Response to Questiontime from Middlesbro

We’re very proud of or iron and steel making heritage. The railways, the ships and bridges around built the British empire(for good or bad) , contributing to the Britain we see today. We’re also proud of our grandparents labour movement to overcome those dreadfull working conditions. Having explored my family tree they most died either win their working lives or just after (one falling into at vat of moltern Iron aged 34). However that was then this is now. With todays health and safety regulations, employment law, human rights and all the other government restrictions, heavy industry is never going to come back here, not unless there was total collapse of the economy and famine, like in Ireland in the 1840’s. We can see that people here in Middlesbro have become so dependent on public sector jobs that they just can’t comprehend where else jobs can come from. It is possible for anyone able to work to make or provide a service that is of value to others around us. The problem is having to comply with all the regulations, red tape and government requirements, which sometimes can be a nightmare, so much so that its easier for us just to sit and winge about there not being any jobs provided for us!