Quote: DaveO "I will go with the House of Commons as my sourcehttps://www.parliament.uk/briefing-papers/SN05809.pdfrl
It's obvious that while the likes of Germany,France and Italy retain ownership of major car manufacturers and have companies that manufacture rolling stock and so on when n the UK we have one train maker left who is under threat of closure you are hiding behind a very naive interpretation of statistics. The fact some manufacturers such as Rolls Royce build high value aero engines and this bumps up figures that relate to the value of exports doesn't disguise the obvious.'"
so, you want to include italian, french and german companies that make engines but we should discount uk companies that do the same?
Quote: DaveO "108th in terms of manufacturing output as a share of gross value added (11%), marginally ahead of France but behind most major developed countries. That compares with 32% in China.'"
this makes your claim of
Quote: DaveO "no manufacturing industry in comparison to the likes to Germany and France '"
entirely without merit.
sorry for the edit. there's some brilliant stats in there that you now think is the gospel.
