Of course the other side of the coin is we dont make many of the tech components here anymore so motors, engines, electrics air con and much more all from abroad. Sad that looking round my front room the other day the only thing I could identify as british was my ancient suite and my own amateur transport art. So sad.
K
completely agree.
we need to do A LOT more tech+manufacturing in house.
funnily enough, I think the de-industrialisation is one of the primary causes of the brexit vote going how it did.
had we kept more of our means to produce,we would have probably voted the other way.
same with fisheries and so on.
oil reserves...should have done what norway did and had a sovereign wealth fund(with the proverbial hitting the fan in iran quite soon by the look of it then this one really does need addressing pronto)
you can argue until the cows come home about who is responsible, but ultimately I believe it's very bad management at the top not fighting their corner properly.
(INDIGENOUS)Manufacturing needs to be about 20% of GDP to balance the books.
we certainly are capable of it,but not while our kids are force-fed celebrity ice breakdance on stilts and then some,reloaded........ and love island.