lets get it into perspective, the government were prepared to plough £100 million in but on condition that the partnership was approved it's the chinese who pulled out.
Besides that how any government can be held responsible is beyond me when,
The British car industry has been in decline for decades following the path it's sister motorcycle industry.
The decline can be put down to,
Lack of sales, few want to buy british products these days, whether because of quality of workmanship, reliability, or cost.
The germans and japanese had taken a lions share of the market for the simple fact they supplied quality, reliability etc etc.
The british worker and companies must shoulder responsibility for their demise.
It's so easy to blame others(the government)
but they should get their own house in order before shifting blame, you can't keep ploughing money into a business you know is eventually going to go bust.
Solution? british workers need to show a commitment to wanting to work hard and deliver the goods, companies need to do a bit of research in finding out what the public wants from their products, they need to get their business plans working properly in the first place.
Then perhaps when british companies have shown they can produce stuff that people want, the government could risk using taxpayers money to supply loans, not a bail out.
How many small companies have no support but have to make sure they have good working business plans, the big companies should take note.
