Quote Originally Posted by Muddy Retriever View Post
Except Honda itself said that the closure of their plant was nothing to do with Brexit. But of course I accept that you Stolly know much more about it than Ian Howells, the senior vice president for Honda in Europe. He explicitly said that it was not a Brexit related issue.

Honda said that the move was ‘in response to the unprecedented changes in the global automotive industry. The significant challenges of electrification will see Honda revise its global manufacturing operations, and focus activity in regions where it expects to have high production volumes.’

Their growth area is no longer Europe but elsewhere in the world and in particular south east Asia.

It's quite ironic that people like you go on endlessly about "lies" made by the Leave campaign but are very happy to come out with blatant dishonesty yourselves.
You know that is bollocks. Yeah globally the motor trade is changing but it always has been and always will be changing. Japan signing a massive trade agreement directly with the EU is also a massive factor but, ironically, had we still wanted to be in the EU, Honda will have still had factories fully up and running and nearby in the U.K. to trade with the eu and would’ve most probably continued to operate them. Now though, with that option probably closed, and with the ability to trade direct from japan they don’t need to. Japan was just looking to avoid loss of face (for the U.K.) and soften the blow by announcing that Brexit hadn’t been a direct influence. Clearly it was a massive indirect influence though