[garinda]

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

I think we have to expect more from our local councillors on the local issues.......and G is right about the big mistakes made with our money....that have brought in absolutely no benefits.
MP's are elected with some hope that they will influence local issues, but in reality that isn't going to happen because their hands are tied....and making a noise about unemployment would not have helped at all.......the large companies who employ people will not stay open just to employ local people if it isn't a viable financial situation...they are in business to make a profit, not as a philanthropic venture....and if the work force is cheaper elsewhere then they are going to move to where costs are cheaper.

Again I think you're right.

I'm sure both MPs with Vauxhall plants in their areas are doing everything they can to hopefully ensure that each factory remains open, but ultimately that decision will be a matter of global economic concerns, and will lay in the hands of the new Canadian owners, and not with two local MPs.