Coronavirus

We sent 650,000 items of PPE to China at the end of February.

It's hard to fathom a government being so short sighted

 

There is no excuse. We have shops full of the raw material. No one is buying all these throwaway items of clothing so turn them into something useful

 

Exactly. Whatever you create gown wise, you can just use whatever is available, as I mentioned yesterday, wipe down or washable materials, and as someone replied, something is better than nothing.

Be interesting to see who front's todays briefing because the media are going to have a field day.

 

I reckon they’ll send out Lee Hurst.

 

Aren’t the likes of Burberry and Barbour doing this already?

 

Yes they are, but other businesses are crying out for the work to. Clearly B&B can't cope with it all, so why we giving the work to Turkey?

 

No idea but there is an unknown reason behind it as the stool pigeons refuse to answer the question at the daily briefing. Maybe it’s simply because it’s cheaper.

 

It's the only logical reason I can think, we've got to stop with this mentality. China ripped the arse out of our steel industry, like they have with many other things. We've got to start bringing this work back to our shores. Turkey ffs, the home of fake designer.

 

They’re absolutely all over this.

Coronavirus: Delivery of 84 tonnes of protective equipment for NHS delayed

https://news.sky.com/story/coronavi...protective-equipment-for-nhs-delayed-11975429

 

He comes across well and won a lot of people over with the promised help for businesses. How much of it has actually come to fruition?

He’d still be the one I’d reluctantly want to win a hypothetical leadership bid tomorrow.

 

Conspiracy theories are mostly bollocks imo. But there's no doubt that the entire Republican Party (the party of Abe Lincoln btw) is conspiring to ignore the very obvious elephant in the room at the Whithouse.

 

Well said

 

Did you say UK manufacturing industry? Yeah, alright. Maybe Dyson can help.

 

The Times, Sky News...what's Boris done to upset Rupert Murdoch? Must be something

 

No conspiracy whatsoever dude, Its all out there for everyone to see.

Personally I don't much like the word conspiracy because it clouds people's judgements and many will give up on true stories because they come somehow under the title conspiracy where they then get jumbled up a haystack of bullshit and the incredibly ridiculous.

Only one's personal gut feeling can sort out the fake from the truth.

 

I'm not sure your point?

From what was stated at yesterdays briefing there is small to medium businesses crying out for this work, that had been given to Turkey.

 

No its a full English honest ..... A full Welsh is a spliff a can of lager and the crusts of last night's pizza.

 

Can the uk expect to be anywhere near competitive and maintain standards, pay and working conditions? Also have to consider the additional cost of having to ship in a lot of the raw materials.

 

My point is, UK manufacturing is on it’s arse. As a direct result of several decades of right wing industrial policy.

Didn’t someone mention Burberry? How many of their garments are manufactured in the UK?

 

If you read back I had already answered this, also Leftie gave a response to it also. Aside from your sly 'working conditions' which has go fook all to do with the immediate topic.