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by walshemj 3071 days ago
The main reason is the devolved nature of government in the USA in the UK Amazon would have its arm twisted by the government in a you scratch my back ill scratch yours.

For example BT had development centres in all 4 countries that make up the UK mainly for political reasons - and why the BBC forcibly moved people to Manchester as part of the negations over the BBC charter.