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Originally Posted by Mick
So we can blame Nick Clegg for scuppering plans for Nuclear power back in 2010, as part of a Coalition agreement with the Tories. Got it.  |
Well yes, Clegg explicitly stated we shouldn't have them because they wouldn't come online until 21/22! Although the coalition agreement only stopped them from using public money to help build them.
Labour wanted them but never pushed it though because they were lukewarm on it, pretty much for the same reason that they didn't want to pick up the bill.
But the Tories too have done little on nuclear power and have been in power for 12 years with the coalition or 7 years without them.
I think we should do it ourselves and own the plants at this point. Hinkley Point is estimated to be about £25 billion. We could have built four of them for the price of this cap freeze until January. Underinvestment costs us in the long run as does depending on a private company who'll delay every step of the way hoping to get us to foot a lot of the bill for
their shiny new plant.