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British Steel

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Search complete. 5 mentions across 4 episodes found for "British Steel".

Sep 29, 2026

Yanis VaroufakisHOST
35:05
I remember the Corby area.
Yanis VaroufakisHOST
35:07
in north of London, where the British Steel Corporation had a huge factory.
Yanis VaroufakisHOST
35:13
I still remember that.
Yanis VaroufakisHOST
35:14
And I remember when Thatcher closed it.
Neil SandersGUEST
34:36
How do I know this or why do I suspect this? Well, the Thatcher government based its policies on the Heritage Foundation's recommendations to privatise British industry as part of the Reaganomics drive and the special relationship that existed between Thatcher and Reagan.
Neil SandersGUEST
34:52
And so the test of the Heritage Foundation, British Aerospace, Cable & Wireless, Amersham International, National Freight, Brit Oil, Associated British Ports, Enterprise Oil, Jaguar, British Telecommunications, British Shipbuilders, British Gas, British Airways, Rolls Royce, BAA, British Steel, Water, British Electricity, they're all privatized by the Thatcher government.
Neil SandersGUEST
35:14
And she also was going to privatize the NHS at the request of another Koch brothers owned industry called the Adam Smith Institute.
Neil SandersGUEST
35:23
But she was backed
Sean McDonaldHOST
23:19
which
Graham LyleGUEST
23:19
was a lot more than what we're getting at the British Steel Corporation, quite honestly.
Sean McDonaldHOST
23:23
Like a bit of a formulaic process.
Sean McDonaldHOST
23:25
Was it the song Sparrow? Is that the one that Paul
Guy ButlerGUEST
27:45
So it's two long brick, light coloured brick buildings.
Guy ButlerGUEST
27:50
And then with a steel structure that spanned the docks, British Steel did a case study on it.
Guy ButlerGUEST
27:54
So it's British Steel that spanned the docks.
Guy ButlerGUEST
27:57
It's 300,000 square foot over five storeys, five or six storeys.
Guy ButlerGUEST
28:02
And it was effectively the tax office announced they were going to leave.

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