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highlands wrote:

I would be more concerned if the UK turned inward and nationalistic.

That is the funniest line in this whole thread

DG wrote:

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de la Rue

They sound a bit too 'foreign' to be in the UK

An irony not lost then

Lost for Words wrote:

Yeah, highlands, haven't you heard the Remainers?

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News of the decision was greeted with anger by Brexit-minded Tory MPs. Priti Patel called it “a national humiliation”, while Bill Cash, the chairman of the Commons European scrutiny committee, called it “symbolically completely wrong”

Liz Twist, the MP for Blaydon, whose constituency includes De La Rue’s Gateshead factory, said she hoped the home secretary, Amber Rudd, would meet her to discuss the situation.

She said: “At a time of heightened international security concerns, it is downright ludicrous to think that our new passports will be produced abroad. After months of talk about the return to blue British passports, the irony of this decision isn’t lost on me or my constituents.”

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The Home Office said the decision to pick a preferred bidder in the tender would save taxpayers about £120m over the five years of the contract.

A spokesman said: “The preferred bidder has been selected following a rigorous, fair and open competition and all bidders were notified of the outcome last night.

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Matt Hancock, the culture secretary, sought to blame EU regulations on procurement. He told a Westminster reporters’ lunch: “There is an irony, which is these rules are European rules and we are going to be leaving the European Union and then we may be able to – if we choose to – set out our own procurement rules.”

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Sutherland acknowledged that his company had been beaten on price in an open competition, but he said that was unfair. He said that in France, as a foreign-based firm, De La Rue would be barred from bidding to produce the French passport.

French passports are made by Imprimerie Nationale, the state-run French printing organisation, with the French government having made the decision not to put the job out to tender, as allowed under EU rules

Proving what?

highlands wrote:

I know.
Plenty of them do seem to struggle with the idea of being an open, trading nation OUTSIDE of the (protectionist) EU.

There are more than a few that are downright hostile to it, they just don't want to be seen to be. On the other hand, you have some who genuinely do want that, but don't want to be associated with any Brexiteer cause. Then there are those who come to such positions based on feelings, but will reject the logical argument for them when presented with it, sometimes with great horror.

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Lost for Words wrote:

Then there are those who come to such positions based on feelings, but will reject the logical argument for them when presented with it, sometimes with great horror.

A lot of those and those are the ones who prefer to read answers from red buses