'For the last 40 years... we've been told that it's good - advanced even - for our country to manufacture less and less and rely instead on cheap labor abroad to produce imports, while we focus on the City of London and the finance sector," Corbyn declared.
He pledged that under his new 'Build It In Britain' scheme, the 'huge weight' of the government's 'purchasing power' would support British workers and British industries. He noted that the current Conservative government had offshored the production of new British passports to France- taking work away from Gateshead in the north-east of England. They also are sending a £1bn contract for three new ships for the Royal Fleet Auxiliary overseas, instead of having them made in UK shipyards.
Comment: Casino banking, the privatization of public services and systemic government corruption have brought Britain to near ruin:
- Great train robbery: UK rail line returns to public ownership after 'total failure of privatization'
- UK government's callous underfunding of NHS increases operation waiting times by 50% in 1 year
- Cost of Privatization in UK: Rail, water & utilities hit households financially - study
- Lakes and rivers mysteriously disappearing increase around the world
- Selling off a nation: Britain's first 'no win no fee' "private police force"
- UK's poverty wages, extortionate rents and austerity: Homeless families who work soars 73% in 5 years
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