The British steel industry has been an industrial problem since the fifties, the tariffs were just the final nail in the coffin of this episode. https://en.wik

The British steel industry has been an industrial problem since the fifties, the tariffs were just the final nail in the coffin of this episode. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Steel_(1967–1999)#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Steel_(1967–1999)#Hist... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tata_Steel_Europe#Background_–_Corus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tata_Steel_Europe#Background_–... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Steel_(2016–present) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Steel_(2016–present) Interestingly the political opposition to nationalisation has been relatively quiet this time.