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What if I added that the original reason Dyson cited for moving to Singapore was the failure of Britain to join the euro? That sounds like hypocrisy to me htt

• robdachshund 8y ago
  In that case I'd argue that he's saying Britain's economy did not get to benefit much from the EU as they did not adopt the currency, and as such he's moving his manufacturing to Singapore. Him being against Brexit doesn't mean he thinks that pulling out of the EU will fix things in the UK overnight, especially when he was already critical of the economy and industries. The UK has also still not pulled out of the EU and seems hell bent on ignoring the referendum. He probably needed a change sooner rather than later. He might be selling luxury vacuums but a lot of that price is probably building them domestically. If he wants to move supply chains, what is he supposed to do? Wait until the UK leaves the EU and wait even longer for the economy to stabilize? Even if he is a hypocrite, what does that matter? He can do whatever the hell he wants.
• rchaud 8y ago
  I wish I could locate it now, but Dyson has penned a number of op-eds in the Guardian about the "skills gap" and how it's hard to hire in the UK because there aren't enough programmers, engineers etc. In the comments, people were asking, "Have you considered increasing employee compensation?" I think we all know the answer to that.