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Acrylic-bob · 21-07-2004, 20:25

Doug's observation about mismanagement is as valid as any other. There is certainly a wealth of evidence that points to the mismanagement of the economy from the end of the second world war onwards. How much of what happens now can be put down to our mishandling of the end of the Empire? Or may it also be true that the second world war stripped the country to the bone and it is a tribute to British phlegm and determination that we have managed to claw our way back thus far?

The causes of national decline and local decline are many and varied. Theories abound and many academic careers are based on the attempt to understand and interpret them.

21-07-2004, 20:25	#56
Acrylic-bob God Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Tragic Conn Posts: 4,007 Blog Entries: 15 Liked: 3 times Rep Power: 2473	Re: East Lancashire decline Doug's observation about mismanagement is as valid as any other. There is certainly a wealth of evidence that points to the mismanagement of the economy from the end of the second world war onwards. How much of what happens now can be put down to our mishandling of the end of the Empire? Or may it also be true that the second world war stripped the country to the bone and it is a tribute to British phlegm and determination that we have managed to claw our way back thus far? The causes of national decline and local decline are many and varied. Theories abound and many academic careers are based on the attempt to understand and interpret them.