Is this the end of British manufacturing?

Summary

The video examines the potential closure of Tata Steel's Port Talbot plant in Wales, which would impact 3,000 jobs. It explores reactions from workers who have dedicated careers there and believe Westminster doesn't care about them. The script also analyzes factors like Brexit, climate change policy, and Conservative indifference as contributing to Port Talbot's struggles. Overall, it provides perspectives from multiple stakeholders to illustrate the human impact of closing the historic plant on the community.

Takeaways

• 😢 Steelworkers in Port Talbot, Wales face potential job losses as Tata Steel plans to shut down blast furnaces.
• 😟 The closure could impact up to 10,000 jobs in the area and devastate the local community.
• 🤔 Tata Steel claims it needs to transition to green steel production, but unions argue the technology isn't ready yet.
• 😠 Workers feel betrayed by broken Brexit promises that steel would thrive outside the EU.
• 😤 The UK government provided funds to Tata Steel but nothing to protect steelworker jobs.
• 😒 Workers don't feel supported by the Conservative government and believe they'd do more if the plant was elsewhere.
• 🙁 Generations of families have worked in the steel industry and would lose their livelihoods.
• 🤨 The UK would become reliant on importing steel rather than producing its own.
• 😕 Closure is seen as inevitable but workers want a managed transition to protect jobs.
• 😐 The government is offering retraining rather than trying to save the plant and its associated jobs.

Q & A

What is the current situation at the Port Talbot steelworks?

The Port Talbot steelworks is at risk of closure, with Tata Steel planning to shut down the two remaining blast furnaces which would cost up to 2,800 jobs at the site. This despite the UK government providing Tata with half a billion pounds to help with their green transition.

What is the potential impact on the local community if the steelworks closes?

The unions estimate that closure could affect over 10,000 jobs in total when accounting for knock-on effects. This would devastate Port Talbot and the surrounding area which is already economically struggling, potentially turning it into a ghost town.

Why does the UK still need steel production facilities like Port Talbot?

UK industries like car manufacturing and food production rely on domestic steel production. Without it they would have to import steel, which increases costs and emissions due to transportation. Retaining some domestic steel production is strategically important.

Is this closure driven by climate change policy?

No, experts say it is more a consequence of Brexit and unfulfilled promises that the UK steel industry would thrive outside the EU. The Biden administration has also made clear it wants to limit imports of dirty steel.

How have the UK government responded to the situation?

Poorly according to critics. The PM refused a call from the Welsh First Minister on the day the closure plans were announced. The government has pledged retraining funds but workers want ongoing investment to secure the site's future.

What financial support have the opposition proposed?

The Labour party have proposed a £3.5 billion fund for clean steel production across the UK. This would support the transition to lower emission virgin steel production at sites like Port Talbot.

What transition support do workers want to see?

Workers want the blast furnaces kept operating until new electric arc furnaces are built. This would retain jobs during the transition. They also want a pledge of support for the long-term future of Port Talbot.

Why might the government be reluctant to provide more support?

As a traditionally Labour-voting area, there is a perception the Conservative government cares less about protecting Welsh jobs. Unions feel support would be greater if Port Talbot was located elsewhere.

What has happened when major employers have left similar areas before?

Former mining areas have never recovered, with ongoing economic decline and destitution. Workers fear the same fate but want to see proactive efforts to avoid it this time.

How do steelworkers feel they are viewed by politicians?

They feel misunderstood and ignored, with politicians failing to grasp the importance of steelmaking for communities and talking only of retraining rather than solutions to keep the industry going.

Outlines

00:00

🏭 Paragraph 1 introduces Port Talbot steelworks facing closure and job losses.

The first paragraph provides background on Port Talbot steelworks in Wales, which is facing potential closure of its blast furnaces operated by Tata Steel. This could result in thousands of job losses, up to 2,800 at the main site, affecting the livelihoods of steelworkers who have dedicated their careers there across generations. The impacts would ripple through the community and dependent businesses. There are questions over who is to blame - climate policy, Brexit, the government?

05:00

😟 Paragraph 2 explores the wider economic impact on the community and region.

The second paragraph explains the potential closure's devastating impact beyond the direct job losses at the plant. Many related businesses like deliveries, hospitality and shops would suffer across the region. Some estimates suggest over 10,000 jobs could be affected in Port Talbot and beyond if the furnaces close, with communities left struggling.

