Quote Originally Posted by animallittle3 View Post
Nothing I'd like better than to see manufacturing return to the UK and replace the service sector as our core .

The country's relied on way too much cheap Labour for decades but it goes deeper than that because in my opinion an abundance of cheap Labour makes governments lazy and unwilling to change things .

However a return to major manufacturing requires investment , lots of it to train workers and tool up .

It also requires manufacturing businesses to make a profit .

There lies the problem .
The problem lies with the workforce. We’d be back to the 70’s within 3 years.

Have you seen the price of a new car today?