I don't get it. I thought now that that Gordon and the other main political parties had pilfered a lot of the good ideas in the Green New deal that Green jobs were the future? 40,000 green jobs will be created I heard Miliband say. Will that include the 500 green jobs going this month in the Isle of Man? Currently the workers at the Vestas wind turbine plant are occupying the factory in a demonstration that reeks of desperation. The facory will close at the end of the month with over 600 layed off between here and their sister sit in Southampton. Now I'm not the biggest expert on the geography and make up of the Isle of Man but I can guess that that is a significant percentage of the working population. Surely if Government policy is to ensure more renewable energy is generated in the UK and there is Wind Turbine factory and skilled workforce going begging it would make long term financial sense to nationalsie the facotry and produce our own turbines. A simplistic view but surely one that isn't a million miles away from our options. We have pumped money into the bank to kleep them afloat and they are just pissing the taxpayers money away, nationalisation of manufacturing firms only counts when it is car plants. What a crock of shit this really is. Good luck to the workers participating in the sit in.
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