https://neweconomics.opendemocracy.net/its-time-to-nationalise-bae-systems/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=its-time-to-nationalise-bae-systems Tue, 11 Sep 2018 13:38:52 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.3.8 https://neweconomics.opendemocracy.net/its-time-to-nationalise-bae-systems/#comment-634 Thu, 12 Oct 2017 04:39:00 +0000 https://www.opendemocracy.net/neweconomics/?p=315#comment-634 It makes good sense but can we get a government in power which can implement such a policy?

]]> https://neweconomics.opendemocracy.net/its-time-to-nationalise-bae-systems/#comment-24 Tue, 11 Oct 2016 23:53:00 +0000 https://www.opendemocracy.net/neweconomics/?p=315#comment-24 Mr. Bastani better not come to Lancashire any time soon – not unless he withdraws such lunatic comments. The Canberra, Jaguar, Lightning and TSR2 are on every local baby’s lips before it comes out of its mothers womb! Every time a politician comes within thirty miles of BA Systems factories, he takes his life in his own hands. And, he has need to. Memories within BAe’s workforce have been handed down from father to son – as far as they are concerned, politician is a dirty word. The British Government – no matter who is in charge – has a dire record in its handling of the British Military Aviation requirement, thinking because it places orders with the company, gives it carte blanch to run its affairs. The only positive grain in this commentary is the worry of losing the skilled workforce – but, that’s a different issue.

]]> https://neweconomics.opendemocracy.net/its-time-to-nationalise-bae-systems/#comment-23 Tue, 11 Oct 2016 22:17:00 +0000 https://www.opendemocracy.net/neweconomics/?p=315#comment-23 What happens to the US subsidiary and its 32,000 employees? Is that branch divested?

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