> If the cofounder of ARM wanted it to stay a British owned company, why did they let it go public in the first place? It's possible they just didn't have the

> If the cofounder of ARM wanted it to stay a British owned company, why did they let it go public in the first place? It's possible they just didn't have the foresight. It's not unusual to take and action an not understand all the potential consequences. > "If you do not make Arm a British owned company again with a Golden Share for national economic security, history will remember you as the person who, when the chips are down, failed to act in the national interest." > And then they blame this on the Prime Minister? It seems pretty fair to me. If a plane crashes because the pilot is irresponsible and the copilot decides not to take action, it's reasonable to put some of the blame on the copilot. It seems like the Prime Minister is like a guy at the emergency controls who's the last one with an opportunity to change course.