Steel is of course a strategic industry, and it is worth remembering that no one in the House or the country can go a single day without needing to use some. I thank my right hon. Friend and the Prime Minister for their sensible approach to this issue. They have stood behind steel jobs in Scunthorpe, and they have ensured that we have the right steel safeguards, just like every other country. Does my right hon. Friend agree that it is beyond any doubt that the future of the UK steel industry is safest under a Conservative Government?
Holly Mumby-Croft, House of Commons, 29th June 2022.
She’s asking a Tory which party is more likely to keep the steelworks open by offering incentives to their Chinese owners.
How is the Tory likely to answer? And, would anyone seriously believe them, on their record?
Hang on though… I voted Tory in the last election because I wanted a lean, fit, enterprise economy! I didn’t want my taxes spent on lazy, inefficient, work-shy staff in dirty, smokestack industries that pollute the towns and cities of this great nation!
It’s because of this government that both Mumby and the steelworkers will soon be jobless.
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