![]() ![]() And as a UK government spokesperson pointed out in response to Activision and Microsoft’s attacks, our tech sector is hardly ailing compared to Europe’s. It’s about as far from starting a business as it is possible to get. I find this very amusing, because Smith (pictured above) is talking about a $70bn acquisition of one of the biggest companies in video games by one of the biggest companies in tech, not some plucky upstart. ‘There’s a clear message here’ … Microsoft president Brad Smith. There’s a clear message here – the European Union is a more attractive place to start a business than the United Kingdom.” “It does more than shake our confidence in the future of the opportunity to grow a technology business in Britain than we’ve ever confronted before … People are shocked, people are disappointed, and people’s confidence in technology in the UK has been severely shaken. Microsoft president Brad Smith struck a similar tone, sounding absolutely furious. ![]() Global innovators large and small will take note that – despite all its rhetoric – the UK is clearly closed for business.” ![]() We will reassess our growth plans for the UK. They are used to holding sway over governments and authorities and when things don’t go their way, they throw a tantrum about it, in this case by threatening to withhold investment in the UK unless they get what they want.Īctivision’s statement sounds downright retaliatory: “The report’s conclusions are a disservice to UK citizens, who face increasingly dire economic prospects. For decades, US- and UK-driven neoliberalism has empowered them to consider themselves legally equivalent to actual people, and deserving of privilege, ostensibly because they create wealth and jobs. ![]()
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