"It's surprising that there would appear to be those in this House who know more about making cars than those who make cars, more about building planes than those who build planes, more about engineering than the engineers and that the simple truth is the overwhelming and unmistakable voice of the world of work, industry and all the employers organisations and the trade unions is that a No Deal Brexit would have catastrophic consequences with tens of thousands of workers losing their jobs, making our country a poorer country in every sense of the word for years to come."
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Said in the House of Commons, 4 September 2019.
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Jack Dromey
John Eugene Joseph 'Jack' Dromey (29 September 1948 – 7 January 2022) was a British Labour politician and trade unionist. He was the Shadow Minsiter for Pensions from January 2018 to January 2021 and was the Shadow Minister for Labour from 2016 to 2018. He was the MP for Birmingham Erdington from 2010 until he died.
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