If the last few years mismanagement of Brexit, privatising the NHS, "universal" credit, historic immigration renegs, the perpetually delayed reaction to Covid19, PPE procurement contracts going to zero-asset companies monetarily linked to Tory members and donors...
Well... A large part of me hopes it's mere incompetence.
But the bigger picture seems to be a party that —starting with May as Home Secretary— has been pushing harder and harder at knowing everything about everybody. Kicking out incumbent foreign hardware providers seems like a bloody good way to plant your own hardware in its place and achieve another level of control.
If the last few years mismanagement of Brexit, privatising the NHS, "universal" credit, historic immigration renegs, the perpetually delayed reaction to Covid19, PPE procurement contracts going to zero-asset companies monetarily linked to Tory members and donors...
Well... A large part of me hopes it's mere incompetence.
But the bigger picture seems to be a party that —starting with May as Home Secretary— has been pushing harder and harder at knowing everything about everybody. Kicking out incumbent foreign hardware providers seems like a bloody good way to plant your own hardware in its place and achieve another level of control.