Closing Port Talbot steelworks is a BFD?

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Bigwelshlamb · 19/01/2024 21:49

How is there not more outcry about this? Is it because it's couched under the terms of being 'greener'?

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tinytemper66 · 20/01/2024 12:47

Mycatmyworld · 20/01/2024 09:41

Been in the steel industry for 40yrs, job centre says I’ve got to look for work ok. Oh look! the cafe in the high st needs staff, I’ll give it a go.
This will have a serious impact on Wales, feel very sorry for them, it will sadly I think be a nasty box of dominoes

So was my husband until last month. Sad times for our dirty old town 😔

CharlesChickens · 20/01/2024 12:50

Icepinkeskimo · 20/01/2024 09:58

This country made the best steel in the world for years, no argument on that front.
Countless governments have simply destroyed this industry without any forward thinking, with regards to the effect it would have on the communities, and the economy.
We are now a country that imports cheap and inferior quality steel for major construction projects on the pretence that it is “better”.
Trust me it is not better, it’s a corrupt system with false certificates of conformity pertaining to the material. Wait till these projects (and some already have) when flaws are unveiled pertaining to the steel. The consequences of this happening are dire. If steel fails, the whole build cannot undergo remedial works.
This surge in super high build construction depends on using high quality steel, if that fails then its game over. It’s an absolute disgrace what has happened to the steel industry, in this country.
Communities have been ripped apart, all in the name of greed.

Agree with this.

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