Reminds me of a guy that went to GA, was an absolute c**t to his girlfriend whenever they were an item, then when they were not together he proceeded to act like a prince in an attempt to get her back.
Anyone who thinks we've did well out of the broad shoulders over the last 50 years or so really needs to take a good hard look at themselves, just look at Aberdeen, the place has generated that much income for UK PLC that it should be able to withstand any downturns quite comfortably, it isn't, it's struggling at the moment.
London didn't appear to suffer too much from the downturn even although it was the practises pursued in London that caused the clusterfuck that we still haven't recovered from.