RE: Guardian article15 Jan 2025 09:23
Never underestimate our politicians and their ability to make decisions that they think are great for UK plc. The Conservative government gave a massive train order for Thameslink to Seimens who opened an assembly plant in the UK to assemble the trains from kits supplied from Germany. I could very, very easily see the government accepting similar proposals from GE Hitachi, Holtec and Westinghouse i.e. ‘we’ll pay for and build a factory in the UK’ but with the core components supplied from the US. This will make it looks like ‘three’ assembly plants have been opened which might need a couple of hundred staff each (??) to conduct final assembly and tighten the bolts but the bulk of the value will be off-shored to the US…that is my fear and I wouldn’t be surprised at all if this were the case…the government will be able to hoot about job creation when it really really isn’t.