Balanced Question Time panel tonight - of course not!
Discussion
CorbynForTheBin said:
The woman on the far right of the panel speaking sense re: not bailing out steel.
As was the frothy, shouty bloke complaining that the new forth bridge should all be made from Scottish steel until it was pointed out to him that no one bid as they didn't make the right kind of steel in Scotland
Kazia out of her depth.
She has "passion" but is lacking the worldliness experience and older age gives.
To come back against the lady in black saying I totally disagree about steel prices and the future etc - then goes a bit mute when lady in black says well what about helping them out so less money for he nhs or police or education or all of us have to pay more. Which industries get cherry picked ?
Snoop chap loved doing everything he could to 😆Talk about bankers. They stopped lending even now - um they were bust and new regulations dictate they have to hold more cash nasty regulators grr no sorry her nasty bankers not regulators. What else can get the crowd baying oh yes Wasteminger
She has "passion" but is lacking the worldliness experience and older age gives.
To come back against the lady in black saying I totally disagree about steel prices and the future etc - then goes a bit mute when lady in black says well what about helping them out so less money for he nhs or police or education or all of us have to pay more. Which industries get cherry picked ?
Snoop chap loved doing everything he could to 😆Talk about bankers. They stopped lending even now - um they were bust and new regulations dictate they have to hold more cash nasty regulators grr no sorry her nasty bankers not regulators. What else can get the crowd baying oh yes Wasteminger
speedyguy said:
CorbynForTheBin said:
The woman on the far right of the panel speaking sense re: not bailing out steel.
As was the frothy, shouty bloke complaining that the new forth bridge should all be made from Scottish steel until it was pointed out to him that no one bid as they didn't make the right kind of steel in Scotland
Tata are on the record as saying Dalzell can supply. “Tata Steel can confirm that it did participate indirectly in the tendering process for the Forth Bridge contracts and that its Dalzell works is capable of supplying a significant proportion of the steel required.”
Saying no Scottish companies tendered is also disingenuous as the contracts were awarded for steel fabrication and it was up to the contractors to source the raw steel, hence Tata's 'indirectly' qualification.
http://www.scotsman.com/news/transport/row-breaks-...
ETA: definitely a bloke...
Edited by DocJock on Friday 30th October 08:06
CorbynForTheBin said:
Come on, don't keep me in suspense - assuming there's a point to be made.
sorry I was agreeing with you...Steel makers do not build bridges, they make steel that can be used by builders to build stuff.
Same way steelmakers don't build cars, but their products are used in car manufacture.
the real question here is what the RFP/RFT documents asked for, as in did they specify where materials should be sourced?
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