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[breffni]

2 hours ago, Johnsond said:

This is the sort of thing I spoke of, Companies from all over the world getting in on this free for all that we will pay for. 

The decline of British engineering and manufacturing industries is a disgrace. 

[Johnsond]

30 minutes ago, breffni said:

The decline of British engineering and manufacturing industries is a disgrace. 

Simple solution if it’s going into British waters it’s built here or at the very minimum a majority portion of it. 
the resultant jobs and boost to communities would be huge. My views on electricity provision 

have always been that it should be state owned/controlled along with all other utilities etc that are essential to the everyday well being of the population. 
Nationalism should not be a dirty word.  

[Khriss]

1 hour ago, breffni said:

The decline of British engineering and manufacturing industries is a disgrace. 

After seeing so many fine efforts ( Harrier,  Aston, Rolls,  Hovis, etc) am appalled at what passes for ' excellence'  these days. We built bridges all around the World once - now can't organise a pissup  ( pub shut at 10 for 'no good reason' ) K  

[eggsarascal]

33 minutes ago, Johnsond said:

Simple solution if it’s going into British waters it’s built here or at the very minimum a majority portion of it. 
the resultant jobs and boost to communities would be huge. My views on electricity provision 

have always been that it should be state owned/controlled along with all other utilities etc that are essential to the everyday well being of the population. 
Nationalism should not be a dirty word.  

Wouldn't that be nice, in the twenty-odd years I've worked in the water industry it's never been owned by a British company, never mind state run.

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

Yeah, well, what a disappointment Sunak’s speech to the Tory conference was. 
 

Rather than ‘pressing the restart button’ as he boldly claimed, all he actually proposed was a continuation of the existing flawed, Ponzi scheme of borrow, build houses and lend money to help pay for them in order to continue the misguided concept of relying upon GDP as a measure of economic success. 
 

Deeply disillusioned of Cornwall....
 

 

[Stubby]

22 minutes ago, Khriss said:

After seeing so many fine efforts ( Harrier,  Aston, Rolls,  Hovis, etc) am appalled at what passes for ' excellence'  these days. We built bridges all around the World once - now can't organise a pissup  ( pub shut at 10 for 'no good reason' ) K  

Well said Isambard !

[Johnsond]

1 hour ago, Khriss said:

After seeing so many fine efforts ( Harrier,  Aston, Rolls,  Hovis, etc) am appalled at what passes for ' excellence'  these days. We built bridges all around the World once - now can't organise a pissup  ( pub shut at 10 for 'no good reason' ) K  

I worked on the new forth crossing doing some of the subsea stuff for the main legs, Chinese steel throughout and upon UK spec NDT standards being implemented post installation a resultant pile of defects that necessitated the gouging out and rewelding of numerous defective joints. Shit government Shit management and zero vision for the future apart from next years balance sheet, share price and dividend ?

[Khriss]

1 hour ago, Stubby said:

Well said Isambard !

He dont even know who Isambard is!  Actually its a good start for any history thread. Died quite young. K

[eggsarascal]

Lots might not know who he was, some will know he was on top of civil engineering back in the day. Whether it be bridges, tunnels or rail, he knew his onions. That said, he did get it massively wrong more than once.

Edited October 10, 2020 by eggsarascal

[roboted]

21 minutes ago, eggsarascal said:

Lots might not know who he was, some will know he was on top of civil engineering back in the day. Whether it be bridges, tunnels or rail, he knew his onions. That said, he did get it massively wrong more than once.

And Ships ?