It's a legacy of both Toryism and Blairism which are marginally different versions of the same ideology. Since the 80s UK labor productivity has declined to a l

It's a legacy of both Toryism and Blairism which are marginally different versions of the same ideology. Since the 80s UK labor productivity has declined to a level 30% lower than in France or Germany. Blaming the decline of industrial capacity is correct, blaming globalism is wrong-headed. Continental European economies that have buckled the trend of deindustrialization have done so precisely because they are competitive on global markets.