I recall the extinction of the European textile industry happening before my eyes as a young graduate at Courtaulds in the 1980s. Chemicals could go the same way. It could well be another European dinosaur.
Ineos boss Jim Ratcliffe tells the European Commission that the chemicals industry could be extinct in Europe within a decade.
In the circumstances, you have to wonder why chemical companies like Boots, BASF and Unilever are sponsoring environmental groups like the Green Alliance. Perhaps we need to spell it out to them...
Don't do this. They're trying to put you out of business!