Cunard... Invensys... Sunseeker... pigs & troughs.

Cunard, the subject of my last posting, is a graphic example of the rampant asset stripping to have afflicted Britain over the past thirty or so years. Today another piece of our once proud commercial heritage ships out as Invensys who make control systems, is snapped up by the French outfit Schneider for £3.4 billion. A month ago Sunseeker was sold to the Chinese for £300 million, it being a highly successful company whose products are in demand by the rich and super-rich the world over, it being a company that did not need to be sold and ought not to have been, but was, for one simple reason. Britain's senior commercial and industrial management has morphed from the best in the world when the country was strong and stable, to now becoming the worst of any 'advanced' nation, to the point that these people blight our nation. Always alert for an opportunity to asset strip, they'll dive into a trough of foreign cash the moment it is slid beneath their insatiably greedy snouts, regardless of the consequences for workforces, communities, and national interest. We were told in advance that Schneider intended to sack much of the British workforce once it took control and that they are after the research, patents, and market share, and yet that clearly understood knowledge cut no ice with those doing the selling. As for our worse that useless politicians... standardised silence, as always.

At some point we are going to have to bite the bullet and set about fixing 'Broken Britain' and journalists have a vital roll to play in that regard. Question these people. Highlight the fact that Britain's senior political and commercial leaders have effectively 'divorced and separated' themselves from the populous, with disastrous consequences for the national interest and for all of our children's future. If any journalist would like some help with material I should be very happy to assist. Check out chapter 9 'Deindustrialisation' of my book Sheep No More for starters. Within it the forces and attitudes at work are exposed and made sense of from the perspective of Mr Ordinary. Sussing out what has gone wrong with Britain really isn't difficult. Truly!