[cashman]

come on mate rover closed down cos people had stopped buying the crappy outdated cars they produced,the job losses are tragic,but it wouldn't have mattered a jot who was in power,i think these days things are on a downturn mainly due to the technilogical deveopments that are becoming mainstream,just like 100 years ago when the automatic looms were brought in.the computor age is marvellous in some respects,but theres always a downside.