I’m so pleased that this, and the South Crofty mine, are possibly about to happen. When friends have gushed to me about how pretty the towns in Cornwall are I always ask ‘have you been to Camborne or Redruth?’ Or many other smaller places in the forgotten interior which are among the poorest 10% in England. Anything that attracts new jobs and new money to the area and stops the Cornish relying on seasonal service jobs is to be very much welcomed.
Matt M
1 year ago
“We’ve become a nation of numpties unable to make anything ourselves,” says a local businessman preparing for a drinks reception in one of Redruth’s reconverted buildings (ahead of a local arts festival which he describes as a “load of w**k”).
Get government out of the way and it’s got a chance of succeeding.
rob drummond
1 year ago
You say: ”Little has changed after Brexit.”
well well well, how we were promised doom and destruction of just about everything in the UK, where we dare to even VOTE to leave (never mind have the temerity to actually leave) the EU. We were promised ”everything would change for the worse”
The phamtom 4% GDP decline has long since proved to be (another) myth and most of The Eurozone has been in resession – Germany still is.
UK economy since 2016 has grown faster than the other main EU Countries.
The City of London continues to Boom.
Germany – it turns out is the sick man of Europe – and will likely have a hige bite out of its car market eaten by The Chinese in the next ten years.
its also intersting now that UK (one of only two paymasters in EU) left, the fiscal burden has fallen onto the remainign 27 – where their people are too now questioning the EU Value for money. (to a greater or lesser extent) – Funny that, when they have to put their hands in their pockets – as opposed to take, take take, attitudes change somewhat.
Caradog Wiliams
1 year ago
Sounds too good to be true. Am waiting now for the middle class NIMBYs to complain.
One day you are Chris Wheatley, a retired English engineer living in Wales, the next you are Caradog Williams, some form of Welsh wizard also living in Wales.
Which is it?
Correction; lithium is not a rare earth element (REE). It is an alkali metal akin to sodium and potassium, and its chemistry is significantly different than that of REE’s. Further, it is the lightest in mass metal, #3 on the periodic table. REE’s all belong to the lanthanide series of elements and are significantly heavier than lithium. If one is going to write articles that include technical aspects, please do a little research. It wouldn’t have required much effort, just a quick review of a periodic table, available online or in any high-school chemistry text book.
Paul T
1 year ago
Redruth is magnificent; it has so much promise if only the town council would reopen the high street to traffic. 30 odd years they have tried to make it work pedestrianised but every year, somehow, it gets worse and yet another shop closes. Where do you go after Wilko? What’s left?
Mebyon Kernow’s entire efforts appear to be very simple graffiti on two bridges over the A30. One of those is faded quite a bit and the other has started to go too.
I’m so pleased that this, and the South Crofty mine, are possibly about to happen. When friends have gushed to me about how pretty the towns in Cornwall are I always ask ‘have you been to Camborne or Redruth?’ Or many other smaller places in the forgotten interior which are among the poorest 10% in England. Anything that attracts new jobs and new money to the area and stops the Cornish relying on seasonal service jobs is to be very much welcomed.
I like the cut of the local businessman’s jib.
You beat me to it… best bit of the article.
Get government out of the way and it’s got a chance of succeeding.
You say: ”Little has changed after Brexit.”
well well well, how we were promised doom and destruction of just about everything in the UK, where we dare to even VOTE to leave (never mind have the temerity to actually leave) the EU. We were promised ”everything would change for the worse”
The phamtom 4% GDP decline has long since proved to be (another) myth and most of The Eurozone has been in resession – Germany still is.
UK economy since 2016 has grown faster than the other main EU Countries.
The City of London continues to Boom.
Germany – it turns out is the sick man of Europe – and will likely have a hige bite out of its car market eaten by The Chinese in the next ten years.
its also intersting now that UK (one of only two paymasters in EU) left, the fiscal burden has fallen onto the remainign 27 – where their people are too now questioning the EU Value for money. (to a greater or lesser extent) – Funny that, when they have to put their hands in their pockets – as opposed to take, take take, attitudes change somewhat.
Sounds too good to be true. Am waiting now for the middle class NIMBYs to complain.
Are you bipolar by any chance?
One day you are Chris Wheatley, a retired English engineer living in Wales, the next you are Caradog Williams, some form of Welsh wizard also living in Wales.
Which is it?
They call me Merlin here, or rather Myrddin to be exact.
I shall try to remember that!
Correction; lithium is not a rare earth element (REE). It is an alkali metal akin to sodium and potassium, and its chemistry is significantly different than that of REE’s. Further, it is the lightest in mass metal, #3 on the periodic table. REE’s all belong to the lanthanide series of elements and are significantly heavier than lithium. If one is going to write articles that include technical aspects, please do a little research. It wouldn’t have required much effort, just a quick review of a periodic table, available online or in any high-school chemistry text book.
Redruth is magnificent; it has so much promise if only the town council would reopen the high street to traffic. 30 odd years they have tried to make it work pedestrianised but every year, somehow, it gets worse and yet another shop closes. Where do you go after Wilko? What’s left?
Reopen Redruth high street to traffic.
How serious is Mebyon Kernow? Can anyone join?
Mebyon Kernow’s entire efforts appear to be very simple graffiti on two bridges over the A30. One of those is faded quite a bit and the other has started to go too.