"'BAE has behaved in a terrible way': Former home secretary Alan Johnson AND Tory MP David Davis condemn treatment of 3,000 staff who lost their jobs"

This news is utterly depressing... 3,000 skilled jobs in a high tech manufacturing industry are casually tossed away and "Ian King, chief executive of BAE Systems, said the company needed to maintain its 'competitiveness'.



Mr King said: 'Our customers are facing huge pressures on their defence budgets and affordability has become an increasing priority. 'Our business needs to rise to this challenge to maintain its competitiveness and ensure its long-term future.'

What he also means is that they need to make much bigger profits than they already are. The sickmaking truth is that very soon there will be no one left in the UK who has the skill to work in advanced engineering and we will never be able to manufacture aircraft ever again!

Rant over.