Track costal i agree with the sentiment but with some elements in the city beleiving that the UK isn't Bank friendly and they should move to you're neck of the woods. I'd like to see their bluff called. But given how many eggs are in that basket can the govt risk it? The Conservitive and Nu Labour govts chose to run down industry to rely on financial and service sector to provide the company with its living . You in Australia having loads of natural resources that the Chinese want to feed their industrial economey.
Until we devlop another manufacturing base wether that be hight tech pharmacuticals or electronics but it looks like we've missed the boat on that one to with big names disappearing to the east!