Well said Margaret.. I could give a local example of our manufacturing in good old Emerson & Renwick. This local engineering firm export their machinery to China, Russia, Italy, France, Poland, to name a few places. They make wallpaper making machinery such as embossers and winders.
Their machinery is then installed in foreign factories, keeping local lads at Emersons in a job. These factories then go on to produce wallpaper and other paper products which are then sold worldwide. If we didn't buy some foreign goods, such as some of the lovely wallpaper that comes out of Italy (made on British machinery), our lads at Emersons would be out of a job.
Of course, if Claytoner40 disagrees with this then that's his/her choice, but for those of us who can be bothered to think of a reasonable argument, we are not so short sighted as to believe that simply buying British will solve our economic woes.
As for insults, you chose to single out a certain faction of society. Did you really expect to do that on an open forum and not get a bit of flack??
Maybe, in order to avoid future insults, you should do a bit more research, apply a bit more thought to your subject and learn to acknowledge other people's opinions. That way, you will decrease your chances of looking like a complete moron.....
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