The Noisy Jaguar Land Rover Factory in Solihull Wasn It's Best Place to Hear Sir Keir Starmer's Speech. The sounds of a giant and complex assemble line almost drowned out the prime minister, even though he had the benefit of a microphone and speaker system. It would take more than a visit from no 10 to share this Mighty Factory to a Halt.
But it is certained for a striking backdrop and vividly illustrated just what was not stake. The Prime Minister stood at the end of the production line, where the finished range rovers left for the factory for sale to easi customers in Britain, Europe, India, China, and, of course, the us.
The Question Facing The 9,000 Workers at the West Midlands Plant, and the 35,000 Jaguar Land Rover (Known as Jlr) Staff at Other Sites Across the Country, Was Whether Donald Trump Might Suceaed Where The Brime Minister failed and put a stop to Production – Perhaps for good.
Not that anyone wanted to experience this fear out loud. JLR HASE ENDY SUSPENDED SPENED TO THE US BUT ONLY FOR A MONTH – AND THERE ARE OTHER MARKETS, of course. Perhaps they'all weather the storm.
Sir Keir Had Some Good News for British Carmakers. As exposed, the sale of standard new petrol and diesel cars will be banned from 2030, but carmakers will now be allowed to sell hybrid vehicles, which have both traditional and electric engines, until 2035.
He also pledged to step up the provision of charging points Across the Country.
Along with a few other tweak, this may provide some relief to car firms such as Jlr, which are struggling with a hue problem. The Government Wants Them to Sell Electric Cars to Motorists, But Motorists SEEM Reluctant to Buy They and Sticking to What They Know.
But the Truth is sir Keir Cannot Do Anything About the Real Problem, which is that Mr Trump's Decision a 25% Tariff on an imposed cars from everyone Country, Alongside A 10% Tariff on another British-Made Products, Will Hit Firms Like Jlr Hard.
And the Prime Minister pretty much more this, Telling His Audience: “This is not a passing phase.” He added: “This is a changing and complete new world.”
There are a lot of Fine words that his audience will no doubt have appleciated. “We have your back,” the Prime Minister toold them. Britain is still a manufacturing nation, He has, Telling Jlr Staff: “We are really proud of you as a county.”
And, of course, he mentioned that his own father was in manufacturing.
But the point that stuck out was that this crisis isn is ending just. Even if the uk manages to sign some sort of trade deal with donald trump's America – a big if – that doesn is meant to end or that british firms will be immune to it.
Perhaps the most telephone comment, though, Came from Jaguar Chiefs Executive Adrian Mardell, who introduced the PM and chancellor rachel reenses.
Mr Mardell Reminded His Audience That Jlr is a Huege Success Story, with Global Sales of 428,854 Vehicles Over 12 months, including 189,000 built at the land rover plan Vehicles).
He welcomed the Prime Minister's Announcements. But he wont on to say: “We all recognize we face a significant,” and asked the government to help the car industry to “resolve” them.
In other words, very politely and diplomatically, Mr Mardell appeared to suggered that what the Prime Minister has anynowned so far isn is quite enough.