More Chinese control in the economy and government.

if UK goes down... china lose money

We should nationalise that company

no.. the opposite

I'm probably with Nathan on this one tbh

more control in Chinas government

We don't have more control in China? What?

their money is tied in our companies

China has more control over our economy and our policies

if the UK fails, china lose out

Through those investments and that money

Sure, but they can take measures to ensure the UK doesn't fail.

if china wanted more control they could just let our failing businesses die

Which is where their influence in the govnerment comes in

As we know, businesses have influence in the government

Now, if those businesses are owned by the Chinese. Boom, China has influence in the government.

Which means we'll get more pro-China legislation

i don't think we want china embedded in our infrastructure as much as we can help it

The more they control, the more influence, the more they fuck us

if britain owned companies in china... all our money would be in china... we would be reliant on china

That's not true

China doesn't have "all" their money in the UK.

but they have a stake

they have money on the line

True.

money talks

Which is why they will leverage their position to keep those investments safe

Exactly.

they have no leverage

Which means they will influence politics to their advantage

Of course they do

Through that money

Through those investments

Are you trying to say that business has no power in our government?

so their leverage is "if you dont do what we say we're going to make this business fail and lose all our money"

DONT YOU GO AND MAKE US LOSE ALL OUR MONEY NOW!

WE MEAN IT! WE'LL LOSE ALL OUR MONEY!

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i'm not sure how big of a deal it is in the case of something like British Steel, don't know enough about them

They levereage is "We'll pull our investments, causing massive damage to the economy." or "We'll put some more investments in, if you do X" or they use their origional investments to lobby the government,

i'm more worried about infrastructure like telecomms