Congratulations UK government. Not only have you lost the strategic ability to create virgin steel, but you also got the added benefit of paying unemployment and other benefits to the entirety of Port Talbot and the surrounding area for the next 3 generations.
And the people of Port Talbot and its surroundings get to join all of the heads of the valleys towns in absolute poverty.
Isnt that nice for them
In short, no. It will become a ghost town in a generation.
starting to feel like this needs a sticky mega thread
No, because of its government
Will it survive?
Of course. It’s not going to disappear and with housing pressures there will always be people living there.
Will it be worse?
Undoubtedly. It will just be in a kind of post industrial decline like most of the south wales valleys – but its proximity to Swansea and the M4 should temper this somewhat.
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Congratulations UK government. Not only have you lost the strategic ability to create virgin steel, but you also got the added benefit of paying unemployment and other benefits to the entirety of Port Talbot and the surrounding area for the next 3 generations.
And the people of Port Talbot and its surroundings get to join all of the heads of the valleys towns in absolute poverty.
Isnt that nice for them
In short, no. It will become a ghost town in a generation.
starting to feel like this needs a sticky mega thread
No, because of its government
Will it survive?
Of course. It’s not going to disappear and with housing pressures there will always be people living there.
Will it be worse?
Undoubtedly. It will just be in a kind of post industrial decline like most of the south wales valleys – but its proximity to Swansea and the M4 should temper this somewhat.