The workers of Teesside have been let down by an economic system that puts profit before people and by politicians who have no allegiance to those they purport to represent. however the limitations of the nation state,it is currently the most effective entity for protecting the needs of local populations unless, as in this case, and its powers have been subordinated to the European Union and the countrys industrial infrastructure flogged to the highest bidder.
The demise of Redcar’s steel works (Report,29 September) is but the latest blow to an area that, since the 19th-century discovery of iron ore in the nearby Cleveland hills, and has contributed untold wealth to the UK’s coffers from its steel and chemical industries.
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Source: theguardian.com