Honda: don’t mention Brexit!
Rumours that Honda was about to announce the closure of its Swindon plant, with a loss of 3,500 jobs (up to 10,000, including the supply chain), began circulating on Monday 18 February. The next day it was all over the front pages of the serious bourgeois press. Strangely, though, Britain’s self-styled socialist daily, with close links to the trade unions, the Morning Star, didn’t put the news on its front page. Tuesday’s Morning Star (19 February) carried one short piece, tucked away on an inside page and quoting the local Tory MP Justin Tomlinson saying the closure decision is “based on...