Jimmy Reid was born in Govan, Glasgow, in 1932, when it was a major centre of British shipbuilding. He became an engineer by trade and a shop steward for his union. In 1971, Edward Heath’s government decided the Upper Clyde shipyards must survive without state support. At least 6,000 jobs would be lost. Reid and his fellow leaders, Jimmy Airlie, Sammy Gilmore and Sammy Barr, refused to walk out. Instead, the workers stayed in and kept building, completing the yard’s orders themselves to prove it was worth saving. Reid told them there would be no hooliganism, no vandalism and no bevvying, because the world was watching. And the world did watch .Support came from unions abroad, from John Lennon, from Billy Connolly and from ordinary members of the public. The following year, Heath backed down , and the Clyde yards received £101 million in public support over three years. When Reid d*ed in 2010, his hearse passed a Govan yard his fight had helped to save . Hundreds of workers gathered outside to pay tribute.

Andy Burnham has admitted that the £200m Labour promised for Grangemouth has never been paid. When pressed by STV's Colin Mackay, Burnham said it was "still being discussed". They'd never any intention of saving the refinery jobs or paying £200m to help the local area.