Economy

Review the sell-off of great British companies

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ResPublica's Phillip Blond on defending value-driven capitalism

Britain has never taken the issue of ownership seriously enough under governments of every political hue. The story is that we are open for business including foreign hostile takeovers, whatever the cost to the national interest. As evinced by English football, our watchdogs are poodles, blind to the well-being of our great businesses, the wider community they serve and deaf to the intentions of new owners.

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