'Speaking to the Sunday Times, former conservative party leader Sir Ian Duncan Smith, said: "We’ve yet again gone to China to build buses. What is the matter with our domestic production? These are iconic, British London buses. Why is it that we simply do not look for a contractor based, if not in the UK, then certainly in Europe."'<p>I'm not sure if he's being deliberately disingenuous with that question, but if each bus is £100,000 cheaper then they're saving £10m when buying 100 of them. Of course there are other considerations here, but that's <i>why</i>.