is that the biggest threat to car firms since red robbo, derek robertson.he past, british leyland, and we remember that being driven by strikes and red robbo, yes, he was actually universally known as red robbo, by almost all of the papers. why is brexit the threat then? the problem of course is that this is nothing new, the car industry in particular of course, everything comes, it is — a car is not made just here, part come in from all over and if we then have... not a free route that it is going to become placated. if we lose the customs union then we lose control of the industry which has been booming since... yes, it has, since the 70s when it was described as being on its last knees. we have been told it will be sorted? john neale the point that at least in the industry could sort of fixes itself whereas now it is in the hands of the politicians. no wonder they are worried because a lot of parts go backwards and forwards. all different bits. they are not all made here, even a component is made in one place. to the sunday telegraph, or to the sunday te