Wrong about everything there ,I'm afraid Terry old bean.

1) The Derbyshire County Council that pulled off the Toyota deal were the ost left wing in history. Their HQ i Matlock was called locally The Kremlin. All of the area was in ruins with Thatchers stupid policies and the council's policies were VERY expensive for rate payers -as they tried to offset the rolling disaster programme of closing manufacturing industry in mining textiles, and engineering. the inducements Derbyshire councils offered to Toyota were in fact opposed by Thatcher, who tried to aid our common market allies in taking the Labour council to court for unfair competition. Don't know about the other places - didn't live there.

2) Stabilit - there wasn't much political stability around in those days with Tebbit and her ladyship shoooting their mouths off in the most inflammatory way. Derby had IRA bombs. the miners strike. the closing of aLL the good textile employers like Viyella.

3) The unios by and large welcomed the Toyota management's arrangements as enlightened compared to the dozy English toffs they had been dealing with before hand.

Face it Terry - you love the Tories and the woman - but its an irrational love. And infatuation. An impossible dream. They will let you watch them play polo. But you're from the wrong side of the trax, and they will always secretly despise you.