10:01

😤 Paragraph 3 covers steelworkers lobbying government and lack of support.

Paragraph three focuses on steelworkers bringing their case to Parliament, hoping to lobby politicians to back the industry. But Labour's plans to support steel proved absent, with the Shadow Chancellor unaware of the debate. There is a feeling the government is not providing the needed support, unlike what would happen if the plant was in a Conservative-voting area.

15:05

😡 Paragraph 4 looks at the impact of climate policy and Brexit.

The fourth paragraph examines differing perspectives on the closure. Some see it as climate hysteria, while others point to Brexit fallout and highlight that much dirtier steel will now be imported. There is anger at broken promises that Brexit would boost British steel, with the industry let down.

20:07

😟 Paragraph 5 considers risks of losing major customers like food canning.

The fifth and final paragraph explores the risk of major customers like the food canning factory Tata supplies switching to foreign steel if the blast furnaces close, as electric arc furnace capabilities currently can't replace their needs. This could threaten the viability of interlinked manufacturing.

Keywords

💡jobs

The video focuses heavily on the potential loss of thousands of jobs at the Port Talbot steelworks. This directly threatens the livelihoods of steelworkers and their families. It also threatens related jobs in supporting industries and the wider community.

💡community

The potential closure of the steelworks would devastate the entire Port Talbot community which relies heavily on the plant. Multiple generations of families have worked there for decades.

💡generations

Many steelworkers highlight how their fathers, grandfathers and even great grandfathers worked at the steelworks before them. There is immense pride and history tied to the plant.

💡government

Much blame and criticism is directed at the UK government for not providing enough support to transition the plant to green steel production which would save jobs.

💡green steel

Switching to lower emission steel production using hydrogen rather than coal is presented as an alternative that could save jobs and incomes.

💡blast furnaces

The planned shutdown of blast furnaces at the plant to reduce carbon emissions is directly resulting in job losses.

💡carbon emissions

Decarbonization targets are allegedly being prioritized over saving jobs and communities depending on the steelworks.

💡destitution

Without major industries and employers, former mining and industrial areas of Wales have suffered economic collapse, poverty and lack of opportunities.

💡uncertainty

Steelworkers face immense anxiety and uncertainty over job losses that threaten to upend their lives and community.

💡hope

Despite the mounting challenges, some steelworkers cling to a hope that government intervention or new technologies like green steel could yet save jobs.

Highlights

Steel was marketed as Britain's Diamond, the great Bastion of Brexit and sovereignty

3000 jobs are at risk and a town in Wales is on the brink of collapse due to the steel plant closure

The steel closure could cost up to 2800 direct jobs and over 10,000 additional jobs due to knock-on effects

Other G20 countries are not abandoning virgin steel production like the UK, but are building bigger plants

Labour has a £3.5 billion clean steel production plan to help transition and mitigate job losses

Closing blast furnaces is not the climate-friendly solution as it offshores emissions to less efficient foreign plants

Brexit promises of better global trade for UK steel failed to materialize

Prime Minister refused to take a call with the First Minister of Wales when the closure was announced

The local economy relies heavily on the steel plant, with Hindes bean factory at risk without steel supply

The steel plant once employed 20,000 people locally compared to just 3000 now

Locals have no faith the Conservatives care about their town or would do anything to earn their vote

There's still time for the government to negotiate between unions and Tata Steel

Wales has a history of major manufacturers leaving despite government intervention attempts

Labour MP laments the indifference and lack of seriousness from the Conservative government

