Lovely turn of phrase

"the only current option appears to be potential closure"

And the bell tolls for the English language once more.

The last time Freescale announced that they were closing the plant, there was uproar - people pointed out that they had been in receipt of millions of pounds of public subsidy in the recent past to keep it open.

One wonders whether someone looked at the minimum time they had to keep it open to avoid any payback, and whether we are seeing the result here.

It's been a condemned site ever since Moto left; they've just been squeezing the last drops of profit out.