“British jobs for British workers”

Remember that phrase from our Brownian leader. Well, I guess his tune is changing yet again and Lord Mandy is advising him that it was an ill advised and ridiculous statement.

We are seeing demonstrations at Grangemeouth and the French going on strike and at the heart of the demonstrations is the concern that jobs at home are going to those from abroad.

The trouble is that this type of nationalism is the sort of thing that led to the second world war (as Europe came out of recession) and would lead to a longer and deeper recession now.

Who would have thought that Brown would have been doing the job for the BNP - disgraceful?
Grangemouth

France

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