tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post795780209324671795..comments2024-03-27T21:30:35.824+00:00Comments on UK Commentators: " EDF agrees to buy British Energy"Labanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12031578024191117985noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-63891508798667501192008-09-25T05:54:00.000+00:002008-09-25T05:54:00.000+00:00A good posting Laban. Three things a National gove...A good posting Laban. Three things a National government should ensure above all else 1 A secure country 2 Secure food supplies 3 Secure energy.<BR/>This government fails on all accounts.Malthebofhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03503702120391804624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-25971363009494224612008-09-25T02:43:00.000+00:002008-09-25T02:43:00.000+00:00Here you go, Video of Britain opening the worlds f...Here you go, Video of Britain opening the worlds first commercial nuclear power station:<BR/><A HREF="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00dn9y8/b00dn9xr/" REL="nofollow">Link</A><BR/>Its 11:05 mins in<BR/><BR/>How far we've fallen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-29340077638592087632008-09-24T23:12:00.000+00:002008-09-24T23:12:00.000+00:00I was supprised at the blanket condemnation in BBC...I was supprised at the blanket condemnation in BBC HYS, people maybe starting to wake-up, problem is its too late.<BR/>The damage Labour has done would take generations to sort out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-74515682270232992322008-09-24T23:05:00.000+00:002008-09-24T23:05:00.000+00:00and I've no doubt the headline would have been:"Fr...and I've no doubt the headline would have been:<BR/>"French Government Takes Control of Britain's Nuclear Industry"<BR/>if the Tories had been in power at the time of the deal, its times like this the bias is at its most obvious.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-77975780560348110462008-09-24T20:44:00.000+00:002008-09-24T20:44:00.000+00:00You suspect that the UK no longer has that skill?Y...You suspect that the UK no longer has that skill?<BR/><BR/>Yes, because over the last 30-40 years our manufacturing base has been trashed, meanwhile American, French and German companies have been 'cheating' in that they are either directly owned by their respective governments or are given massive government contracts which basically act as a subsidy.<BR/>Our industry is driven to the wall making us vulnerable to these pirates.<BR/><BR/>I am all for the freemarket, but thats not whats going on here.<BR/><BR/>tolkein says we could just take over anytime we want...<BR/>With what? our arms industry has been sold off as well.<BR/><BR/>What makes the whole thing worse is that the government is rubbing its hands excitedly about this 4 billion windfall its going to get out of the deal, well how long do you think its gonna take them to waste that?<BR/>Net result, the British people end up without a Nuclear industry and without any money as well!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-25604507370118707652008-09-24T16:24:00.000+00:002008-09-24T16:24:00.000+00:00Can I ask the 2nd Anon if (s)he thinks Orange has ...Can I ask the 2nd Anon if (s)he thinks Orange has gotten better or worse over the last ten years. <BR/><BR/>I think most people would agree that Orange is as good as any of the other players and its relative position is not dramatically better or worse.<BR/><BR/>It's not implicit that EDF buying nuclear power generation will make things worse and whilst I agree that state run enterprises generally do become <I>full of idle, cosseted and overpaid quasi-civil servants who have no regard for the public they serve</I> this is true also of UK state run institutions of which BNFL are already an example.<BR/><BR/>We have a problem in the UK in that we need to invest in new nuclear power stations if only because given that the Green morons won't let us build coal stations, nuclear is the only option that won't cause us to suffer brown-outs and power cuts in the next few years.<BR/><BR/>It's probably already too late but at least EDF has the expertise to actually build and operate a modern nuclear plant. I suspect that the UK no longer has that skill.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-14788983742402222922008-09-24T14:21:00.000+00:002008-09-24T14:21:00.000+00:00Dear Tolkein,"What's not to like"? Well EDF is mor...Dear Tolkein,<BR/><BR/>"What's not to like"? Well EDF is more or less a state-owned and operated monopoly and, in spite of some market opening for industrial customers, still acts like one. I've lived in France for around 30 years now so I know the beast well. It's full of idle, cosseted and overpaid quasi-civil servants who have no regard for the public they serve.<BR/>Second, and perhaps more important, it's gobbling up energy companies elsewhere while refusing to open up its home market, which means it will get stronger and stronger and more and more monopolistic throughout Europe. Believe me, this is one aspect of French life you shouldn't be importingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-9901849125661678212008-09-24T09:52:00.000+00:002008-09-24T09:52:00.000+00:00Dear LabanSome of my friends used to worry about w...Dear Laban<BR/><BR/>Some of my friends used to worry about withdrawing from the Euro or seceding from the EU. Would we be allowed? I pointed out that nobody could stop us, if we wanted to do it. Maybe lawyers would try, but the EU stop Britain? By force? Who? How? The Belgian army? The Dutch? fresh from their courageous example in Srebinica? Or the Germans, whose rules of engagement in Afghanistan prevent them fighting at night? You're surely not thinking of Italy.<BR/><BR/>If things got difficult with EDF, we could just arrest the senior managers of the company in Britain, if necesary. I daresay we wouldn't need to go that far. EDF owns the power stations, but Britain ultimately controls them. If a French owned business wants to inject a whole lot of capital into our nuclear industry and uses their expertise to get new nuclear stations built, what's not to like?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-86485610447890654532008-09-24T08:57:00.000+00:002008-09-24T08:57:00.000+00:00I've come to the conclusion that the reason New La...I've come to the conclusion that the reason New Labour loves to sell off so much of British infrastructure abroad must be because they count it as an export in the books, and are doing it to fiddle the balance of trade figures so they don't look as bad as they really are.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-55277978836626526382008-09-24T08:42:00.000+00:002008-09-24T08:42:00.000+00:00Good points.Regarding the EU though, French suppor...Good points.<BR/><BR/>Regarding the EU though, French support for it is, as the saying goes, a mile wide and an inch deep. (In Britain its only half a mile wide and half an inch deep!). The French govt is another matter of course but long term we can't count on unequivocal French support for the EU.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com