Ineos Automotive

Part of 5. Topical Questions – in the Senedd at 3:09 pm on 8 July 2020.

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Photo of Huw Irranca-Davies Huw Irranca-Davies Labour 3:09, 8 July 2020

I have to say, locally, people are utterly gutted with hearing this last-minute decision, when construction and development was happening there on the ground, and I really do strengthen the call from others here for you, Minister, and the First Minister to make a direct appeal to the Prime Minister, to Boris Johnson, to ask the chief executive and this company, even at this last minute, to think again. Because the idea that the Grenadier, building on an iconic British institution of the Land Rover Discovery, that has been brought forward by somebody who is a flag-waver for Britain and all things British, and also for EU withdrawal on the basis that no jobs would be lost—this is the very moment for the Prime Minister to step in directly and say, 'Think again', because if he does, he will have loyalty and a skilled workforce from people here in Bridgend. We are wondering now, 'What the heck? How is Grenadier pronounced in French or in German?'. This is supposedly an iconic British brand and we are angry locally about this last-minute betrayal.