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There are times when one despairs of sensible investment in
the UK. The talk of throwing over £40 billion into HS2 and the ongoing debate
as to the best location for airport expansion in South East England can easily
lead one to think that all politicians are obsessed with big dumb investments
and value posturing in front of vast steel and concrete white elephants above
prosperity and opportunity for all. Then you read about some under reported but
very clever investments HMG has made in UK high tech industries. Like the £36m
various bodies like the office of the Mayor of London and SE development
agencies put into Inmarsat ( read more here http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-23380147
) or the £60m HMG Treasury put into the SABRE engine ( more here http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-23332592
) which are two or three orders of magnitude smaller than the grand gestures
proposed for UK transport infrastructure, but have the potential to deliver
vast benefits for the UK in terms of wealth, opportunity and advancement.
