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MayBee70

Blinko

But hey ho, let's develop a theme park in Bedford - not too far from the leafy South East, eh?

I suppose people can do Chessington and Legoland at the same time

Yes, it will create jobs, but it's all so frivolous for want of a better word.

I exclude Legoland from that description - it helps children to develop skills!

MayBee70

“British Steel has scaled back its presence in the North East following threats from Reform UK's Richard Tice's company to raise the rent at their site.
Recently, the Boston and Skegness MP has been a vocal proponent of government intervention for British Steel, advocating for the nationalisation of the struggling Scunthorpe plant. During the Commons' emergency Saturday debate on a rescue strategy for the facility, he sported a "Save our Steel" badge and challenged ministers to "show your cojones" by bringing the company under public ownership.”
Typical. Reform jumping on any bandwagon that gets them in the news. Even if it’s about something they’ve shown no interest in in the past.

I had no idea about Tice's own economic interests and now what he's done.

Hypocrisy and opportunism from a party that dont believe in nationalisation.

FriedGreenTomatoes2

^Don’t trust the Chinese^
Exactly Trump’s thoughts.

Trump believes that Putin is to be trusted. Excuse the language, but he doesn’t know his arse from his elbow, does he?

My worry about Scunthorpe is where the coke is going to come from to keep the furnaces going in the short term.

Don’t trust the Chinese
Exactly Trump’s thoughts.

“British Steel has scaled back its presence in the North East following threats from Reform UK's Richard Tice's company to raise the rent at their site.
Recently, the Boston and Skegness MP has been a vocal proponent of government intervention for British Steel, advocating for the nationalisation of the struggling Scunthorpe plant. During the Commons' emergency Saturday debate on a rescue strategy for the facility, he sported a "Save our Steel" badge and challenged ministers to "show your cojones" by bringing the company under public ownership.”
Typical. Reform jumping on any bandwagon that gets them in the news. Even if it’s about something they’ve shown no interest in in the past.

Starmer has his work cut out.... the things recently he's had to deal with!

Quite so Whitewave

I was wondering why the sudden rush to take control of the steel works.

First I read that the Chinese owners had been locked out of the site and had been turned away by police.

Then I read that if there was no fuel for the burners and they went out it would be next to impossible to re start them.

Then I read that the fuel was being shipped snd on the high seas and the Chinese owners were trying to sell it before it reached the U.K. which would have meant disaster for the works.

Now I understand the urgency of it all😊.

Lesson

Don’t trust the Chinese.

Blackpool 🌞. Its pleasure beach is losing money. It’s one of the most deprived areas in the country. Crying out for investment (and drug/alcohol/mental health services )

Oreo

Everywhere in the south Midlands ,south east, isn’t leafy btw and there are loads of people needing jobs, the theme park will be brilliant for the area.

I agree. Bedford has some pockets of real deprivation and it's just north of Luton, which has a high unemployment rate.

Oreo

I see 😄
It has to be in England tho, to make the maximum amount of money.

Bedford is also reasonably convenient for tourists from mainland Europe. If it's built, there's going to be a major upgrade to the Oxford-Cambridge routes and Bedford will be convenient for that.

PS. I agree with others - Sheffield would have been good.

Fenny Drayton does sound very lovely to be fair, though I’ve no idea if it is in reality.

We can go to bed happy😂

Being an equal saddo😄 I looked up the centre of England, its at Fenny Drayton Leicestershire.
So now we know.

Being a saddo, I just looked it up. The centre of mainland GB is actually 4 km north west of Calderstones Hospital near Clitheroe, Lancashire. The mainland result confirmed the findings of analogue experiments carried out by a Brigadier Winterbotham, reported in the Geographical Journal in 1941. (ordnance Survey result).

I see 😄
It has to be in England tho, to make the maximum amount of money.

Oreo

How is Sheffield, Yorkshire, in the middle of the country?

Middle of the UK, not middle of England.

Anyway it’s not going to Sheffield so a moot point.

MayBee70

Oreo

How is Sheffield, Yorkshire, in the middle of the country?

It’s more central than Bedford though.

Depends on your point of view and where you live.

Everywhere in the south Midlands ,south east, isn’t leafy btw and there are loads of people needing jobs, the theme park will be brilliant for the area.

Oreo

How is Sheffield, Yorkshire, in the middle of the country?

It’s more central than Bedford though.

Don’t let’s go down the dreary North/South divide route.

How is Sheffield, Yorkshire, in the middle of the country?

J52

Blinko

But hey ho, let's develop a theme park in Bedford - not too far from the leafy South East, eh?

Would you rather it wasn’t there? Where would you put it?
Attractions such as this need good infrastructure so that visitors can get there.
So, rail and road links are important, not to mention airports. Good for Bedfordshire!

Why not Bedfordshire? It’s in the middle thereabouts of England with good transport links as J52 says and a derelict site of the right size.

Yes Sheffield would have been a possibility, I have friends who live there.