End of the day. The rot happened 60 years ago. Not when Maggie the job snatcher came in but the 50s and 60s. We had technology but our leaders were as thick and ignorant then as they are now. Investment is a dirty word as it costs. Whatever colour you wear. The interesting question is how many people on this thread have driven commerical projects to make a profit and fit the task in time and in budget? Someone sold this country away. Both colours but one colour does it more obviously than the other. I do have the question for this thread. Whom on here actually makes thinks of value for the UK to add in the coffers? Whom takes a wage bill? I work now in a service sector that did used to do the former. Furlough is the latter i will have to pay off. I have had pay cuts to help my employer survive. I bet no one on the public purse would ever consider working for 80% pay.