[user104658]

Genuine question here Kirk but what makes you think any of those companies would still be manufacturing in the UK without EU membership / EU interference? Operating and labour costs are, just on a very basic level, far lower abroad... these companies left for their own financial bottom line and I'm not seeing why that would be ANY different unless you are advocating the UK also paying abysmally low wages in order to keep "up" with competing labour forces?

[kirklancaster]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

Genuine question here Kirk but what makes you think any of those companies would still be manufacturing in the UK without EU membership / EU interference? Operating and labour costs are, just on a very basic level, far lower abroad... these companies left for their own financial bottom line and I'm not seeing why that would be ANY different unless you are advocating the UK also paying abysmally low wages in order to keep "up" with competing labour forces?

If you ran your own company T.S. in Britain prior to us joining the European Union, and rising Government taxation (deliberate by the way) was affecting you, in addition to higher wage levels, and you could move to another country where taxes and wages were lower, but that move was going to cost you £millions - you would not be so eager to make that decision to move.

If you KNEW that a multi million pound low interest loan was available in addition to a muti million pound grant (dependant on area) you would NOT think twice.