Who owns modern Britain?
This morning I heard that the Chinese State Investment Company had taken a 10% stake in one of our water companies.
OK. They are PLCs and there should be little control over who buys what, but such news does bring out a scary xenophobia in me.
Our power companies are mainly French and German. The whole of Europe is becoming ever more dependent on the morally corrupt Russians for natural gas.
So what happens if we fall out with these guys? I mean like really fall out? Like we’re at war with them?
Hell, we’ve been at war with the French throughout history, yet now one of our major electricity suppliers is owned by the nationalised French EDF. So it’s a nationalised industry in France, But they own part of ours?
Picture this. We’re back at war with France. We’re bombing the bejesus out of each other. Then some cunning general just decides to flick a switch and the whole of the south west of England has no power. OK, it’s taking things to an extreme, but am I the only one worrying about this?
The gas pipelines are the biggest concern though. Running through some pretty unstable previously Soviet states I know what I’d target if I was a terrorist wanting to make a major strike for my cause.
What a jolly though to lead into the weekend with!