Locals feel the Conservatives have failed them for over a decade

Transcripts

steel was marketed as Britain's Diamond

product the great Bastion of brexit

sovereignty so why now are there 3,000

jobs at risk and why is a town in Wales

on the brink of collapse welcome to Port

Albert the steel town of Port talba is

braced for the same devastating decline

suffered by a string of once thriving

South Wales Valley communities TARTA

steel have said it will shut down the

two remaining blast furnaces costing up

to 2,800 jobs at its main UK site

despite half a billion pounds of

government funding to help the Indian

company with its green transition no

deal was attempted to keep workers in

their roles people are facing the worst

case scenario but who's to blame is it

climate hysteria is it brexit or is it

the current conservative Administration

and what happens when 3,000 people and

their dependents are forced onto the

doll hi when I started here in 1979 I

had my Apprentice interview and in the

red brick building you see were there

that's where I actually had my interview

for my first year appren SHP in as I say

1979 all this land going back about a

mile down there used to be British steel

land as well so was a lot of change all

along here right the way as far as you

can see down there this is my 45th year

now in the steel works there's been a

lot of change in that time and I never

thought I'd be alive to see the day

where we were massively under threat of

closure uh because that what they

announced with a heavy end really

speaking could be the the final na in

the car thing talk to me then about the

local area so headline is 2,800 jobs

could go but what what is that actually

mean in real terms if you go Downstream

as well you got the deliveries um lry

drivers who deliver in raw materials the

boats and everything com in in the

community the shops Cinemas uh the

corner shop The Petal station everything

everything the knock on yeah the pubs

everything is a knock on and it's say

the community is not just a local

community no more but I Saturday in 1979

you could put the blanket over the area

of people where they came from to join

this company now it's way way further

the field people are traveling 30 m 40

mil to get to work here so it'll knock

on into their hometowns as well so it

it's far out reaching we we're looking

at tataa and the reducing of the two

plus furnaces bearing in mind are

building new furnaces in their Homeland

so for it to go green I mean I

understand we we we produce 2% of the

carbon that's contributed into the UK

and 2% too much but we seem to be one of

the few countries that are playing by

the Queensbury rules everyone else has

seem to be building the new bigger uh

Coke furnaces where we are shutting ours

and it's even green pieces say in the

electric AR is not the way forward at

this pleasure Moment In Time so we're

hoping now to have get green peace down

you and have a chat with them and

explain to them their thoughts on it as

well we need to try and do this and do

this properly if we're going to play a

part in what's going on globally uh

rather than actually uh relegating

ourselves to something of a Backwater

because uh none other of the G20 Nations

uh to my knowledge is abandoning virgin

steel production but Labor's green

Prosperity plan does have provision in

there

saying that they would provide three and

a half billion pounds for clean steel

production across the UK uh that would

be welcome uh because if we're

manufacturing virgin steel uh with much

lower emissions through clean hydrogen

then we think globally that means a

better outcome for the climate obviously

we're delighted if it can have a a good

outcome for workers who have been uh who

are exiting from the old steel industry

as well because it's very important that

this uh the transition to low emissions

and zero emissions is done barely as

possible to the to the workers at the

sharp end so that's why we think that a

plan that does include provision for

Virgin steel production in the UK uh is

something that a government of any shade

should be looking at what we need really

is is something more like a vision for

Port Tolbert and we think that clean

steel production absolutely fits that

and I hope would uh allow some of those

job losses to be mitigated or avoided

can you talk to me a little bit about

what it's like to work inside the

plant well I got to be honest I think

it's tremendous you know what I mean

I've always you know I've done a bit in

there and uh I enjoy my job I do enjoy

it and it's about meeting people and

it's the banther in there as well

because I go to different areas and not

stuck in one place so it's brilliant for

me how long did you say you'd been here

18 years

years when did you start then oh Christ

18 years

ago what made you start what made me

start uh I come in I come in as a brick

leer in the works then we was outsourced

the

department but uh I've really enjoyed it

if this closes it'll be a massive blow

to the community full stop I mean the

town is not very good at the moment

anyway what I mean with shops and

everything else for this area it'll be a

massive blow not for this area for the

rest of South Wales know what I mean cuz

it's an knock on effect though they

saying it's like uh 2,800 jobs or

whatever it'll be a massive a lot more

than that it'll be about 12,000 jobs if

Tata steel are to close their furnace

buyers of Port Talbert steel such as

nissen's Sunderland car factory and

canning producers like baked bean maker

hindes would have to begin importing

steel to keep their British factories

open thousands of businesses would be

affected and not just in manufacturing

Lorry drivers and Hospitality would all

be put out of work in Port talber alone

unions estimate the number of workers

affected could top

10,000 my name's Mandy Mandy what do you

do um I own I'm owner of this sper van

I've been here for 35 years what's going

to happen when the steel if gosh if if

the steel Works were to close I don't

think there' be much much use of us then

really a job for us so not on effect for

everybody everybody in every aspect of

life there be a knock on effect for

everybody devastating

really is that the feeling around around

town yeah it's quite apocalyptic at the

moment everybody's in a a bit of a days

like I don't think they thought that it

was going to happen ever and now that it

has come to light I think a lot of

people people

are well they

really they're not happy about it but

they can't do nothing about it so if

there you go you go pretty much uh this

it's just a knock on effect from the

smallest people up to the bigger ones

and it's just everything it be

devastating around here it'll be like a

ghost town it's become a National

Emergency I mean do you do you feel it

like I mean it's all over the news do

you feel the sort of support that you

want from I think everybody in in around

you should stand with them and fight

with them so you know everybody get

involved because it involves everybody

and it's like families uh like third

fourth Generations cuz there's nothing

else you it's all everybody ever known

is the still works my father my

grandfather my two one of my brothers

worked there my husband works there my

son works there

us so it's a big knock on effect all

together like never look at anything

half empty because you'll get never get

anywhere aul always a full but these

people have been out to work before this

and they've got struggles in their lives

and that and they come up here for a

jack of coffee and uh you know try to

talk to them and things got to be done

sometimes

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of on Tuesday Port Talbert workers

