Mark Andrews takes a wry look at the week's news

Twenty years ago this week, the administrators were called in at the end of the MG Rover group, marking the end of 100 years of car production at Longbridge, and the end of one of Britain's most famous brands.

And it still makes me sad. Sad when I see cabinet ministers rolling up outside No. 10 in BMWs rather than Rovers, sad when I see the Royal Family pottering about in Audis. I feel it diminishes us as a nation.

This week, production also ended at Vauxhall's plant in Luton, again after 100 years. Still, on the positive side, they're now going to get a Universal theme park up the road, and we're all supposed to be excited about that.

Britain was once the workshop of the world. Now the future rests on dressing up in Harry Potter gear and checking people's tickets on the Big Dipper.

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I'm a hypocrite, of course. I only ever bought........

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