| The thing is, I agree this article is low quality but the compound nature of brexit+snoopers charter+uncertainty with companies is certainly affecting the attractiveness of the country. I'm British, I left to go work in Sweden for a couple years while my girlfriend finished her studies here, since I've been here we've had _significant_ challenges and erosions of rights and privacy in the UK, the EU (with all its warts) was investing much more in deprived areas of the country than the UK government was (or had done pre-EU). It's bleak, there's a bigger country than just London (which currently carries almost the entire of the rest of the UK financially) and the companies that run there are fickle. There is a self-fulfilling cycle that goes with London, companies go there because it's where the brains are. Brains go there because it's where the companies are. If there is another place companies go, the brains will undoubtedly follow. Then who carries the UK? -- Sorry, this turned into a rant, all I really wanted to say is: Anecdatum is not data; but with enough of it, it can certainly paint a keen picture of the situation for many. |
Companies want the brain to go there, the brains want the company there to go there. Circular dependency.
That's why there are only few tech hubs and they won't change.