Forgemasters so it begins?

[nicecraig 10]

It was only a matter of time for the events which have happened in the North east and Wales and Rotherham to hit Sheffield get ready !

SAVE OUR STEEL :(:(:

Edited January 19, 2016 by nicecraig

[Tomtom66 10]

no thanks close all the factories down, whats the point subsidising companies that create steel that no one wants to buy, on the news last night china were making a loss of £24 a tonne, and thats for cheap steel so who is going to buy expensive steel. unfortunately many jobs will have to go but their is plenty of other work to go around and it would cut down pollution, i say close them all across the world and don't open them again until the steel is needed

[byeo 10]

no thanks close all the factories down, whats the point subsidising companies that create steel that no one wants to buy, on the news last night china were making a loss of £24 a tonne, and thats for cheap steel so who is going to buy expensive steel. unfortunately many jobs will have to go but their is plenty of other work to go around and it would cut down pollution, i say close them all across the world and don't open them again until the steel is needed

 

- people do want steel or they would have closed years ago

- where are these "plenty of other jobs" ?

- steel is needed all the time, all over the world

 

Didn't really think it through, did ya ?

[atticus 95]

no thanks close all the factories down, whats the point subsidising companies that create steel that no one wants to buy, on the news last night china were making a loss of £24 a tonne, and thats for cheap steel so who is going to buy expensive steel. unfortunately many jobs will have to go but their is plenty of other work to go around and it would cut down pollution, i say close them all across the world and don't open them again until the steel is needed

 

 

You can't just close a steelworks and then open it up again when the market for steel improves.

Other European countries are making an effort to protect their manufacturing industries and jobs , we choose not to.

[martss 10]

If you close all the steelworks down wheres all the scrap steel that gets remelted going to go?

 

You can't use the cheap steel for everything, certain industries need the high quality steel that Forgemasters produce, and they don't just make steel, it's what they are capable of turning it into that's important and needs protecting!

[jsmith2009 10]

its about time the tories protect some of our industries . they did it for the car trade ..

[Snowglobe 10]

no thanks close all the factories down, whats the point subsidising companies that create steel that no one wants to buy, on the news last night china were making a loss of £24 a tonne, and thats for cheap steel so who is going to buy expensive steel. unfortunately many jobs will have to go but their is plenty of other work to go around and it would cut down pollution, i say close them all across the world and don't open them again until the steel is needed

 

You might have got something there, lets close all the steelworks down and find employment for all the people that used to work there. After all not many people work in the steel industry now. Of course closing the steel works down would mean, transport companies closing, small engineering firms that make things for the steel industry may close too, and maybe the other service industries like air con maintenance and a few other specialist services.

 

I'm sure they could all find jobs at Meadowhall or somewhere similar, manning shops that nobody would be shopping in due to nobody having the decent salaries that the old out of date steel works and their partner companies used to provide.

Then maybe we could close the technical colleges and universities as no one would need to get technical education then as all you would need to know would be to say, 'Do you want fries with that'?

Edited January 19, 2016 by Snowglobe

[atticus 95]

its about time the tories protect some of our industries . they did it for the car trade ..

 

The sad fact is that there aren't many votes in it for them, so they don't give a monkeys.

[ellabbs 10]

its about time the tories protect some of our industries . they did it for the car trade ..

 

 

 

hahahahaha tories , protect industry north of watford. hahahahahah you having a giraffe mate ..

[peakview 10]

I've heard there's a piece going in The Star tomorrow...

 

true.

[ECCOnoob 1,020]

its about time the tories protect some of our industries . they did it for the car trade ..

 

tell you what. Tories can start "protecting some of our industries" as soon as we consumers actually put our hands in our pockets and buy British.

 

You want to protect our home workers - stop buying cheap imported goods.

 

You want to keep our core manufacturing going in this country - create a demand and market for it to be sold in.

 

You want British workers to receive a fair wage - be prepared to pay a fair price for your goods then.

 

I have said on these treads many times now. I feel very sorry for those who have lost their jobs but we are ALL to blame.

 

We lap up cheap imports from discount stores. We flock to get our fill of bargain basement electronics, furniture, food and clothing.

 

We bleat on and on about rip off Britain and the big name retailers being overpriced whilst at the same time complaining about the decline of our home manufacturing and low wages ...... Errrm...

 

Cant have it both ways.

[tinfoilhat 11]

its about time the tories protect some of our industries . they did it for the car trade ..

 

Did they? Who? When? How much?

 

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You can't just close a steelworks and then open it up again when the market for steel improves.

Other European countries are making an effort to protect their manufacturing industries and jobs , we choose not to.

 

How much more tax do you want to pay to keep them open or would you like more public services cut?