2, 13:28:11
- Do you work for nissian? Why do you care what happens to nissan specifically? (n/m) (General Chat) - KetteringRyu, Oct 2, 16:28:34
  - Nissan is vital to the north east . (n/m) (General Chat) - MORDENCANARY, Oct 2, 18:10:57
- Bluuurgh... OK, I have another potentially stoopid politics question (General Chat) - Timmy_Goat, Oct 2, 14:04:09
  - if the numbers are there to pass the May WA then (General Chat) - CWC, Oct 2, 15:28:53
  - there isn't a majority for remain in the commons. there is a majority for some form of (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Oct 2, 14:15:23
    - Wouldn't the soft pragmatic brexit rely on passing the WA? (General Chat) - Timmy_Goat, Oct 2, 14:51:28
      - Ken Clarke's came closest - supported by Labour iirc, but whipped against by the Tories (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Oct 2, 15:17:52
        
        more MPs have voted for a form of Brexit than have voted to revoke article 50 (remain) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Oct 2, 15:20:06
- just another example that voters (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Oct 2, 13:52:01
  - that makes zero (zero) sense, if you didn't care why would you vote? (General Chat) - Tombs, Oct 2, 13:58:08
    - To be honest they voted leave or remain. (General Chat) - Men without hats, Oct 2, 15:21:57
      - i don't know any leavers or remainers, well apart from public figures (General Chat) - Tombs, Oct 2, 16:03:53
        
        and the usual frothers of of here of course (General Chat) - Tombs, Oct 2, 16:07:12
- AI & EV are bigger threats to Nissan workers, tbh (n/m) (General Chat) - CWC, Oct 2, 13:41:06
  - when you say EV, do you mean electric vehicles such as (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Oct 2, 13:44:17
    - No, non-Sunderland built EVs (General Chat) - CWC, Oct 2, 14:44:15
      - Brexit is what really determines whether Sunderland is viable as an EV only plant. (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Oct 2, 15:09:48
        
        depends on your time frame (General Chat) - CWC, Oct 2, 15:27:28
        
        Brexit is the main threat to Nissan Sunderland, then Nissan themselves are no 2 threat (General Chat) - Dracula, Oct 2, 16:27:09
        
        oh aye, long enough term countries fall, empires rise and tectonic plates shift (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Oct 2, 15:47:13
    - so not such a very good thing after all best get your skates on MORDENCANARY (General Chat) - Tombs, Oct 2, 13:48:24
  - which is a very good thing (General Chat) - Tombs, Oct 2, 13:43:27
- do i have to? (n/m) (General Chat) - Tombs, Oct 2, 13:28:39
  - Please . (n/m) (General Chat) - MORDENCANARY, Oct 2, 13:31:05
    - can't sorry i'm on the blower to BT and then I'm going to install a new extractor fan (General Chat) - Tombs, Oct 2, 13:38:34

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