[matthew9219]

Your premises are deeply mixed into your argument here.

From an (conservative leaning) American perspective - the Alan Turing Institute is an perfect example of broken European thinking. Real innovative happens at highly motivated private companies, private companies who have huge profits to make if they are successful, and who pay huge salaries to talented employees, talented employees who desire to be rich. Government institutions more frequently pay mediocre salaries, reward politicking rather than excellence, and are undermotivated to solve problems, because they are unlikely to receive commensurate share of the benefits.

Now that Britain has left the EU, we Americans hope they will stop pissing money down the drain on useless government programs like the Alan Turing Institute and will instead reorient to a more business friendly environment, which recognizes that innovation happens mostly in successful businesses, and that governments role is to create that business friendly environment.