del trotter:
How does it prove that being in the EU harms UK jobs? Globalisation is a fact of life, what made it more attractive for Kraft, Cadbury being just a brand in a huge US food company,a higher returns for their shareholders as a result of lower costs, such is the nature of business.
Globalisation works the other way as well, with companies coming to the UK, Siemens for example in Hull.
Basic maths says that expanding by locating the extra capacity or closure and relocation outside the country instead of here means we see no benefit in jobs.
On that note are you really trying to suggest that EU membership didn’t 1 turn a trade surplus into a trade deficit and 2 result in a ‘net’ loss of jobs and industry to our European competitors and 3 result in a net addition to the domestic labour supply in the form of free movement.As for globalisation see above.The common link being the general rule of re location or free movement to take advantage of lower wage regimes or expectations.
Of which Labour has shown itself as being supportive of ‘if’ it can be shown to be of ( perceived ) advantage to the bigger Socialist agenda.In this case obviously being the idea of Federation,in the form of the EU,replacing the Nation State.Which no surprise you seem to be trying to avoid the question of your own motivation in that regard.
