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Originally Posted by Toy Soldier (Post 10449979)

Not enough people care enough for it to make an impact, is my suspicion. I mean, look at Amazon, or Google, or Apple, or any of the other huge companies that dodge various taxes and screw us all more than literally ANYTHING else (e.g. all the benefit fraud in the country x100 doesn't hold a candle to tax evasion) but are people out supporting local businesses, or even UK based chains? Increasingly year on year we're still using our iPhones to "get things £5 cheaper off Amazon".

My point I guess is that if people like the look of a Civic they're going to buy a Civic. Politics just isn't a consideration for enough people for boycotts to be effective.

Nestle has been boycotted for decades because of their shameful tactics in Africa but they don't give a ****... it hasn't changed anything... and never will so long as the profits they make from those tactics are greater than the loss they incur from the boycott.

If some people are apathetic, well, that's their problem.

Me? I vote with my wallet and try never to buy stuff from wankers. It's not easy as you can imagine.

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Originally Posted by thesheriff443 (Post 10449946)

Swindon is in Wiltshire not wales arista?

Thank You
Corrected

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Originally Posted by reece(: (Post 10449999)

Brexit snaps again

You are Wrong reece
The CEO said it is not Brexit.

Diesel Cars are not wanted
And Electric Cars are.

Turkey's Honda is also to be closed
they are not in the EU.

reece look at the bigger picture,
of World Cars not being sold
as they were.

Sign Of The Times

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Originally Posted by arista (Post 10450041)

You are Wrong reece
The CEO said it is not Brexit.

Diesel Cars are not wanted
And Electric Cars are.

The CEO isn't being entirely truthful though, is he... as the factory in question builds 95% petrol-engine cars and only 5% diesel, and could quite easily switch to 100% petrol. Demand for electric cars is MANY years away from touching the demand for petrol cars.

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Originally Posted by Toy Soldier (Post 10450045)

The CEO isn't being entirely truthful though, is he... as the factory in question builds 95% petrol-engine cars and only 5% diesel, and could quite easily switch to 100% petrol. Demand for electric cars is MANY years away from touching the demand for petrol cars.

Sure
but it is changing to Electric.
Which needs new machines
that are in Asia.

Many of those Swindon built Cars
go to USA

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Originally Posted by arista (Post 10450048)

Many of those Swindon built Cars
go to USA

So you don't think it's likely that Honda said they would be staying in the UK back when there was promise of a "special deal" between the UK and the US, but are withdrawing now that we're close to not having any sort of deal with anyone at all?

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Originally Posted by Toy Soldier (Post 10450063)

Sadly they have decided
to Close the massive car factory in 2021.

By then more Electric Cars would go to the USA from Japan and Asia

Scottish unemployment rate hits new low at 3.5%

UK employment hits another record high

Bloody brexit

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Originally Posted by arista (Post 10450041)

Jaguar??

it has been categorically stated this is not related to Brexit

end of

don't believe it
it's brexit britain
end of

The car industry has been fickle for 50 years so honda shutting up shop in itself is not an indicator. I don't think we will be short of cast iron examples for long