brought their case to Parliament in

hopes of lobbying politicians to take

their plight seriously I I do also want

to acknowledge that in the public

Gallery we have many Steel Workers

who've made the journey here today men

like Alan who have worked at Port

Talbert for 40 years as did his father

and did both his grandfathers or Gary

who's worked there for 37 years and his

son now works in the hot Mill we have

men and women from Port Tolbert from

skunthorp and from trra who started as

apprentices and I want to say thank you

to them thank you for the contribution

that they and their families have made

to the UK over many many generations

last year I went several times to to

Steel sites across Wales and I met the

workforce at Port Talbert when these

plans were first announced I think they

deserve a lot better than what they're

being offered right now but at a minimum

they deserve this place to take their

case seriously and to engage with these

issues with the respect and

consideration they require I'm Jess I'm

electrical engineer in pot to Steel

works in the hot Mill what you doing

today um trying to put some uh pressure

on the government on the politicians

inside to um get behind step up and

support the steel industry um it's

devastating um it's the first time I've

been in a position like this in my

career I started in the steel industry

in 1999 um in my 25th year now um yeah

it's devastating it it is it's it's yeah

it's it's really difficult for a guy

like me I provided for my family my

whole career um I got a wife I got two

kids I pay on the main bread we I pay

for everything um yeah it's it's a hard

position to find yourself in how

important is it to the area it's

massively important to the area um so

the steel industry is the biggest

employer in the area but it's the

biggest contributor to the economy in

the area um it is critical that that

industry survives I'm from The southw

Valleys um born and breed in AV area U

and brought up there um ex- mining

Community I've seen the devastation

that's come when new pole Industries

like this out of the community eil was

the next Valley over from where I lived

um when that went in 2002 um or 2001

it's resulted in the area of Brent

slipping further and further down the

SAU economic scale it's left now in

destitution and there's no answer to it

the government um haven't put any

support into those areas there's nothing

to say that they'd put the support into

Port Albert if that was to fail they've

pledged um uh retraining funds and this

but the industry hasn't gone yet I'm not

interested in retraining fans I'm not

interested in an article in the Wales

online yesterday saying what are we

going to do with the land um we're still

there we we need a business going

forward we need to keep the blast

furnace going until the electric AR

furnace is built we need a 3 million T

Elric AR forness we need support from

these guys here to pledge their support

for the long-term future of Port Albert

the industries in the wrong area in the

country with regards to support from a

Tori government um we're unlikely to see

it in South Wales we're not Tori voters

historically um we're from a sort of

industrial Heartland we're from that

that ex-mining Community we we're lab

born and breed in that respect um so

yeah we we need to see the support um I

think if the steel Works was in a

different part of the country then yeah

we may have seen more support from aori

government but you may not have had the

same Workforce then so yeah it's it's a

little difficult so you're going to go

into Parliament today and you're going

to sit through the debate and they are

going to tell you that they're going to

retrain the area that they're going to

repurpose the area I mean what are you

going to think it's not good enough it

it's it's not the answer um this is all

stuff that has happened in my area where

I was born and bred it has never

recovered the area is still today in

destitution massive Reliance on benefits

massive Reliance on food F Banks it is

at the top of every League table nobody

wants to be near as an economic area

there's no opportunity there for people

like me the jobs for qualified people

like me don't exist in those localities

you've got to travel for them or move

away not to be I don't to upset you with

this question but what was it like when

you had to go home and tell your family

that this was happening um I didn't it

was all over the news as well um but

yeah it is devastating this wor and I've

had um my mother fing me saying don't

worry about things we can s out I've had

my wife asking me what we're going to do

are we going to have to move back to

where I'm from um I've had my little boy

19 years old in college designing me um

and my own electrical company as a sort

of opportunity going forward wored that

um we'd have to move from the area if I

lost my job yeah it it's devastating for

the family did you say the people in

there understand that no not at all they

from a different elk the majority of

them workers had been hoping for renewed

promises from labor to push government

government into renewed negotiations

