If you all continue to attack guido the man, it merely demonstrates the paucity of your counter arguments.

A fact is something that is consistent with objective reality or that can be proven with evidence. Therefore there cannot be an argument over them, unless you wish to question reality. (Something remainiacs constantly do with referendum results)

"The man is a politically devious thug committed to extremist right wing politics
His message in this case, is that the British manufacturing economy has risen recently
As it has dwindled to virtually nothing over the last few decades, it is like saying the dying man is not looking too bad this morning
If you care to check what the Economist says about the rise, it points out that it is more to do with what is happening elsewhere than being a significant rise in Britain's fortunes - a short-term blip"

OH DEAR! Nurse! Nurse! The patient lives in a timewarp and repeats the same pack of lies every couple of weeks, despite being offered constant evidence rebutting his mindless mantra.

The decline in manufacturing is shared throughout the OECD. Manufacturing employment has declined steadily in most OECD countries. since the 1970s, in particular in Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom. As the birth place of Industrialisation was in the UK the percentage employed in manufacturing from say a benchmark year of 1890, was historically high.

Here are some remainiac inconvenient truths below. No doubt some will dispute the FACTS

You will have to construct your own link:
The Changing Nature of Manufacturing in OECD Economies - OECD.org
www.oecd.org/sti/sci-tech/37607831.pdf

by D Pilat - ?2006 - ?Cited by 142 - ?Related articles