"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
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In article ,
Capitol wrote:
Thatcher was the person who did not allow BL to go into
liquidation. A
very bad mistake, as inefficiency continued until the company
finally
collapsed last year.

It would have been interesting if BMW had the funds to actually
turn it
round.


BMW had no intention to even try, it was a 'Cherry Picking' exercise,
they wanted certain parts of the company only.