with tataa steel however their hopes

were scuppered when one Union boss ran

into Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves who

had no idea their key debate was about

to be discussed in Parliament that day

that there are parts of this which are

very difficult decarbonizing industry is

an urgent priority but in some cases the

technology is uncertain or it is

expensive but it is my contention that

getting this right is more important

than doing it quickly or necessarily at

the cheapest cost to State the obvious

we could decarbonize anything by

shutting it down and the cheapest path

will likely always involve Outsourcing

most of our industrial production to

other places but if we do that and this

is what the government's plan for Port

tber is we will spend millions of pounds

we will see huge job losses and actually

we will see global emissions rise as we

effectively offshore our emissions and

then we claim that is progress and this

would be be a fundamental political

mistake with potentially enormous

ramifications for the future of the

transition to Ned zero and we should

know this from our own past like my

honorable friend just mentioned when I

was a child growing up in the Northeast

in the 1980s there was a major

transition and we saw the end of coal

mining and ship building and the end of

the old nationalized Industries as we

knew them then and many colleagues

across the UK have similar personal

experiences some people believe the

closure is climate change hysteric and

speculate this is the first of many

manufacturing losses we'll see on the

road to Net Zero that actually to keep

blast furnaces going was inconsistent

with our Net Zero targets and therefore

what we were doing was happy to see the

steel industry closed down moved to

India and China for still to produced

under lower environmental standards then

the product shipped back and I I feel

Furious well I learned the news today

that 3,000 jobs are to go in South Wales

at P to but as the blast furnaces are to

close is this not strategic Madness for

a country it might make a good headline

to suggest that climate hysteria is

responsible for 3,000 jobs in Port

talber but the energy minister of Wales

Ving had a completely different

interpretation of events reality has had

to Dawn on a number of the brexit

promises so the idea that we'll be able

to make more steal and sell it all

around the world at a better rate has

not materialized

and I don't think anyone who has been

knowledgeable of the steel sector is

surprised by that so at the time Donald

Trump took a very protectionist approach

put extra tariffs on steel uh to prevent

Imports coming in uh the Biden

Administration has been very clear that

it doesn't want dirty steel produced so

actually when you think about this the

steel that is produced in other parts of

the world you're now going to find

additional costs on moving some of that

around and blast furnace Steel in Wales

has actually got less carbon emissions

and blastous steel produced in other

parts of the world so this has actually

been a really bad deal for steel and

your finding tariffs on Imports into the

European union now all those are the

consequence of brexit and the former

brexit chosen so anyone who pledged to

Steel Workers they would have a better

future outside the European Union needs

to look those people in the eyes again

and recognize they weren't telling the

truth it isn't what's happened and a

different future is over only going to

be possible if we reinvest in our steel

sector and we have a much more grownup

trading relationship with Europe and the

wider world the Prime Minister refused

to take a call from the first Minister

on Friday on the day that these

proposals were being made

public the first Minister wrote on the

Thursday afternoon the Prime Minister

confirmed on Monday morning he would not

be free to take a call now this is an

enormous event for Wales and the

UK when Ford closed their fact Factory

in

briend the Prime Minister the day

Theresa May took a call from the first

minister of Wales recognizing the huge

significance and the economic importance

of the choice that was being made I

think the least that the first minister

of Wales and the people of Wales does

there with some courtesy from the prime

minister of course he went out of his

way while sat in a seat in Southampton

football club to attack the Welsh

government it's not what Steel Workers

want to hear I don't think it takes

seriously the real issues with the UK

Sovereign asset in this type of Steal

making and it doesn't take seriously the

reality that there are thousands of

families who are anxious for their

future and angry at the indifference of

the current UK government on Thursday of

last week when it became clear that the

company were to make their announcement

on the Friday I wrote immediately to the

Prime Minister uh asking for uh a

telephone call with him on Friday so

that we could junly discuss how we could

best respond to the uh emerging pict

picture uh and by 8:00 Half 8 in the

morning on Friday I'd had a reply from

the Prime Minister saying that he

couldn't find time to meet me uh or talk

