How the UK lost its shipbuilding industry

Re:How the UK lost its shipbuilding industry by scott_w on Monday November 10, 2025 @11:33AM (#45877654)

> You can't go an hour without some HN comment just hand waving away the costs of some regulation

I don't see what regulation has to do with (effectively) nationalising the entire shipbuilding industry. When I say "cost" I literally mean the financial cost to the Exchequer.

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Re:How the UK lost its shipbuilding industry by potato3732842 on Monday November 10, 2025 @01:29PM (#45879098)

Regulation was just one example. Could be any sort of TPS report or other overhead type crap.

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Re:How the UK lost its shipbuilding industry by scott_w on Monday November 10, 2025 @04:31PM (#45881220)

I’m not talking about TPS reports, overheads, etc. I’m talking, quite literally, about the actual line item costs that appear on the ledger of the Exchequer. I don’t see why this is hard for you to understand without and why you’re waffling about unrelated things.

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