Macrons Threat to the UK Energy Market

Here, Jeff Taylor, pulls apart pee wee Macron's threats to the UK energy markets by saying that the EU will block the UK access to EU energy markets.

Sound ominous ?

Well, have no fear, Jeff Taylor explains what this really means. Just try not to laugh....

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I think he's just about summed it up. Macron's un petit filou (and I don't mean fromage frais).

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He's useless - empty vessels make the most noise ...

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Hi

It is difficult not to laugh.

The man shows a great misunderstanding uf what is going on.


https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis...en%20in%201995.

We import Electricity from France.

We can do what we like with our fish, they can do what they like with their electricity.

We are reliant on the French and Chinese to build our new Nuclear Power Station.

The two companies involved are wholly owned subsidiaries' of the French and Chinese Governments.

EDF also owns 8 UK Nuclear Power Stations.

Our Government sold them to the French Government in 2009.

We did this by selling State Owned British Energy to EDF Energy Ltd, a British Company which is owned by EDF which is owned by the French Government.

Macron can cause us a great deal of problems if he so wishes

The Distribution network was sold to a Hong Kong Conglomerate

.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EDF_Energy

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Oh dear

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I'm sorry Swimfeeders but there is so much wrong there that it's honestly quite difficult to know where to begin.
I will pick just a few.

We import electricity because EU rules said we should and because the EU made it so expensive for us to produce our own. That's why after 25 years of energy independence we began importing in 2004 (read up about it).
EU policies are the reason ALL member countries are net importers of energy - but the UK's reliance upon imports is quite low so try not to be too concerned.

Why are the French & Chinese building our Nuclear plants?
Because EU rules forbade our own from receiving what might have been seen as unfair advantage; remember please that the UK were among the pioneers of nuclear-generated electricity.

If Macron really did decide to try and cause difficulties (please remember he's French - all they have is bravado in times of confrontation but zero in actions) it will cause the EU huge upset for at least two reasons:
1 We would without doubt sue and rightly blame the EU for not enforcing their own rules.
2 The Irish would suffer - we could not possibly export power to the Irish if we are being embargoed, now could we?

So please; rather than belief in attention-grabbing propagandist theorising on both sides try to consider the wider picture.
Which (for the rational) in this instance is that any action would cause each side in a dispute far more trouble than it's really worth.

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It's a bit late to moan about the French building our power stations etc.
It was obvious that this would happen, each winter our National Grid can't cope and we have to buy French power.

Buy some thermals while you can still go shopping.

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Hi

My post is simply a list of facts with links.

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And it does show the position of the UK in the world. No reason to moan, unless you long for the days long gone.

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I've shown that EU policies are responsible for every single EU member importing their energy to one degree or another.

Here in the UK we have a plan.
A plan which is not the EU's.

https://assets.publishing.service.go...imate_plan.pdf