A380 cancellations by Qantas raise new questions about the superjumbo's future

Re:A380 cancellations by Qantas raise new questions about th... by Symbiote on Thursday February 07, 2019 @09:39PM (#19111016)

> part of England that was changed to be Wales so that an EU development grant could be obtained.

Is that true? I see the border was last changed in 1972, but that's well before the EU and regional development funding was thought about.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England%E2%80%93Wales_border

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Re:A380 cancellations by Qantas raise new questions about th... by Theodores on Thursday February 07, 2019 @10:30PM (#19111284)

I can't remember the Tory Brexiteer that signed it off, but it is essentially the Wirral, as in Merseyside, not Wales as we know it. Sadly I am out of touch with politics these days to have the recall of what went on as it was a while ago when I paid attention to these things. There was a fiddle there though and it wasn't way back in the 1970's.

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Re:A380 cancellations by Qantas raise new questions about th... by youngtaff on Friday February 08, 2019 @04:41AM (#19112749)

I can't find any evidence to back the assertion that the border was moved - an the factory is a reasonable distance from it

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