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Old 13-04-2013, 23:00   #95
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Re: Keeping Dead Industries Alive....

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Originally Posted by Gordon Booth View Post

We should have replaced our old industries which couldn't compete with modern hi-tech industry which the rising economies couldn't beat.
We didn't, we relied on banking, North Sea oil and gas to keep us afloat. It worked but only for a little while.
I agree we should have become Hi-Tec, But why did we not? Probably cos the greedy barstewards yeh blindly support, pocketed the profits not re-invested, also probably when that penny dropped twas too late.
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