>>12366526We can't into anything cause of fucking corrupt/and or incompetent government and management that throttles the life out of any innovation British engineers make
>Calder HallThe first nuclear power plant to operate a commercial scale. In the words of Baron Hinton, the man who planned the project, we were five years ahead of the world in nuclear power generation technology. Now with the privatisation of electricity generation and the atrophy of our knowledge and engineering base, we have to ask the French, the Chinese and Japanese to build plants. However with Brexit, the latter seems reluctant to invest.
>Vickers VC10 A passenger aircraft designed for Hot Short takeoffs, the VC10 was praised for its quiet nature, reliability and comfort. It was also until recently, the fastest transatlantic aircraft besides Concorde. However it was trashed by BOAC, the very state-owned organisation that commissioned it and whose requirements affected its own design.
>APTAdvanced Passenger Train, capable of tilting so as to allow it high speed travel on Britain's winding railways. However despite improvements after poor initial reactions, the Press and the Thatcher government had a vendetta towards the APT.
Also worth noting that British governments loved sucking up to American corporations while doing their best to undermine their own industries, not mention allowing asset strippers to tear apart any business they could get their hands on (Jim Slater, James Goldsmith etc.)
