Liberated UK beats EU as investment hub

[bigtoughralf]

The UK has today beaten Spain in the race to secure billions worth of investment to create an electric car battery plant:

www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-65698529

This isn't thought to be related to the ongoing criticism of Spain's La Liga for enabling persistent and vile racist abuse of black players during games, but the message is certainly clear - the showered and tolerant streets of the UK are the world's choice for European investment now that the UK is free from the shackles of Brussels.

[jimboston]

either that or the fact that the bottom fell out of the Pound, and so the relative investment cost decreased markedly

[saxitoxin]

British Car Maker to Make British Cars for Britons in Britain




"Take that, Spain!"

[bigtoughralf]

Didn't Biden just drop $400billion on bribing companies to produce US products in the US?

The UK just achieved by being awesome what the US could only achieve by emptying its family coffers. UK: 10, Sad and weak rest of the world: 0.

[jimboston]

Didn't Biden just drop $400billion on bribing companies to produce US products in the US?

The UK just achieved by being awesome what the US could only achieve by emptying its family coffers. UK: 10, Sad and weak rest of the world: 0.

The last time the UK did anything “great” was sometime in the 1800’s.

[Dukasaur]

I suppose it will partially make up for the loss caused by Thatcher's sabotage of DeLorean.

Partially.

Very partially.