Honda to stun ministers with closure of Swindon factory

[Bomber_Harris]

The Japanese car maker is expected to disclose plans to close its Swindon plant in 2022, Sky News can reveal.
By Mark Kleinman, City editor

https://news.sky.com/story/honda-to-stun-ministers-with-closure-of-swindon-factory-11641154

Game over imo

 

[Bomber_Harris]

one year ago:
Japanese ambassador in Downing Street unusually candid after PM meet with Nissan, Toyota, Honda etc:
“If there’s no profitability of continuing operations in UK no private company can continue operations...simple as that... this is all high stakes all of us need to keep in mind.”

one month ago:
“To ensure Honda is well placed to adjust to all possible outcomes, we are planning 6 non-production days in April 2019,” a spokesman said.

“This is to facilitate production recovery activity following any delays at borders on parts. These contingency provisions have been put in place to best mitigate the risk of disruption to production operations at the Swindon factory.”

 

[Bomber_Harris]

5 months ago:
https://twitter.com/LeaveEUOfficial/status/1042393177389506560
Honda "right behind continued production" at its UK base in Swindon, whatever happens with Brexit. Don't expect the mainstream media to bang on about this too much though, far too positive...!

 

[Ncap]

Well our very own incompetent, truth-averse Boris Johnson will just repeat, f*** business!'

 

[Pond digger]

Aren’t you the cheery one Mr Bomber.

 

[bobk]

Truth is most Honda cars are exported , so they may as well export them from somewhere else , good engines rubbish cars .

 

[capfits]

Truth is most Honda cars are exported , so they may as well export them from somewhere else , good engines rubbish cars .

Aye full of all the positive points.
Ain't this Brexit thing looking good.
So who will be next to go after
Sony
Panasonic
easyJet
Moggys funds
Nigel Lawson
Bloke from Ineos
Yon Dyson
Nissan xtrails

Starting sound a bit like a Proclaimers song
"When you go will you send back etc etc
Sunderland no more, Malsbury no more, Swindon no more etc etc"

Ach well musnt grumble.

 

[Farmer1001]

Truth is most Honda cars are exported , so they may as well export them from somewhere else , good engines rubbish cars .

I’m sure all the employees of Honda and associated businesses will appreciate your sentiment.

 

[Cowabunga]

I made this very prediction on this forum months ago. Even before that i commented on the factory’s precarious position having lost the CRV and producing only the Civic in a highly competitive market. Brexit meant it was as inevitable as is the closure of Vauxhall, Toyota the Ford factories and eventually Nissan

Before the end of the year i also expect Land Rover to close one plant and transfer much more production to the Slovakian factory.

This is just the begining and is irreversible whatever deal or no deal the UK gets. The damage has already been done. But there’s much more to come.

This is not scare tactics. This is it. The reality of Brexit.

 

[Yacker]

Bobk really? You dont seem to care about the great British Workers? Yet want them to buy your produce at a premium....

Or is it fudge Honda, fudge Nissan, fudge Airbus, fudge the lot of them.....

 

[bobk]

I’m sure all the employees of Honda and associated businesses will appreciate your sentiment.

Japan makes cars here because they hadn't got a trade deal with the EU , now they have so they're off ... don't blame me .

 

[bobk]

Bobk really? You dont seem to care about the great British Workers? Yet want them to buy your produce at a premium....

Or is it fudge Honda, fudge Nissan, fudge Airbus, fudge the lot of them.....

Nobody was crying when BL shut down , stop being a snowflake .

 

[Yacker]

Well you voted for this? So who else should Honda employees blame?

 

[Cowabunga]

Bobk really? You dont seem to care about the great British Workers? Yet want them to buy your produce at a premium....

Or is it fudge Honda, fudge Nissan, fudge Airbus, fudge the lot of them.....

Most of the adent Bexiters just dont care about the working man or are too dense to appreciate the damage that has been and continues to be inflicted on our economy by our exit.

 

[Yacker]

Japan makes cars here because they hadn't got a trade deal with the EU , now they have so they're off ... don't blame me

Read this back to yourself... the contradictions, the irony, the lack of responsibility is staggering.

 

[Yacker]

Careful cowabunga if bobk don't like what you say he runs off to tell "matron"...

 

[bobk]

Well you voted for this? So who else should Honda employees blame?

Voted for what ?

 

[Yacker]

I rest my case......

 

[Farmer1001]

Japan makes cars here because they hadn't got a trade deal with the EU , now they have so they're off ... don't blame me .

I’m not but show a bit of compassion for those affected, rubbish car or not, that’s 3500 employees facing possible redundancy.

 

[bobk]

I’m not but show a bit of compassion for those affected, rubbish car or not, that’s 3500 employees facing possible redundancy.

Quite a few will be looking for that big cheque . plenty of jobs around .