Is Britain falling apart? In the light of what’s been happening lately the question must seem ominously plausible.
The collapse of Rolls Royce was immediately followed by the bankruptcy of one of Britain’s largest insurance firms and by the closing of a national newspaper. Ford’s huge factory at Dagenham has been paralyzed by a long strike: and this is only the latest in an endless series of stoppages that are ruining the car industry. Henry Ford II has warned that, because Britain’s industrial relations are so bad, all the company’s future developments may be transferred elsewhere. Already plans for one major new factory have been canceled; it will now probably be built in Germany.
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