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Perhaps no business has been more associated with the pan European project than Airbus and it is particularly significant to the UK given our world leading role within the aerospace industry

Clearly developments since Brexit have been watched closely and the news that Airbus are focusing heavily on the UK for all future investment is welcome news. It is also news which endorses the view that being in or out of the EU is not as significant as many would have us believe. At the end of the day, skills and infrastructure are paramount and in this sector, the UK is in prime position

Perhaps do not expect this to be reported on the BBC or certainly not the Observer where one “economics writer” (William Keegan) has written the same column on Brexit for the past seven years.

The other reason this new item resonated was due to one of those pointless arguments I used too occasionally get involved in on twitter. Pitched against a fairly rabid anti-brexit fanatic (i’m relatively neutral) the discussion progressed to Airbus. I pointed out that the most significant and technically sophisticated section of any aircraft are the wings and their point that Airbus will immediately dump the uk production will simply not happen. They screamed back the they will. I said how will this be addressed during the years whilst new factories are built and the necessary technicians and staff trained and lured? How can they fulfil the orders without the wings?

You can possibly guess the rest. Yes the screaming response was that the Airbuses would just have to be delivered as they are.

Various images or somewhat bemused and confused airline representatives came to mind