What do we actually produce in the U/K now?

Question

Looking at china and other countries that are now catching us up,

what are we actually exporting?

The victorian days have gone now when we invented steam,factories,and were a century ahead of the commies and third world areas.

Now they have caught us up.

All we seem to be is a service industry to ourselves,docs,teachers,civil servants,on and on and import everything?

Answer 1

We are world champions at exporting winging emigrants

Answer 2

This is so true.  However, the real essentials in life are food and water. We are very rich in the UK, in these essentials.  The essentials for life.

Manufacturing on the cheap, is possible because of labour which is cheap. In time, the balance will start reversing.  The west cannot support an ever increasing prosperous China and India, although it can whilst the difference is so vast.

In the meantime, we live on a wealth illusion created by financial services.  That wealth illusion, is manufactured in the UK and the other main financial centres of the world.

Oil itself, is a limited prospect in terms of human survival.  It is a limited resource, which will run out eventually.  It may create notional wealth in terms of money illusion, for the countries that use sovereign wealth funds to purchase a share in other countries and companies.

Try creating in your mind, a self serving world on an island.  There is no money on this island.  People do not own anything, the land owns you.

What do you need on that island for survival, and for future generations?  

Not very much is the answer.  Food and water, and some bloody sunshine for a change!!!!!

  

Answer 3

In the town where i live we had a mass off factory's but they have now all gone abroad and the land as become housing estates.

It is so sad to see the decline in british made products in favour of cheap imported goods.

Answer 4

Hymns of Old Pride of the British

Answer 5

Well, there is oil in Aberdeen and other parts of Scotland.  There is windfarm that is producing electricity and exporting to nearby countries.  There is some strawberry and apple, etc farming and barley farming which are there.  Financial investment is bringing in most of the money.  And lastly, machinery and computer stuff such as games and special software are exported to other countries.

Answer 6

useless politicians and teenage thugs, there must be a good cctv business as our town has hundreds lol speed cameras got to pay for them gov expenses!!!!!

Answer 7

We have a thriving Aerospace Industry.