I remember our previous PM giving a speech from Clydeside saying how proud he was to be giving the speech from a place with such a great engineering past.
This is honestly not a political point - the thought that ran through my head was why are we not as a nation ashamed that ship building / civil aircraft manufacture etc are things of the past in this country? and why is it that only foreign companies can make money manufacturing cars in this country?
I know of graduate engineers who cannot find a job - we should be ashamed that industry and manufacturing have such low esteem.
rant over