A rather magical visit to the House of Commons in the Palace of Westminster. At a meeting there today I was surprised to learn that the UK's automotive, aerospace and life sciences industries are all smaller, even when all three are added together, than the UK's creative industries. - ThreadSky

lucyworsley.bsky.social • 86 days ago

A rather magical visit to the House of Commons in the Palace of Westminster. At a meeting there today I was surprised to learn that the UK's automotive, aerospace and life sciences industries are all smaller, even when all three are added together, than the UK's creative industries.

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douglasq.bsky.social•86 days ago

Whilst impressive for our creative industries, that statistic from @lucyworsley.bsky.social is seriously worrying.

peskypb.bsky.social•86 days ago

Hope you didn’t get shat on by the gull - cool photo 👍

geoffj.bsky.social•86 days ago

Yes. That's 3 sectors against 11. The 11 include sectors which belong in other industries not just creative. Creative industries are hugely important but daft comparisons do not help the cause.

ididsaythat.bsky.social•86 days ago

Awesome photo as well.

chrisdg.bsky.social•86 days ago

And, as we found out during the foot and mouth outbreak, horse racing is worth more than agriculture in the UK

cedarandhoney.bsky.social•86 days ago

That makes so much sense. London is head and shoulders above so many other cities when it comes to the calibre of arts and design.

raiderlee.bsky.social•86 days ago

A flying visit ?

chimpy-farnsworth.bsky.social•86 days ago

I told you not to feed those birds your leftover chips - or are those MPs?

phaethon.bsky.social•85 days ago

Pigeons are feathered rats, gulls are feathered MPs.

schadenfreude4u.bsky.social•86 days ago

I'm not sure if that is good or bad or indifferent?
I am sure that ALL of the endeavours mentioned are far smaller than they should be.
No nation or people were ever remembered as great due to their 'booming service industry'.
Sorry. Can't help myself sometimes.

baddlesmere.bsky.social•86 days ago

Largely because HMG has disinvested aerospace & defense and its manufacturing for 35 years

youcannotbeserious.bsky.social•86 days ago

And yet we have so bad neglected the creative industries over the past 14 years 😢

georgeswan.bsky.social•86 days ago

I wish it was just past 14 years. In fact creative industries were neglected over several decades.

youcannotbeserious.bsky.social•86 days ago

Yes, in reality. However they have suffered especially over the past 14yrs. The cultural vandalism under the Tories was tragic.

davethewoodsman.bsky.social•86 days ago

Decades is probably right. The impact is being felt because of the changes that have been made. You are correct that people are more screwed now. 0.003 dollars for a stream on Spotify. The solution given is "sell tshirts"

davethewoodsman.bsky.social•86 days ago

Oh and to sell the t shirts, you have to have a really good tshirt or a following. Because otherwise you have a lot of tshirts going nowhere. Or you have print on demand which means you still need someone to see them and think "I want that tshirt"

davethewoodsman.bsky.social•86 days ago

And yet that is where the axe falls when things are going badly.