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Agreed, perhaps I should of said 'nudged the rudder in the direction of services' and later governments rolled with the course change as the path of least resis
by keithpeter 9y ago
Agreed, perhaps I should of said 'nudged the rudder in the direction of services' and later governments rolled with the course change as the path of least resistance.
PS: the geographical distribution of those GDP share reductions might bear investigation. The kinds of jobs available in the Black Country changed radically in the 1980s.
- youngtaff 9y agoI think manufacturing has been in decline since the late 50s but can't find data to back that up. One of the challenges I see is that most of UK manufacturing has gone high-tech and become more automated so less opportunities for people in sheds!