Dave Plowman (News) wrote
Rod Speed wrote
Dave Plowman (News) wrote
dennis@home wrote

Most of the trouble was poor productivity.. and that was
down to there being no point in investing in manufacturing
while the unions are going to demand more to operate it.

No need to invest at all. Just make sure
the shareholders got a good dividend.

That isn't going to happen without any investment.

You've missed the point as usual.

You never had a point except for the one on your head.

Until everything was so clapped out the only answer was closure.

Didn't happen with the oil and gas industry.

A new industry. Can't be started without investment.

Bull****. Most obviously with the personal computer.

Unlike an existing one which can be starved of it.

That isn't what happened with Scotland.

The industrys that made sense to invest in got that investment.