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minus-squareSimulation6@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down3·20 days agoHas British electronics gotten better then? Used to be rubbish to the point it was a running joke in movies.
minus-squareNotJohnSmith@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·20 days agoI must have missed this, I don’t even think we have electronics if you mean like consumer electronic equipment, just stuff made in the far East with a brand slapped on it
minus-squareCevilia (she/they/…)@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·20 days agoI know we still make the Henry Hoover but I can’t for the life of me name an electronics brand with a factory here.
minus-squarefalseWhite@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·20 days agoDyson and Raspberry Pi. Just to name a couple British companies
minus-squareDenjin@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·20 days agoJames Dyson campaigned for the vote leave campaign citing the ability to create (UK) jobs without EU interference. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2016/jun/11/eu-referendum-live-senior-labour-figures-urge-party-to-step-up-campaign?page=with%3Ablock-575bc12ce4b01a5ff948b818#block-575bc12ce4b01a5ff948b818 He then promptly moved his main factory and head office to Singapore and recently cut 1,000 UK jobs. Fuck that guy and his over priced vacuums.
minus-squareZorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·20 days agoI mean… pretty much anything british made. I don’t know how an island known for rain makes cars that easily take on water (land rover IIRC)
Has British electronics gotten better then? Used to be rubbish to the point it was a running joke in movies.
I must have missed this, I don’t even think we have electronics if you mean like consumer electronic equipment, just stuff made in the far East with a brand slapped on it
I know we still make the Henry Hoover but I can’t for the life of me name an electronics brand with a factory here.
Dyson and Raspberry Pi. Just to name a couple British companies
James Dyson campaigned for the vote leave campaign citing the ability to create (UK) jobs without EU interference.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2016/jun/11/eu-referendum-live-senior-labour-figures-urge-party-to-step-up-campaign?page=with%3Ablock-575bc12ce4b01a5ff948b818#block-575bc12ce4b01a5ff948b818
He then promptly moved his main factory and head office to Singapore and recently cut 1,000 UK jobs.
Fuck that guy and his over priced vacuums.
I mean… pretty much anything british made. I don’t know how an island known for rain makes cars that easily take on water (land rover IIRC)