RE: Bottom8 Dec 2025 15:10
You have to give the Reporter a pat on the back for giving Barrow a thumbs up. It needs it. The town central ward is a dismal area of abject poverty, only Turkish Barbers, Hairdressers and Charity shops. BAE is supported by a large commuting workforce utilising rental properties, with any wealth rapidly being exported away.
I look back to when the Morecambe Bay field was routed to the Barrow Terminal and then Rivers - you could count local hire in singular figures if you exclude gardening, fencing and local security jobs.
I might add that all the Wind farms export cables go to Lytham St Annes - not Barrow.
I like this concept and sincerely hope it happens - but not as an investor, especially with reliance on Milliband
Buyer beware if you put your trust in Milliband,