-:Undertaker:-
16-01-2014, 04:34 PM
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/10572731/Ford-warns-it-would-reassess-UK-presence-if-country-left-EU.html
Ford warns it would reassess UK presence if country left EU
Car giant Ford has told the UK it would be “cutting its nose off to spite its face” by exiting the EU
http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02791/Ford_2791187b.jpg
Ford, one of the UK’s leading foreign investors, has called for the country to remain in the European Union, warning that it would reassess all its plans if Britain left.
Steve Odell, chief executive of the car manufacturer’s operations in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, told The Telegraph the UK would be “cutting its nose off to spite its face” by exiting the EU. He claimed it would be calamitous for British jobs and business.
The British-born executive criticised the amount of red tape imposed by Europe, claiming it was particularly onerous to the UK, but added that Britain would still have to comply with Brussels legislation if it were outside the EU. Instead, the Government should negotiate from within.
“It cannot make any sense [to leave the EU],” he said. “Yes, there are absolutely some rules and regulations, in the minutiae, that are difficult to take, particularly if you’re from Britain, which was, after all, this island state for years … but I don’t think that’s a reason to turn your back on your largest trading partner.
Wow, sounds like a really serious implication if we left the EU that Ford could leave the UK and 15,000 jobs would be lost - doesn't it? Except..........
Roger Helmer @RogerHelmerMEP Jan 15
Ford: "It can't make sense to leave the EU": http://******/f2gaL7 . So why did they move their van operations to Turkey?
...and..
The UK is Fords biggest market in Europe, they sell more cars here than in any other EU country.
Ford closed their last vehicle assemble plant at Southampton after being given an EU grant of €450million to close the UK facility and move production to Turkey!!
Not one Ford car or van is made in the UK, yet we are their biggest most important market.
Now tell me what right Ford has to even comment about Britain sovereign decisions?
In other words, Ford are telling us that by leaving the EU we risk them moving to a EU country to continue production....... despite the fact they've just moved from an EU country to a non-EU country for production.
Nissan also issued a similar warning which I debunked in 2013 on this forum by pointing out how Nissan had warned, back in 2000, that if Britain didn't join the Euro then it risked being 'sidelined' and that Nissan would seriously have to consider moving production to the continent. And guess what? It was total ********.
Corporations love the EU for one thing and one thing only: lobbying the EU to make horrendous amounts of legislation which help drown out any competition for them. After all think about it: it's much easier to lobby and bribe one parliament that covers 28 countries than it is to do them seperately. And of course, why wouldn't Ford jump to the defence of an organisation that had given it 450m euros of taxpayers money?
Thoughts?
Ford warns it would reassess UK presence if country left EU
Car giant Ford has told the UK it would be “cutting its nose off to spite its face” by exiting the EU
http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02791/Ford_2791187b.jpg
Ford, one of the UK’s leading foreign investors, has called for the country to remain in the European Union, warning that it would reassess all its plans if Britain left.
Steve Odell, chief executive of the car manufacturer’s operations in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, told The Telegraph the UK would be “cutting its nose off to spite its face” by exiting the EU. He claimed it would be calamitous for British jobs and business.
The British-born executive criticised the amount of red tape imposed by Europe, claiming it was particularly onerous to the UK, but added that Britain would still have to comply with Brussels legislation if it were outside the EU. Instead, the Government should negotiate from within.
“It cannot make any sense [to leave the EU],” he said. “Yes, there are absolutely some rules and regulations, in the minutiae, that are difficult to take, particularly if you’re from Britain, which was, after all, this island state for years … but I don’t think that’s a reason to turn your back on your largest trading partner.
Wow, sounds like a really serious implication if we left the EU that Ford could leave the UK and 15,000 jobs would be lost - doesn't it? Except..........
Roger Helmer @RogerHelmerMEP Jan 15
Ford: "It can't make sense to leave the EU": http://******/f2gaL7 . So why did they move their van operations to Turkey?
...and..
The UK is Fords biggest market in Europe, they sell more cars here than in any other EU country.
Ford closed their last vehicle assemble plant at Southampton after being given an EU grant of €450million to close the UK facility and move production to Turkey!!
Not one Ford car or van is made in the UK, yet we are their biggest most important market.
Now tell me what right Ford has to even comment about Britain sovereign decisions?
In other words, Ford are telling us that by leaving the EU we risk them moving to a EU country to continue production....... despite the fact they've just moved from an EU country to a non-EU country for production.
Nissan also issued a similar warning which I debunked in 2013 on this forum by pointing out how Nissan had warned, back in 2000, that if Britain didn't join the Euro then it risked being 'sidelined' and that Nissan would seriously have to consider moving production to the continent. And guess what? It was total ********.
Corporations love the EU for one thing and one thing only: lobbying the EU to make horrendous amounts of legislation which help drown out any competition for them. After all think about it: it's much easier to lobby and bribe one parliament that covers 28 countries than it is to do them seperately. And of course, why wouldn't Ford jump to the defence of an organisation that had given it 450m euros of taxpayers money?
Thoughts?