Sorry Dave . Predicted it . Saw it. It was bleeding obvious it was going to happen. And I didn't see one industry go into decline. I saw many industries exterminated by governments who latched onto and adopted the idea joyfully that they bore no responsibility for the health of our industries. Remember Thatcher - you can't buck the market...ring any bells?

the Isabel barnett types on Any Questions type shows were saying -'when we join the common market, there will be more opera houses, and we will start to appreciate European culture instead of these ghastly beat groups....'

Then as now, the debate was dominated by our ghastly upper classes, and their deep conviction that they know everything.