Emeritus Prof Christopher May<p>More <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/brexitreality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>brexitreality</span></a>; </p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a>'s major entrant to the <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/electricvehicles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>electricvehicles</span></a> sector, on considering where to build its major <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/european" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>european</span></a> car plant, didn't even have the UK in its top ten options... as they put it:</p><p>'The UK doesn’t have a very good solution... Even on the long list we didn’t have the UK'.</p><p>Hold, on surely <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/takingbackcontrol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>takingbackcontrol</span></a> was meant to ensure we could welcome such major investments....</p><p>Oh, hold on; did they need access to the <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/singlemarket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>singlemarket</span></a>, do you think?</p>