Let's get something straight. I AM NOT RIGHT WING!

But I hate blinkered liars who try to transfer the responsibility for fuckups to the opposition. British manufacturing was killed, not by attempts to achieve a fair wage, but by stupid actions of the trades unions demanding 40 and 50 percent pay increases which would have bankrupted their companies and thrown THEM out of work,

Add to that stupid demarkation disputes in which we saw strike after strike over who did what. It got to the point where it almost required two men to fit a nut and bolt, one for the nut, and a second to apply the bolt.

By 1970, there were so many strikes that British goods could not be delivered, and with eager competitors all round the world just waiting for the chance, it was bye bye Britain.

There was also the question of quality. The motorcyle industry had stagnated, and was producing bikes that were the same as those made during and just after WW2. Enter Honda, exit Norton, Triumph et al.

I don't think I need to go further. It is obvious that all this happened, and happened pre-Thatcher.

Don T.