No easy answer to this, as a Nation we spent much money on two world wars and were being overtaken as a world power economy by Germany and the USA both prior and during this time. We adopted are praiseworthy attitude of defending democracy and liberty which we could not afford in reality and bankrupted ourselves as a result. We made massive loans to allies some (Russian) were never repaid at all, Much of British industry became under financed less modernised and less competitive, management was old fashioned,complacent and much influenced by "the old boy" network, and workers were influenced by this and strong communist agitation, and a general "that's good enough" attitude. Post WW2 we launched into the massive money eating Social and/national health service another unaffordable scheme which reinforced the lazy attitude of many of our citizens and also allowed our education system,(not a particulary good one] to get worse by lowering standards so now literacy is lower than in 1944. There were and are bright sparks in this picture but that's what they are "sparks" and Government does nothing/very little to fan the flames. But hey what do I know- maybe someone will come along and try and change things, make us work hard,try harder, because things need to change or else. Cheers Chris.S.
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