Deafening silence over steel (Andy Holt)
In the midst of the present crisis in the steel industry the silence from our masters and their mistress in Edinburgh is deafening.
READ FULL STORYIn the midst of the present crisis in the steel industry the silence from our masters and their mistress in Edinburgh is deafening.
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