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Yeah, I'm convinced now with these interviews that have came out lately, that UK is blocking this, especially with how blunt these comments are from Activision towards the UK specifically. I'd be very shocked if CMA's Preliminary isn't either an outright block or structural remedies which are basically the same thing to Microsoft.
"It seems like a bit of a fragile government. Where's the leadership?" - Kotick not familiar with Tories, Lol.
I had a bad feeling from the moment it was known this would come entirely down to the UK. Once the FTC objected, there was a very strong chance that the UK would as well because following USA is kind of our speciality. Once it came down to the UK to do the right thing, my doubts were high, we haven't been doing the right thing since 2010 and most of the UK doesn't work as it should lately 
It's ironic that EU's EC who has long been seen as the regulatory body who constantly goes after corporations, more than any other (and I would say for good reasons, despite Americans protests, Lol) is the one who seems the most open to this deal while FTC has gone full blown political and UK's CMA is desperate to make a name for itself in the post-Brexit world.
Reason #1,000 why Brexit sucks 
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