Des Browne, former British Defence Minister and Member of Parliament for Kilmarnock, Scotland, speaks to the media in the Houses of Parliament against the planned closure of the Johnnie Walker whisky plant in Scotland by Diageo PLC, in London, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2009. Diageo PLC, the maker of Johnnie Walker whisky, Smirnoff vodka and Guinness stout planned to close a 199 year-old distillery and packaging plant as part of its cost-cutting restructure of operations in Scotland, axing 900 jobs in the process. AP Photo logo AP Photo 3 months ago

Des Browne, former British Defence Minister and Member of Parliament for Kilmarnock, Scotland, speaks to the media in the Houses of Parliament against the planned closure of the Johnnie Walker whisky plant in Scotland by Diageo PLC, in London, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2009. Diageo PLC, the maker of Johnnie Walker whisky, Smirnoff vodka and Guinness stout planned to close a 199 year-old distillery and packaging plant as part of its cost-cutting restructure of operations in Scotland, axing 900 jobs in the process.

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  1. EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - SEPTEMBER 02: Johnnie Walker employees protest over the proposed closure of its Kilmarnock plant outside of the Scottish Parliament on September 2, 2009 in Edinburgh, Scotland. The people of Kilmarnock have expressed their fears for the town�s future if the Johnnie Walker plant was to close making hundreds in the town jobless.
  2. EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - SEPTEMBER 02: Johnnie Walker employees protest over the proposed closure of its Kilmarnock plant outside of the Scottish Parliament on September 2, 2009 in Edinburgh, Scotland. The people of Kilmarnock have expressed their fears for the town�s future if the Johnnie Walker plant was to close making hundreds in the town jobless.
  3. EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - SEPTEMBER 02: Johnnie Walker employees protest over the proposed closure of its Kilmarnock plant outside of the Scottish Parliament on September 2, 2009 in Edinburgh, Scotland. The people of Kilmarnock have expressed their fears for the town�s future if the Johnnie Walker plant was to close making hundreds in the town jobless.
  4. EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - SEPTEMBER 02: Johnnie Walker employees protest over the proposed closure of its Kilmarnock plant outside of the Scottish Parliament on September 2, 2009 in Edinburgh, Scotland. The people of Kilmarnock have expressed their fears for the town�s future if the Johnnie Walker plant was to close making hundreds in the town jobless.
  5. EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - SEPTEMBER 02: Johnnie Walker employees protest over the proposed closure of its Kilmarnock plant outside of the Scottish Parliament on September 2, 2009 in Edinburgh, Scotland. The people of Kilmarnock have expressed their fears for the town�s future if the Johnnie Walker plant was to close making hundreds in the town jobless.
  6. EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - SEPTEMBER 02: Johnnie Walker employees protest over the proposed closure of its Kilmarnock plant outside of the Scottish Parliament on September 2, 2009 in Edinburgh, Scotland. The people of Kilmarnock have expressed their fears for the town�s future if the Johnnie Walker plant was to close making hundreds in the town jobless.
  7. EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - SEPTEMBER 02: Johnnie Walker employees protest over the proposed closure of its Kilmarnock plant outside of the Scottish Parliament on September 2, 2009 in Edinburgh, Scotland. The people of Kilmarnock have expressed their fears for the town�s future if the Johnnie Walker plant was to close making hundreds in the town jobless.
  8. EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - SEPTEMBER 02: Johnnie Walker employees protest over the proposed closure of its Kilmarnock plant outside of the Scottish Parliament on September 2, 2009 in Edinburgh, Scotland. The people of Kilmarnock have expressed their fears for the town�s future if the Johnnie Walker plant was to close making hundreds in the town jobless.

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