- Joined
- Jan 8, 2014
- Location
- glasgow scotland
It's good news, obviously, not just for the thousands of people directly employed there, but also the tens of thousands of jobs in the wider supply and support chain that rely on it.
However, let's remember that this is just 'something that stays the same as before', it's not a 'Brexit Benefit' or anything like that, Nissan have been in Sunderland since 1984 and have invested in it massively over the years, so for them to shut up shop and move the plant somewhere else would be hugely expensive. Also, Nissan explicitly stated that in the event of No Deal Brexit the plant would become non-viable so the Brexit Deal 'saved' the plant in that regard, but it only needed saving in the first place because of the threat that Brexit posed to it.
I'm still waiting for anyone to list an actual Brexit benefit, because so far all we've got is a load of things getting worse and in the case of Nissan, we're left 'celebrating' over the fact that something has simply managed to stay the same as it was before.
Not really.
The future of the plant was in doubt. They had postponed the making of a new car but have now went ahead with it. And they are now going to make the batteries in UK instead of importing them from Japan thanks to the new Tariff's.
Quite different from just staying the same.