Quote Originally Posted by Dance Demon View Post
Like the north of England, it used to have a very big Coal industry, Steel Industry, Ship building industry, manufacturing industry, but Mrs Thatcher sorted that out.....
Hmmmm ... sounds like the Potteries. Used to have a vast majoirty of our employment in Coal, Steel, Pottery and Tyre production ... now its all call centres and UB40 (similar to Scotland?) ..... no way we've be self-supporting ... why do you think we've not tried for Devolution ourselves.