Leaving all that aside - these towns are built on manufacturing steel, and apart from themselves there are lots of other businesses and suppliers who could go to the wall if the steel production isn't saved. The cost of benefits, health problems and sheer devastation of communities would be far more for far longer than nationalisation wold cost. Even Admiral Lord West weighed in this morning saying it was 'unthinkable' that any NATO member country would not be possible of providing its own steel for infrastructure projects. All British companies should be told to use British Steel, it's about time we stopped being so bloody feeble and defended our own industries. This government would rather defend its ideological ideas than admit that nationalisation may be the only way forward, didn't think like that where their mates the bankers were concerned.
Vanessa Smith ● 3417d