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Old 4th Nov 2010, 20:49
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Not_a_boffin
 
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And lays bare two interesting facts that have been conspicuously absent from the spin -

1. The intense pressure applied by Lord Drayson to rationalise as part of the maritime industrial strategy

2. The myth that it's jobs in Rosyth that are at stake. The main gap (steel production and fabrication of units) would be in Portsmouth and Govan, plus on Tyneside, in Devon and in Merseydive.
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