I’ll also say it again. There is no way the foreign office would want to scupper inward investment of that magnitude into the U.K.. Stimulating trade is part of their remit and also Saudi is a major strategic ally.
Where folk are getting that the FO and government are against the deal is beyond me They let a strategic rival (China) buy into our telecoms industry with all the attendant risks and dangers of that (backdoor software and the ability to listen into govt comms etc)
No, this is all squarely at the PLs door and the fact that they are fighting it tooth and nail stinks to high heaven.