Why Does Britain need a film industry?

Britain needs a film industry for a number of reasons:
It creates a whole variety of employment and without it, many people would suffer. Just a few of the jobs in the film industry are as followed:
* Directors
* Screenwriters
* Actors
* Make-up crews
* Advertisers
* Builders
* Costume Makers
* Technicians
* Electricians
* Stunt professionals
* Music
* Managers
* Operators
* Designers/Artists
* Choreographers
and many more!
Not only employment but it helps support the British economy. It brings in a lot of money, but funny enough, not from the actual films' themselves but the advertising, the film products made (games, posters, books) and so on. A couple of examples which have been very popular universally are: the Bridget Jones' Diary and the James Bond series.
The film industry creates tourism, for instance, many people from America came across to Sheffield after "The Full Monty" was screened. If large amounts of people see British films, they get a taste of what it is made up of. They will see our culture and environment and will be able to compare and contrast where they live, to Britain. Furthermore, British viewers would be able to relate to many of the British films produced, as they would see British locations, British history, Britain's culture and most importantly British people- just ORDINARY people, whom they can associate with.
As the international film industry is dominated by America- Hollywood and India - Bollywood, only their attitudes, values, and messages are portrayed. This will affect the audience by only showing certain views on politics for example. It may be informal, however, a British viewer should be shown British politicians.
A brilliant example of a British film is This is England, which includes many British signifiers. Shane Meadows shows the critical side of Britain by 'taking a trip down memory lane', with all the controversy of Margaret Thatcher being Prime Minister, the high levels of racism, the National British Front and so forth. Shane Meadows created a film which not only foreshadows the British culture but especially challenges British views.