| 1. | @brianheale5064(2025-04-12 11:04:26)
Labour and thinking That’s a novel idea! Perhaps someone will recommend it to Starmer |
| 2. | @dogbreaththe3rd851(2025-04-12 11:05:28)
The cost of energy in the UK make its existence here futile - it will always make a loss.
Also making major policy decisions in the run up to the local elections might be seen as election interference. |
| 3. | @lordveteran9126(2025-04-12 11:05:50)
Ah privatisation... working out EXACTLY as predicted... they just had to sell it all to forigners....morons. next water and electricity... never should have been privatised |
| 4. | @peterbush4569(2025-04-12 11:07:05)
This labour again the party for the working people what a joke' vote this lot out next time for good |
| 5. | @death-king1834(2025-04-12 11:08:43)
Lol Labour hasn't given a single toss about the working-class man of this country in decades. They've made it very clear what group they represent in this country, and it ain't the working-class or the British for that matter. |
| 6. | @biggobmalc8118(2025-04-12 11:10:26)
Yes, nationalise the steel works by all means, but also open up the local coal mine so it has a plentiful supply of cheap economical energy to make its end product cost effective. Otherwise, you're just throwing even more money down the drain then this inept government already is |
| 7. | @nicksealey7004(2025-04-12 11:12:20)
We once ruled the wave's Boat building, all home produced, time to reset the button,,, |
| 8. | @grahamr1234(2025-04-12 11:13:20)
The Chinese don't want - so the government should just confiscate it (and any debts).
The Labour party are happy to give their communist leaders any advantage they can. |
| 9. | @sue-boo(2025-04-12 11:14:19)
So 3000 jobs will be gone. 3000 more signing on. Another brilliant idea by this government. |
| 10. | @songscoops4205(2025-04-12 11:22:06)
Cheaper to import like they did with coal ???? |
| 11. | @colcollins4341(2025-04-12 11:27:36)
We should never allow foreign countries to buy our critical infrastructure. This shows that we are at their mercy. |
| 12. | @shirleyflorance2671(2025-04-12 11:29:12)
Despicable labour. So selfish |
| 13. | @timothybrockbank7474(2025-04-12 11:31:45)
Net zero will never work |
| 14. | @adenwellsmith6908(2025-04-12 11:33:28)
Nationalised for £1. Then sold off. That fixes the China issue. |
| 15. | @SteveShaw-nh4sb(2025-04-12 11:35:29)
Millibrain involvement?....... |
| 16. | @MarkGould-y8y(2025-04-12 11:40:32)
Labour have not been interested in " working people " or the UK for at least the last 30 years they are in a race to give our wealth and culture away. |
| 17. | @GordonYule-d1y(2025-04-12 11:47:00)
Chinese have alot of money invested in the UK so labour should be very careful how they handle this matter |
| 18. | @matthewrowe9903(2025-04-12 11:51:27)
Terrible idea it's not we don't want steel its been regulations that have killed it and those will never be lifted as farage will never be PM as long as his chairman is Muhammad |
| 19. | @stevebudd6078(2025-04-12 11:54:45)
Lie after lie after lie … |
| 20. | @JonHose-wz3uu(2025-04-12 12:07:25)
As globalisation recedes we need more of our vital industry, previously sold off to foreigners, to be brought back under our control and if that means nationalisation then so be it. However, what could possibly go wrong with our steel industry being run by a bunch of dribbling morons with no business nous between the lot of them? Also, I can’t stand the thought of the head moron boasting how he’s rescued the steel industry and single-handedly secured jobs, prosperity and growth! This situation has arisen because of successive govt failures! |
| 21. | @BuzbyWuzby(2025-04-12 12:13:07)
'Labour' let Grangemouth close... |
| 22. | @englishblackie(2025-04-12 12:17:10)
Whilst we need primary so nationalising is the right thing to do but i didnt hear any mention Port Talbot being nationalised last year just 2000 redundancies.
