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Moreover, if the UK had a strategic leverage objection why didn't they register that objection at that original sale to Softbank?
by CalChris 6y ago
Moreover, if the UK had a strategic leverage objection why didn't they register that objection at that original sale to Softbank?
- zepto 6y agoCould it be that geopolitics has changed their position since then?
- foobarian 6y agoI'm no politician but that promise to double the local workforce in Cambridge definitely caught my eye as something that would play really well in that arena. Kind of like how the Foxconn plant got built in the United States.
- hellotomyrars 6y agoWell, kind of got built. Foxconn got the money (in the form of major tax breaks) sure , but the promises haven't really panned out. Not that this is an atypical story of course. Credit to Wisconsin for at least pretending to hold them somewhat accountable by cutting off the gravy train.