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> Arm exists and is British, after all. Our current government is indifferent to this.
by bemusedthrow75 3y ago
> Arm exists and is British, after all.
Our current government is indifferent to this.
- DaiPlusPlus 3y agoNot entirely indifferent - they did intervene on national-security grounds in 2021: https://news.sky.com/story/government-intervenes-in-sale-of-uk-chip-designer-arm-over-national-security-implications-12280485 https://news.sky.com/story/government-intervenes-in-sale-of-...
- bemusedthrow75 3y agoI had forgotten about this, to be honest, but national security grounds is either what it says on its face or "what is the smallest amount of intervention we can do here to satisfy all those critics talking about something we don't understand". Our Prime Minister thought getting the Royal Mint to produce NFTs was a good idea. In 2022.
- DrBazza 3y agoAll modern UK governments have been largely indifferent on protecting British industry, and when they do it normally blows up in their faces. It's now a case of 'fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me'.