每当想起当年那些为了挽救濒临破产的英国企业（如汽车制造商和钢铁生产商）或投资注定没有前途的新技术（协和式喷气客机，德洛伦汽车）而错误制定的干预措施，官员们就不寒而栗。
Officials shudder at the memory of ill-fated interventions designed to prop up failing companies (such as carmakers and steel producers) or invest in ultimately doomed new technologies (Concorde, DeLorean cars).