Nationalising won't make the plant profitable because if its anything like any other nationalised industry. |
| 23. | @jyralnadreth4442(2025-04-12 12:19:55)
At this point having Nationalised steel is better than no steel |
| 24. | @LightHearted-b8k(2025-04-12 12:20:46)
LDV were not supported because they produced a really crappy product. Might the same be said about British Steel? |
| 25. | @SC-g2b(2025-04-12 12:20:58)
If the steel was run by a Muslim ?? company my God Starmer would be moving faster then super man in order to fix any problems and money would be pouring in. ????% ? |
| 26. | @stuart124(2025-04-12 12:22:05)
This will become the new NHS;
Billions of good money after bad, incompetently and inefficiently run, with jobs for diversity hires rather than competent engineers and metallurgists. |
| 27. | @BK-uf6qr(2025-04-12 12:22:16)
I reluctantly agree w you. However, if the underlying causes of low productivity aren’t addressed it will be like keeping someone on life support but they are not conscious. BS should never have been sold to China. The hypocrisy of Labour to buy steel from Chinese coal furnaces while driving up the costs of British steel. The arrogance of the left that believes if the UK commits to net zero they will save the world from disaster. What farce. Net Zero really means what the GDP will be chasing net zero regulations and dreams. Energy prices must come down. The fundamentals of why British steel is not competitive MUST be addressed.
Conveniently, “Trump Tariffs” from a week ago are suddenly the cause of British steels problems. This ignores over a decade of unproductive and unprofitable steel production. Selling to the Chinese was absolutely foolish. The can help orchestrate managed decline right in front of the whole nation. Labours nationalization is NOT heroic. If someone starts a home on fire then rushes in to save someone, they aren’t heroes. The perverted left agenda is killing the country. When Talbot closed there were a few headlines then forgotten.
The blind push for net zero and all the regulations and burdens are sacred to the left. It’s never mentioned what the real cause of the problems are. That’s where the boogeyman Trump is a useful strawman. Do tariffs help? No. But to even suggest that if Trump never issues tariffs British steel would be a profitable productive industry would be a lie.
In politics, the truth is an enemy. It is hidden and protected from real discussion. It’s a shame and a sham.
China has about 2000 steel furnaces. 90% are coal. Why does Labour believe the UKs measly 4 furnaces are the source of all the world’s problems? The myopic mentality is going to destroy UK industry or what’s left of it. |
| 28. | @alexgrant4216(2025-04-12 12:41:18)
Understand the job situation but the fact there has been no interested buyers tells it’s own story ???? it’s haemorrhaging cash and I doubt Liebour running it will make it any better |
| 29. | @laidbackcamper101(2025-04-12 12:42:53)
Could not run a bath |
| 30. | @UtubeRwokeLefties(2025-04-12 12:48:43)
Not enough, we also need to dump Net Zero and stop importing Japanese coal (not like we don't have plenty ourselves, is it) to bring energy costs down. Not just for Steel, but for all manufacturing. Milibrain must be sacked. |
| 31. | @alanbrown7155(2025-04-12 12:52:28)
It's all the net0 crap. |
| 32. | @stephennewell6628(2025-04-12 12:55:48)
Instead of trying to save a dying Swan, they should create an economy where businesses thrive with low taxes and reward for success. More jobs, more tax income etc.
“British Steel” was sold to Tata an Indian company not a Chinese one. It was inevitable that they shut UK manufacturing at the earliest possibility, this government has just made it happen.
Labour don’t want steel or oil or coal or any other heavy industry to thrive, they just was 5 years of the high life and then retire to a gravy train in EU or WEF. |
| 33. | @clogs4956(2025-04-12 12:56:08)
For two decades, Chy Nerr has been using multiple offshore companies in order to circumvent WTO regulations and pre-existing US tariffs.
The sudden panic around re-nationalising British Steel could be a good thing, but we must watch out for the devil in the detail, not least some government agreement to still work with Chy Nerr. Possibly importing coal/coke rather than reopening our own mining industry?
