Our problem today are very much tied to Thatcher our strategic industries were destroyed, Coal, Steel, Shipbuilding and didn’t replace them with anything else. Council houses were sold off cheap and not replaced so we have progressive housing shortage.
Everything was done for short term gain, with no thought for the future, successive governments were no different, then 3 large setbacks, Brexit, Covid and Ukraine mean we have a very hard road to any kind of recovery. Internationally our strength is measure in exchange rate, it has fallen from over $2.50 to $1.20 currently.
We must congratulate our polititians for that!.
Do you still wear you original wedding and engagement ring