The world doesn't owe them a living
27th August 1983, Page 36
27th August 1983
Page 36
Page 36, 27th August 1983
— The world doesn't owe them a living
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TO BUY a foreign car instead of a well-designed, well-finished British model was an act of betrayal of tens of thousands of British workers who, as a result, were now on the dole, said John Butcher, Under Secretary for Trade and Industry. Could the enormous popularity of foreign vehicles, commercial and private, be the consequence of the betrayal of hundreds of thousands of British buyers by workers who are now reaping what they sowed?
No one owes me a living of which I am not worthy. Equally, no one owes a living to workers in the motor and other industries who have produced, and may still be making, shoddy goods. Self-inflicted wounds take a long time to heal.