I kept meaning to write this for a few days. But seeing the news a few days ago and again today, the size of the container ships and the amount of good coming from the east. Isn’t it time we started to produce more in the uk again. I remember when I started my apprenticeship in late 80’s the company was taken over by the Chinese, a couple of years later closed and the product was being made in China and closed the company which had been around for 50-60 years !! this is when I remember things starting to change as I also remember other Production type companies also doing the same ! poor state of affairs.
My partners daughter was learning mandarin at uni, her dad is Very high up in the oil business and he advised her to learn it. It will become the new world common language as the buggers are buying up everything worldwide.
I’ve posted this a few times already but he explains in 53 funny seconds why the economics of that idea don’t really work.
Suez Canal: Giant ship blocking Suez Canal finally freed https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-56567985
I say the same thing to my kids, 10 & 12 yoa. Forget the romance languages, learn Indian and Chinese, or perhaps Portuguese at a push, combine it with a marketable skill (NOT gender studies, or human resources or any other non degrees they hand out the gullible these days) and it will see you right in the future. It's difficult mind, up here in the west of Scotland. Their skool doesn't even teach them about science or history and some of the reading books they come home with are 25 years old I mean FFS! Ask them about diversity issues then they are spot on...societies modern obsession; sadly that pish is about as much use in the World job market as a third ball. And folks wonder about the increase in private tuition.
