Police called to British Steel plant after Scunthorpe workers prevent Chinese executives entering premises

    https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/uk/police-attend-british-steel-plant-after-scunthorpe-workers-prevent-chinese-execu/

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    1. TheDaemonette on

      Chinese executives presumably turning up to purge records of something or remove proof of something.

    2. GuyLookingForPorn on

      >Workers at the British Steel Scunthorpe are reported to have prevented executives from Jingye, the firm that owns the plant, from gaining access to key areas of the plant.
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      >Police were called to the scene and forced the executives to leave according to reports first emerging in The Times.
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      >Workers mounted what’s been described as a “heroic” move to block their way to offices.
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      >The group are thought to have raised concerns that the delegation was attempting to force the closure of Britain’s last remaining “virgin steelworks”.

      Jingye have been acting extremely fucking dodgy throughout this entire process. 

    3. I get the whole “China bad” thing, but does anyone else feel a little nervous about the idea of the police being called in to stop the owners of a company from accessing assets of that company *when there is no allegation of illegality*?

      Never mind the idea of Parliament passing an emergency law to interfere with the running of an individual company.

      I understand the importance of preserving the plant, but something about how this is being done feels a little off.

      If feels like if it wasn’t owned by a Chinese-based company this conversation would feel very different – if it was British-owned, or Canadian-owned or something.

    4. Jazzlike-Homework-72 on

      The bill passed at circa 1800 today which put the steelworks under govt control.

      So how could police have stopped the execs from entering this morning??? 

    5. Redditisfakeleft on

      >Nigel Farage told LBC the Government should nationalise British Steel.

      Here’s hoping the Starmer regime seize the moment and do something useful, given the window that has opened.

    6. Pixelated_Otaku on

      The chance of “catastrophic failure” in a critical component due to interference is a real risk going forward so would expect security to ramp up on site considerably in near future.

    7. What are all you “commies” saying about the actual Communists now, eh?? Hilarious! Communism and socialism is evil. All collectivist philosophy is evil! It’s a reversion back to tribal society. It doesn’t work. It’s not natural. Capitalism is natural.