I think we’re looking at this from different ends of the telescope.You can pick up a national qualification in word processing or a whole variety of building skills
What I’m trying to point out is that big things, like lifting the living standards of a significant proportion of the population, or solving a national skills shortage, or getting real about having a low-emissions economy need leadership, that it’s the governments job to provide that leadership, and for too long UK governments have shirked their responsibilities in these areas. Governments in other countries in Europe and places like China haven’t.
Would you entrust national defence to individual bods signing-up to do an NVQ in soldiering at the local technical college? No, because we all know it needs leadership, direction, organisation, focus etc to defend a country, so we put that in place.
Individual gumption is commendable, highly necessary, but it isn’t sufficient.