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Or maybe most container business went to Rotterdam because it was mainland Europe with an established common market and also a larger market than the UK! Why would you unload goods bound for European markets in Tilbury or Southampton? No doubt the dockers had plenty of restrictive practices...

I was commenting generally in relation to you post about profit being a dirty word. I thought that was clear from the start of my second paragraph but apparently not!! Apologies, it was Seagull on the Wing's post about profit.

Whilst the closure is of the petrochemical plant is the issue here is the effect this will have on the viability of the refinery. If that goes, who is going to fill the hole in supply to the north of the UK.

Nobody said profit is a dirty word. Just that if companies make massive profits then it seems only fair that not only the shareholders are rewarded with dividends but the people that contributed to achieving those profits benefit, whether that be by improved conditions, higher pay or even...