Universal Great Britain

[Doug88]

Their is absolutely no chance a labour government will give tax breaks to big corporations. The whole Idea of labour is to increase taxes.

 

[Altonsky]

Shame they didn’t start this whole thing a year earlier. They’d have gotten more from the tories.

I get Labour want to get Britain building but I am slightly concerned that the tax breaks won’t be as pleasing for Comcast as they’d like them to be.

With the tories I wouldn’t have this concern but labours whole mantra is tax, tax, tax. Tax big business’s more, tax people who earn more even more. And a couple of their decision around project have been rather tight, penny wise pound foolish.

I’m hoping it works out but yeah, I don’t know how Labour are going to approach this. Their two mottos are really at odds when it comes to a project like this

 

[Doug88]

Shame they didn’t start this whole thing a year earlier. They’d have gotten more from the tories.

I get Labour want to get Britain building but I am slightly concerned that the tax breaks won’t be as pleasing for Comcast as they’d like them to be.

With the tories I wouldn’t have this concern but labours whole mantra is tax, tax, tax. Tax big business’s more, tax people who earn more even more. And a couple of their decision around project have been rather tight, penny wise pound foolish.

I’m hoping it works out but yeah, I don’t know how Labour are going to approach this. Their two mottos are really at odds when it comes to a project like this

I thought this would happen then when I read about some of labours policies I changed my mind. It looks like Comcast have the same view and are getting their excuses in early for not going ahead. I predict very soon we will hear they won't go ahead because they can't get incentives.

 

[Altonsky]

I thought this would happen then when I read about some of labours policies such as charging drivers per mile and fining car manufacturers who make petrol and diesel engines I changed my mind.

I’m not quite as pessimistic as you. I’m still confident it will go ahead.

But I also think they’d have gotten a better deal from the tories, they were quite decent with tax breaks, for example they put forward some of the best tax breaks for film production in the world and even improved upon that just a few short months ago. Unbeatable tax breaks!

Obviously these benefit Comcast/Universal/Sky and I’m sure was a factor in their decision making process to come here. I’m curious as to whether these are going to stay in place under a Labour government, or will they be improved on.