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Of course, Dyson supported Brexit to lower his import costs.

mseidl 8y ago
https://youtu.be/avFB5_1jf3I https://youtu.be/avFB5_1jf3I
fenk85 8y ago
And few days after this: "Singapore, EU ink landmark free trade agreement" https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/business/singapore-eu-ink-landmark-free-trade-agreement-10846210 https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/business/singapore-eu-i...
dpwm 8y ago
If that was the reason, it wasn't the smartest move given the devaluation of the currency. I was of the opinion it had more to do with his company's fairly lacklustre vacuum cleaners being exposed when they were compared under the ERP directive in a way in which they didn't come out favourably compared with their German competition. [0] [0] https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/11075490/James-Dyson-suggests-leaving-the-EU-over-vacuum-cleaners.html https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/11075490/James-D...
- ben_w 8y ago
  Given that the UK government has not yet settled on exactly one specific post-Brexit economic policy in order to guide what they ask for in the negotiations, I’m fairly sure that between half and 2/3 of Brexit campaigners will be very upset regardless of what happens. It’s possible that number will be higher, but it won’t be lower.
  - tonyedgecombe 8y ago
    I'm pretty sure everybody is going to come out of this exercise disappointed.
    - dpwm 8y ago
      Except, perhaps in the long term, those that want the UK to adopt the common currency.
shady-lady 8y ago
The only thing he cares about is putting more money in his pocket whatever the cost: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/jul/10/whos-who-britain-legal-offshore-tax-avoidance-james-dyson https://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/jul/10/whos-who-br...
IshKebab 8y ago
I used to work there. It's really because he is a control freak. He hates having EU laws imposed on him.
- gambiting 8y ago
  Well, if he wants to sell to a block of 250 million people, he's going to have to make EU-compliant vacuums anyway.
  - shady-lady 8y ago
    ~510 million - https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/tgm/table.do?tab=table&plugin=1&language=en&pcode=tps00001 https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/tgm/table.do?tab=table&plugin=...

https://youtu.be/avFB5_1jf3I https://youtu.be/avFB5_1jf3I

And few days after this: "Singapore, EU ink landmark free trade agreement" https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/business/singapore-eu-ink-landmark-free-trade-agreement-10846210 https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/business/singapore-eu-i...

dpwm 8y ago

If that was the reason, it wasn't the smartest move given the devaluation of the currency. I was of the opinion it had more to do with his company's fairly lacklustre vacuum cleaners being exposed when they were compared under the ERP directive in a way in which they didn't come out favourably compared with their German competition. [0] [0] https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/11075490/James-Dyson-suggests-leaving-the-EU-over-vacuum-cleaners.html https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/11075490/James-D...

ben_w 8y ago
Given that the UK government has not yet settled on exactly one specific post-Brexit economic policy in order to guide what they ask for in the negotiations, I’m fairly sure that between half and 2/3 of Brexit campaigners will be very upset regardless of what happens. It’s possible that number will be higher, but it won’t be lower.
- tonyedgecombe 8y ago
  I'm pretty sure everybody is going to come out of this exercise disappointed.
  - dpwm 8y ago
    Except, perhaps in the long term, those that want the UK to adopt the common currency.

shady-lady 8y ago

The only thing he cares about is putting more money in his pocket whatever the cost: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/jul/10/whos-who-britain-legal-offshore-tax-avoidance-james-dyson https://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/jul/10/whos-who-br...

IshKebab 8y ago

I used to work there. It's really because he is a control freak. He hates having EU laws imposed on him.

gambiting 8y ago
Well, if he wants to sell to a block of 250 million people, he's going to have to make EU-compliant vacuums anyway.
- shady-lady 8y ago
  ~510 million - https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/tgm/table.do?tab=table&plugin=1&language=en&pcode=tps00001 https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/tgm/table.do?tab=table&plugin=...