They would prefer to keep it to themselves, but in the small town of Methil, on the Firth of Forth, they're quietly arguing about what went wrong-at a local yard for building North Sea platforms. Seemingly, it is a tale of opportunities lost - with all those classic allegations of poor management, fractious unions, low productivity and delayed deliveries. Can Methil, with its yard now undercut by an apparently more efficient French competitor, and its people on the dole arguing the reason why, tell the rest of us anything about that much bigger industrial concern: The United Kingdom Ltd?