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Adrian wrote:
Thought you said you were going to think. Not let the Mail do it for
you.

Kneejerk, much?

I remember the '70s and early '80s quite clearly. I remember having to
constantly have candles around because the power went off. I remember
bread being hard to get and bins not being emptied. I remember some
newspapers being unavailable for months on end. I remember the "quality"
of the British motor industry.

And do you remember the various prices and incomes policies where wages
were controlled but prices not? At a time of high inflation. Not
surprising there were strikes.

I remember a lot of people in denial that entire industries couldn't
continue as they'd been for decades, and doing their best to petulantly
sabotage them rather than accept that the world was leaving them behind.

As I said earlier, many of those industries were profitable in similar
high wage countries. Where suitable investment had taken place. Not
something you can do when an industry is failing - it has to be ongoing.

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*What do little birdies see when they get knocked unconscious? *

Dave Plowman London SW
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