Tony Woodley, joint general secretary of the UK's biggest trade union, Unite, has warned of apocalyptic consequences if the government doesn't pump some money into the UK car industry. 'Our industry is on the ropes because of market collapse, particularly for the sort of high-value vehicles produced by Jaguar and Land Rover.' The car business needs help, right now. 'Anything else means that the demand will be met from other countries and at least 70,000 manufacturing jobs will be gone for good.'

LRB 29 January 2009 | PDF Download