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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington
We were exporting jobs out of the country long before the Thatcher Era.
I worked in a weaving mill in 1966 that transferred lock stock and barrel to South Africa, manufacturing costs were cheaper.
I was out of work for only one week.
Much of industry went the same way...sanctioned by the government of the time, who were more interested in exporting(Queen's Award to Industry - Exports) without looking at the future consequences...after all they were not worried, it was not going to be their problem.
Now we are left with a small manufacturing base(which is getting smaller) because we simply cannot compete with places like China and India.
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Please don't forget the part the Trade Unions played in the decline as well, we had a great car and shipbuilding industry but were destroyed by the Red Robo and their communist paymasters