I have a lot of sympathy for those workers in a very difficult position at the moment, after all I have family members myself who work at Tata. I also understand though that if steel was being produced here at a higher 'sustainable' price than cheaper foreign imports (that unless we exported all of it), we'd similarly be complaining that the extra cost had to be reflected somewhere in the end products and services we purchase or the taxes we pay, so it's a vicious circle and any 'subsidising' also has to be paid for from somewhere else (Robbing Peter to pay Paul so to speak).

I do hope that some sort of solution can be brokered, although for anything produced in large volumes, the UK is always going to struggle to compete. We'll never have the economies of scale from producing in high enough numbers to compete on the world stage with countries many times the size of our own. Where we obviously excel when we're able to produce a superior product that has strong demand for it.

Sadly lowest price will almost always be the number one driver.

I'm not trying to offer excuses (and will probably get shot down in flames) but I'm just saying that it's far easier to criticise when we don't have all the facts, so can't suggest meaningful solutions. I would love to hear that a deal could be found to safegaurd all of those jobs and those that potentially have a knock on effect from it.