This from Guido...
When Philip Hammond tried to sell the cuts package to the people of the north-east on Question Time last night he mentioned a deal with Hitachi to build high speed trains in the area. Jobs were promised...
No doubt Bombardier and Siemens are already consulting M'learned Friends.
UPDATE: This via the WNXX forum...
But not by Hammond !
I just watched Question Time again on BBC iPlayer and Guido is giving the wrong impression.
Hammond was claiming foreign investors liked the North East because of the availability of land and labour.
He said Hitachi promised to build a train factory for the next generation of trains IF they won the contract.
No promises were made by him.
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