The major problem seems to be that the various governments over the last 20odd years (especially Maggie, bless her) have made it very easy for foreign companies to take British firms over, and have got rid of most 'protectionist' practices in the name of 'enterprise'. 'Our Tone' seems to have been too busy being Dubbya's lackey to have done anything about it.
Maybe we should take a lead from our European counterparts & embrace the bits of the EU that work for us and basically ignore the rest.
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