Quote Originally Posted by Grist_To_The_Mill View Post
Cheap labour abroad, subsidised energy, 50 people for every vacancy, it didn’t matter who was in charge tbh

Our strong point was the production of special steels and niche markets, which we sold to foreign owners.

Irony is locally steel works were bought by Indian companies, a country we sent (and still do) millions of pounds of foreign aid.
The best description of the downfall of British Steel that I have heard over the last 30 years.