to me that day uh and I I I do think

that is genuinely shocking uh contrasts

very much contrast very

much I I hope you I do hope you're not

defending that I do hope no I well so

nobody in outside this room will hear

members of the conservative party

shouting at me but let me make sure the

people do know that they're shouting at

me to defend the fact that their prime

minister was unprepared to talk to the

first minister of Wales on that day and

that contrasts for me very vividly with

uh the actions of his predecessor

Theresa May on the day that Ford

announced that they were leaving

Bridgend uh uh my office contacted the

office of the Prime Minister that day

and before the end of that day I was in

a conversation with the prime min

Minister about what we could do together

to help people who were affected that's

what I was looking for from the Prime

Minister and I am genuinely baffled that

he did not feel it was a priority for

him to find the small amount of time he

would have needed that day to have that

conversation over the years Wales has

seen many major companies come and go

some have stayed but with dramatically

smaller workforces Hoover Bosch BP and

LG are just some of the companies that

used to have a big standing in Wales

even a few years ago the steel works

here at Port talber had a dramatically

larger Workforce of around 20,000 which

has now been reduced to around just

under 3,000 here the local area is still

thriving the economy is still going but

for how long apparently Hines makes all

of its beans for the UK up the road do

you know about this and it uses this

steel yeah so trust our sister plant lle

all the skill for that comes from Port

Albert and and that is then used by H

and tin in for the food industry so um

without this obviously a question mark

over um trra and with electric Arc

currently with the the technology of

electric Arc we couldn't Supply trra so

what say not part of the announcement at

the moment long-term future for them is

not looking good with it and that's

because you need virgin steel to make

those tin cans right yes you need virgin

steel of an a quality now if we lose

that there is a strong possibility we

will lose the order books for trra the

technology does move on and I and I get

that uh so it might be a few years where

they might be able to use refurbished

steel but at this present moment we need

to be feeding tra and maintain the order

books for you because once we shut down

our blast

furnaces companies are not going to be

wait in for us to spark up and an

electric Arc furnace they're going to

move elsewhere where are we going to get

orders from in 4 years time they're not

going to hang around and wait for us the

concern is as well that they'll start

planning that so if they know that the

furnaces are going to be shut off they

start sourcing new steel or they start

moving their Factory those are the other

concerns absolutely it could end up

going to Holland CU they have a plant

out there now that CES the same way as

froster does and I think that's why at

this present moment T are looking to

bring in slab or coil so we could feed

truster in this in the short term I was

there 42

years um times have

changed and just when I started work

first US was 20,000 when I was on well

was going to be I don't know so things

are looking Grim how did you take the

news when you first

heard well to tell the truth love it's

been um for the last 10 years theyve

always W about importing coils from

abroad done this for 10 years we all

been threatened with closing the oend

and the blast and all that uh but now

it's finally happening it and I know

it's all this

electric blast is coming in and all

right it's good but you know the

contractors and everything's going any

so it's been roughly can I ask you I

mean so the Tories have given half a

billion pounds to the company and now

that's going to go towards renewable

steel rather than the blast furnaces but

do you think the conservatives can care

about the town no no way whatsoever

whatsoever what I mean what would it

take to change your mind my mind yeah

but for

no for the the government say no

yeah I don't know labor coming in they

haven't got too many ideas of they so I

don't know it's just politics and

politics you don't know what the hell is

happening you're not hopeful about no no

they screwed us for the last 13 years 14

years so they're just over themselves

that's it full stop it's all for

themselves they don't give a town of

placees like this they don't give

a how do you think that Westminster

treats Wales in general particular

terrible terrible it's just the same as

and they just all the money they go to

cities big cities the same as the

councils here they're all the same

they're all well corrupt full stop

um so the council is came around here

they're all corrupt so what could you

say you just can't trust anyone what

would it take for someone to convince

you to give them your

vote million

pound it's important to remember that no

decision has been made on T Steel there

is still time for the conservative

government to strike a negotiation

between the unions and the Indian

company