The point about an "unfavourable geographical location" has interesting implications for post-Brexit Kent as a whole.
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1) kentonline.co.uk/sittingbourne/…
Outside the Single Market, we can therefore expect a relocation of the UK's centre of economic activity towards its geographical centre.
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Cut off from pan-European supply chains and markets, it becomes remote to the centre of the economy it is a part of.
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Kent is generally perceived to be more affluent than elsewhere. After all, these jobs are moving to the North ...
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Is it feasible or desirable to let the local economy decline and turn everyone into commuters?
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Whatever happens next, these are concerns that need to be addressed.
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