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Thatcher was not prime minister when the DTI was established. She was prime minister when the BBC Micro was developed and released. Did she play some role in the development or approval of the project?

Wikipedia's history doesn't mention anything about politicians being involved. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Micro#History

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Pretty sure Kenneth Baker was involved.

I'll look into this some more and check back.

... Yes, Kenneth Baker was appointed Minister for Information Technology in 1981, by PM Margaret Thatcher.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Baker,_Baron_Baker_of_... [wikipedia]

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=kenneth... [lots of good links here]

source: I'm old, and Google is still awesome.

Thanks. It seems Baker championed the project from the start.

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