But no. 2

Even if we'd had the most efficient manufacturing going it would still have been trounced sooner or later by the low wage economies - look at the problems in Germany and France right now.

But we didn't, and by 1979 it was too late to reverse the trend you're talking about.

And in any case no industrialist in his right mind would have splashed money in Britain the way things were. I've got first hand experience of this - my dad worked at Bird's Eye in Yarmouth back in the day - he was a union member and no friend of capitalism, but some of the stories he has told me about working practices and union intervention would make your hair stand on end! No wonder the site was eventually closed...

Posted By: Greeny on November 22nd 2006 at 14:48:48

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Margaret Thatcher's tenure in Downing Street (General Chat) - Dave in France, Nov 22, 12:29:06
- Economically a winner...socially a disaster.... (General Chat) - Greeny, Nov 22, 13:39:02
  - Bbbbut!! (General Chat) - slater, Nov 22, 14:11:55
    - But no. 2 (General Chat) - Greeny, Nov 22, 14:48:48
  - Well put (n/m) (General Chat) - Fierce Panda, Nov 22, 13:40:06
    - Ditto (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Nov 22, 13:41:14
- dunno what it was like before her (General Chat) - blindasabat, Nov 22, 12:58:38
- It was great (General Chat) - Cannydc, Nov 22, 12:43:38
  - And Jim Callaghan was doing a great job I suppose........deluded fool!!!! (n/m) (General Chat) - Kirrie, Nov 22, 16:06:15
  - Whereas the Winter of Discontent was named that because...... (General Chat) - InTheAbsenceOfAHorse, Nov 22, 13:08:08
  - Pathetic... (General Chat) - JoeyDeacon, Nov 22, 13:07:24
    - Ignorant twat (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Nov 22, 13:41:58
    - ooooooooh (General Chat) - Dave in France, Nov 22, 13:11:55
      - Just stating the obvious my Froggy friend (n/m) (General Chat) - JoeyDeacon, Nov 22, 13:20:02
        
        He's not French (n/m) (General Chat) - Fierce Panda, Nov 22, 13:25:30
        
        Joey Deacon (General Chat) - CB41, Nov 22, 13:42:28
  - but (General Chat) - Dave in France, Nov 22, 12:59:30
  - Best PM we have ever had. (General Chat) - Army Boy, Nov 22, 12:57:00
    - correct (n/m) (General Chat) - Commisar_Canary, Nov 22, 14:03:47
    - did she stand up against the US (General Chat) - blindasabat, Nov 22, 13:05:36
      - Wasn't she displeased about the US going into Grenada? (n/m) (General Chat) - Commisar_Canary, Nov 22, 14:05:14
      - Never gave in to USA but there was mutual respect (n/m) (General Chat) - Army Boy, Nov 22, 13:43:19
      - If Blair is Bush's poodle. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Nov 22, 13:13:41
        
        doubtful, he'll more likely be Clinton's love slave... (n/m) (General Chat) - blindasabat, Nov 22, 13:41:41
        
        Hillary. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Nov 22, 13:45:58
        
        which would have more kudos? (General Chat) - blindasabat, Nov 22, 13:56:18
        
        Probably saying (General Chat) - DiscoDaleGordon, Nov 22, 14:03:29
      - Regularly. (General Chat) - InTheAbsenceOfAHorse, Nov 22, 13:09:48
      - When the US was merrily funding IRA terrorism, she took a firm grasp (General Chat) - Old Man, Nov 22, 13:08:03
  - Only worse pm has been Blair imho (n/m) (General Chat) - earlydoors, Nov 22, 12:51:39
    - and Crisis, What Crisis? Callaghan (n/m) (General Chat) - Commisar_Canary, Nov 22, 14:13:34
    - lolol right (n/m) (General Chat) - Cannydc, Nov 22, 12:52:18
  - She went to war with Argentina, that's what a lot remember (General Chat) - pants, Nov 22, 12:47:58
    - True to say any PM would have done the same (General Chat) - Cannydc, Nov 22, 12:51:39
      - Just look at Labour's response to the Argies when they invaded the Falklands (General Chat) - Commisar_Canary, Nov 22, 14:08:42
      - Not having that attitude has cost well over 600,000 lives in Iraq (General Chat) - pants, Nov 22, 12:53:35
        
        Some people cant see any wrong with Blair though. Quite sad really (n/m) (General Chat) - earlydoors, Nov 22, 12:54:13
        
        His taste in women, for starters (n/m) (General Chat) - Partial Angler, Nov 22, 12:55:06
- Well, I bet the carpets were spotless when she left (General Chat) - Partial Angler, Nov 22, 12:35:51
- Carol Thatcher's tenure in Im a Celebrity Get me out of here (General Chat) - conker, Nov 22, 12:30:47
  - A priceless television moment when Antordec said "and now, a snatch of Thatch" (n/m) (General Chat) - Partial Angler, Nov 22, 12:55:47

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