Well, here's a tough call. As Our Man in Abiko, should Our Man be happy or sad over this story of awarding a 7.5 billion-quid contract for trains to a Japanese-led consortium? Well, nice work if you can get it. The cartoon is the Grauniad's excellent Steve Bell's take on the story. Our Man says, work's work. Maybe Japan will reciprocate by keeping the Toyota lines running in Derby, where the Bombardier trains would have been made.
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It appears that a lot of people are going to have to go straight for the thymus gland for a while. If people are not ready now then it might be too late.
We are living in interesting, yet uncertain, time these days.
Looking bleak, but it could be worse... what would Our Man have to blog about if everything was hunkey dorey?
Work's work, good point - remind me, how many factories have the British built in Japan recently?
Agreed. It is a bit small-minded on Britain's part. There are numerous Japanese factories providing jobs to Brits. Besides, the "British" rival for the train contract was Bombardier - a Canadian company. Easier to bash the Japs in the press though.
'There are numerous Japanese factories providing jobs to Brits'
'numerous' is a gross understatement.
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