I don't really think facts have much to do with anything. Theres a sort of random facts aspect. Every buggers got facts and statistics to prove their point of view.

Its down to gut feeling.

I knew before we went in it wouldn't work.

All the industrial decline I've seen since, somewhere in the mix you could spot the fine Italian hand of the EEC/EU. If you weren't looking for it, you wouldn't have seen it. And the south eastern part of our country (its economy bolstered by foreign investment and property speculation have never had reason to look for it.

Its too big, too long, too unwieldly a process for any fact fuelled bean counting expert to have noticed. But my god, I've seen it happening the communities I lived most of my life in and grew up in. Steel,   fishing, textiles, cars, motorbikes, heavy engineering, ship building and re-fitting.....all down to villainous trade unions, rotten management, corrupt politicians.

You can carry on telling yourself that if it fits your set of predjudices...

Great news about the Fiat Panda and the Fiat 500 failing every safety standard. My Renault Kangoo was a write off after going through a deep puddle.
Wolsey, Reliant Scimitar, Triumph, Austin, Morris, Singer....never mind the competition will give them something to think about.

Those are my predjudices.