THE government has pledged £14.2bn of its own money to build a new nuclear power plant. What happened to just getting Aldi or whoever to build them?
Because yes, this country needs to replace its decaying infrastructure, but why should that be our job? Can’t we just get some multinational corporation that doesn’t give a shit and is immune to lawsuits to do it for us?
What happened to China building a nuclear power plant? They still are? Why aren’t they building this one, then? Sure, there’s a risk because they’re a hostile foreign power, but if the alternative is doing it ourselves then no thanks.
If this country has been build on anything these past few decades, it’s overseas investment. We sell it, they buy it, building reservoirs or whatever is their problem. Largely they don’t, but at least the decision’s out of our hands.
Do we really want to return to the dark days of large-scale public works done by the state, like this was the 1950s? Thousands of British workers employed by the British state building British infrastructure for British people? Urgh. No thanks.
I don’t give a bugger who does the job. It could be Aldi, it could be Red Bull, it could be the Sinaloa Cartel for all I care. If they’re willing to give us a cheap quote many times lower than the final bill will be when they finish the job six years late, that’s enough for me.
French-state owned EDF are still involved in this one and expect hefty profits? Excellent. But I see we plan to use British Rolls Royce reactors, and that makes me edgy.
Why can’t we get a reputable foreign provider in to build reactors that could irradiate half our country if they go wrong? Do Tesla make reactors? They’re a name you can trust.
