An interesting article...

The flight to India The jobs Britain stole from the Asian subcontinent 200 years ago are now being returned. by George Monbiot Britain's industrialisation was secured by destroying the manufacturing capacity of India. In 1699, the British government banned the import of woollen cloth from Ireland, and in 1700 the import of cotton cloth (or calico) from India. Both products were forbidden because they were superior to our own. Now the jobs we stole 200 years ago are returning to India. Read full-story