We enjoyed halcyon days before the energy market was privatised
The hard-pressed energy customers in the UK are to be faced again with substantial increased costs in their bills because, it is reported, supply is finding it difficult to meet demand ("Bills to rise as Ofgem chief warns of energy squeeze", The Herald, February 20).
The hard-pressed energy customers in the UK are to be faced again with substantial increased costs in their bills because, it is reported, supply is finding it difficult to meet demand (\"Bills to rise as Ofgem chief warns of energy squeeze\", The Herald, February 20).
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The benefits of implementing the principles of Thatcherism in the UK energy market have been increasingly called into question. Sections of the essential infrastructure, associated with the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity in the UK, are now in other than British hands. Spanish, French, German and other owners and shareholders are now doing well out of the British electricity customer. We even have EDF, more than 80% owned by the French state, buying into the UK energy market and making large profits from it.
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We enjoyed halcyon days before the energy market was privatised
The hard-pressed energy customers in the UK are to be faced again with substantial increased costs in their bills because, it is reported, supply is finding it difficult to meet demand ("Bills to rise as Ofgem chief warns of energy squeeze", The Herald, February 20).
The benefits of implementing the principles of Thatcherism in the UK energy market have been increasingly called into question. Sections of the essential infrastructure, associated with the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity in the UK, are now in other than British hands. Spanish, French, German and other owners and shareholders are now doing well out of the British electricity customer. We even have EDF, more than 80% owned by the French state, buying into the UK energy market and making large profits from it.
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