1/ There's a global shortage of silicon chips, and of manufacturing capacity. So why allow UK's biggest fab to be sold to a Chinese firm? Why it matters... newstatesman.com/politics/2021/…
2/ China's "double circulation" strategy aims at domestic industrial autonomy alongside free movement of exports and finance. It is buying up capacity and IP ... newstatesman.com/politics/2021/…
3/ Britain has no industrial strategy - it has a National Security law, and should use it to keep NWF co-owned in the U.K... newstatesman.com/politics/2021/…
4/ The Welsh govt "not our problem we got our money back and jobs are safe" shows the weakness China's belt/road To strategy plays with - Western states and firms cash strapped newstatesman.com/politics/2021/…
5/ the whole South Wales silicon cluster is product of government investment and strategy - why hand a key asset to continue by firms obliged to follow 🇨🇳 national interest? newstatesman.com/politics/2021/…
6/ Labour's @Ed_Miliband spot on. Call the acquisition in on NatSec grounds... 30% of Wingtech is state-owned datenna.com/the-acquisitio… 
7/ Even the EU now has an integrated semiconductor strategy - "Global Britain" is just a cork bobbing on the waves newstatesman.com/politics/2021/…
8/ Do we want to design, fabricate and have national strategy for the most important machines in modern life, or not? newstatesman.com/politics/2021/…
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