I live in the North East, and it would be like when the pits closed. The effect it would have on the region as a whole would be catastrophic as its not just Nissan alone that has one of the biggest workforces in the area, its also the sister companies that rely on Nissan contracts that would also go under.
What has been a real shame over the decades has been the reliance upon Nissan in the region. There’s little else in or around the area that has provided jobs for generations of family’s. There’s been little investment and infrastructure in anything else from previous governments who have been happy to just give Nissan some hush money and kicked the can down the road. It’d a similar story with Hitachi Rail facing a very bleak winter due to once promised contracts going overseas.
The saying has always went “It’s grim up north” but it looks like it’s going to get a whole lot worse. Not really a surprise when most MP’s think Manchester is the furthest North you can go.