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Blow for UK car workers as Nissan stalls onX-Trail Security fears as Foreign Office puts 900 on Brexit Tory goes spare as the wheels come off night out with Carrie King of gaffes chucks 70 pages of work into a petrol station trash can
Sunderland HQ will miss out on vital work NISSAN is set to announce the cancellation of a new model that was due to be built in Britain.
The car giant said in 2016 it would build the latest incarnation of its X-Trail compact SUV at its Sunderland plant.
It was seen at the time as a major boost for PM Theresa May and the UK manufacturing sector.
But Nissan is expected to say tomorrow that the production plans are being abandoned.
The firm employs around 7,000 staff in Sunderland – producing 500,000 Juke, Qashqai and Leaf vehicles each year.
Bridget Phillipson, Labour MP for Houghton and Sunderland South, NINE hundred Foreign Office civil servants are set to stop critical work and be diverted to planning for a no-deal Brexit.
Whitehall bosses plan to shift 20 per cent of 4,500 UK staff into emergency preparation roles.
They include counterterror experts and workers monitoring Russia following the Novichok poisonings.
The Sunday Mirror can reveal every Foreign and Commonwealth Office department was told to find a fifth of staff to switch roles on February 18.
A source said: “It affects expressed her fears over the news, tweeting last night: “If confirmed, this would represent deeply troubling news for the north east economy. So many jobs and livelihoods depend on Nissan’s success.”
The Japanese company refused to shed light on the situation. A spokesman said: “Nissan does not comment on rumour or speculation.”
Major employers like Nissan and Honda, which invested in the UK as a gateway to the European market, have voiced concern about the potential impact of Brexit.
Nissan is part-owned by French manufacturer Renault, raising concerns that production could be moved to France to avoid possible post-Brexit tariffs. everyone, including people on core national security work. Lots of critical stuff is just going to stop because they’re going to be taking the best staff and can’t find temporary replacements at short notice with the right security clearance.”
It also emerged staff use a new tactic to avoid Brexitrelated roles they are told to apply for. An insider said: “Nobody wants them. You interview for jobs you don’t want and try to find a way to throw the interview.”
The FCO said: “A responsible government must plan for every eventuality.” BORIS Johnson was left with his head in his hands when a puncture threatened to ruin a night out with his new love.
The top Tory and Carrie Symonds headed out from her London home in his ageing Toyota Previa but had to quickly turn back because of the flat tyre.
Boris tried to rescue his romantic evening by lying in a puddle to try to change the wheel himself.
But the frustrated former Foreign Secretary eventually gave in and called the AA.
An onlooker said: “Boris and Carrie headed out together, but only got a few yards down the road before they had to turn back.
“Boris was clearly frustrated and had his head in his hands. He fiddled around with the wheel for 10 minutes, before the AA came.
“With the tyre fixed, Boris and Carrie headed off into the night.”
Father-of-five Boris and ex-Tory aide Carrie have been dating publicly since September, when he announced he and second wife Marina Wheeler, 55, had separated.
The pair have reportedly turned Carrie’s £1million London flat into a lovenest, as Boris awaits his divorce.
He had his head in his hands then finally had to call AA
ONLOOKER ON BORIS’S BID TO CHANGE TYRE
BUMBLING Boris Johnson has trashed his own Brexit plans – dumping a load of paperwork in a petrol station bin.
The calamitous Conservative stuffed 70 pages of parliamentary work in the rubbish container after pulling up with a passenger, thought to be new love Carrie Symonds, 30.
But he was in such a rush that some pages fell to the ground as he ran across the forecourt to pay for his petrol.
The documents – including handwritten memos on the economy, the Irish backstop and his Brexit views – were picked up by a baffled member of the public and shown to the Sunday Mirror.
The finder said: “He says he wants to be Prime Minister.
But how could he look after the country when he can’t even keep hold of his own notes on the biggest crisis in decades? It’s really unbelievable he put these documents in a public bin without shredding them. But he is just like you imagine him in real life, blustering about with no awareness.”
In the handwritten notes and official documents, 54-year-old BoJo suggested there is “no strategy” for leaving the EU without a deal. They also contained a wild claim that chief whip Julian Smith is plotting a second referendum after failing to get Theresa May’s proposed deal through Parliament. Referring to a People’s Vote, one note said: “The party has a very clear way forward on Brexit. It is the true way. The chief whip is alleged to have a plot to put it back to the people.”
A spokesman for Mr Smith rejected that last night, saying: “This allegation is absurd and patently untrue.”
Another Boris note said: “We could go for a People’s Vote, as if the 33million people who voted last time were not people.”
Some letters were also included in the bundle, dumped while Mr Johnson was in