Trump knows what he’s doing… |
| 34. | @chrisardern4594(2025-04-12 13:05:33)
Great idea but do you not remember alll the taxpayers money wasted it the 70s. The answer i have no idea no doubt the politicians will make the decision as long as they personally make a big hand out from any deal they vote for. Irlam steelworkers closed in the 70s with the loss of 1000s of jobs and the town survived just a thought. |
| 35. | @alexanderperry1844(2025-04-12 13:10:50)
British Steel should be nationalised, relieved of the "Green" duties on power, etc. and protected by tariffs from dumping by third parties. Then privatise. |
| 36. | @SMX815(2025-04-12 13:11:39)
They should do the same for the utilities as we should look after our companies & manufacturer our own produce, so on & so forth. |
| 37. | @carob6977(2025-04-12 13:23:09)
Why did they allow it to be sold to the Chinese in the first place in 2020? |
| 38. | @fionagardner4257(2025-04-12 13:27:52)
TATA of India owned it and closed it as not economical, why nationalise it, waist more money. |
| 39. | @michaelhowarth-w1e(2025-04-12 13:34:18)
its all going to plan, britain is finished 100% |
| 40. | @peteradshead2383(2025-04-12 13:35:06)
Lets vote how many minutes it will take before they go on strike if they was nationalised , wouldn't it be better to scrap Net zero and stop spending billions thinking how to capture cows farts , building EV which no one want or can afford ?
So get ready for 2030 and them eat bug , own nothing while living in your 15 minute city !!! |
| 41. | @robertfrancis7767(2025-04-12 13:36:03)
They do not care about defence and security but yes for Communist China. So always it's Globalism, the environment and destroy UK is Labour's plan as they still dislike you. |
| 42. | @simonweakley3479(2025-04-12 13:40:19)
The defence argument is totally valid Ash, but the Ruling Class Net Zero lunatics have closed all the Coal Mines so the coking coal for British Steel is being shipped half way round the world from Japan, and Iron Ore from places like Poland. Any conflcit with China or Russia they would seek to blockade out ports and stop these parts of the supply chain getting to Scunthorpe British Steel, same with Drax, the silly wooden pellets come from N America when Britain's largest and most profitable deep coal mine was less than an hour away by truck which was why Drax was built. Labour and Tories just as bad as each other and are grandstanding blaming each other whilst we descend into chaos. Truly pathetic, but Sir Starmer doing his Churchill impersonation wrapped in Union flags is the most pathetic of all |
| 43. | @parzival1958(2025-04-12 13:44:19)
Particularly as Starmer seems desperate for a war, having our own steel seems pretty important |
| 44. | @richardc3194(2025-04-12 13:46:32)
Net Stupid Zero destroying the UK economy and the standard of living. None of eco-cult ideological maniacs would live more than a week or two if the country returned to a pre-industrial feudal society. |
| 45. | @michelles2299(2025-04-12 13:50:08)
Ed Milliband crazy net zero schemes are making our country poor and are a barrier to a healthy economy ???? |
| 46. | @annweatherston-im1zf(2025-04-12 14:16:37)
Net zero is a con wtf happened to common sense |
| 47. | @jons1610(2025-04-12 14:21:57)
An awful lot of mechanical and civil engineering projects have been adversely affected by the poor quality of Chinese steel. Whole sections of jobs had to be re-worked etc therefore increasing cost all because companies could not get decent steel and were forced to use steel made in China with dubious quality control and forged quality assurance documentation |
| 48. | @lesliecarter4295(2025-04-12 14:54:31)
Ed Zero should resign..? |
| 49. | @eddiebrown2206(2025-04-12 14:55:26)
Simples, the Chinese have lined their pockets.... smell the coffee ?? |
| 50. | @iareid8255(2025-04-12 15:15:14)
How many industrial jobs have been lost already in the last twenty years? While I appreciate that further loss of emplyment is devastating, we are trying to prolong the life of a corpse.
The blast furnaces are very old and outdated and ideally need replacing with modern more efficient ones. However the very high cost of electrcity would make the steel uncompetitive.
Politicians from Blair onward have destroyed industry by their net zero nonsense which has near doubled the price of electrcity.
Latterly the coking mine in Cumbria was not able to get permission to proceed with plans to mine coking coal, (used in blast furnaces which we would now need to import) approved by planners but our 'friends' in the government squashed it. With friends like that who needs enemies? |