Technology & Art: How Uk Expresses Their Importance

[gl556tr]

Recent weeks have shown how UK Ltd values its home-grown technology and a painting. The former was allowed to be grabbed by a foreign firm. The latter was given an export ban.
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This, at a time, when BRexit surely needs all its home-grown, valued resources as a spring-board to fashion its own commercial future.
--> A painting would hardly fit into such a category.
Excellent British names in their particular technical-scientific niches have, over the past decades, been allowed to be taken-over by overseas interests.
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Once sold, a piece of our rapidly-depleting 'silverware' will often be awfully difficult to replace.
Meanwhile, countries like France fight tooth and nail to retain their home-grown firms. Time to adapt such a stance here, before it is too late!

[woofgang]

I have no idea what you are talking about

[Old_Geezer]

Commercial companies take their chances re takeovers. They should strive to ensure that they're not a target. Art is treated differently. It's considered national treasure and can be bought but might be restricted to staying in this nation. I don't see that one can reasonably compare the two. Unless you're suggesting that the goverment nationalises all commercial companies here.

[gl556tr]

Time was when 'home-grown' firms that developed technological prowess became so invaluable the UK government would never have considered transferring control to foreign hands.
Margaret Thatcher changed this.

[davebro]

Is this a reference to Gorgon Brown giving away our gold reserves?

[gl556tr]

Not only UK's gold reserves, but firms of the calibre of AMD, for instance.

[woofgang]

If the firms are private then the government have no say, neither should they.

[johnk]

Who wanted the painting, it couldn't have been Donald Trump?

[TonyV]

IMO gl556tr you are talking a load of rubbish, with no substantiating evidence.

[TonyV]

you quoting Advanced Micro Devices point of view?