Causes of Privatisation

[Vague_Boy]

Thatcher the Snatcher privatised the energy companies and sold them off to her mates, her mates, mates still own them

But you said earlier the "Most of our energy companies are now in foreign hands". So were they always in foreign hands, right from day 1 of privatization?

 

 

In a nut shell these leeches are charging whatever they want because they know that they can get away with it

 

North Sea oil and gas industry suffers worst losses in decades [The Guardian 24 February 2015]

 

'Worrying' decline in oil and gas production [bBC News 21 August 2013]

 

UK gas import dependence grows with Centrica's Russia, Norway deals [Reuters May 13, 2015]

 

Now I'm not saying that our gas suppliers are entirely blameless on the profiteering front but really, the situation is a tad more complex that the level of the school playground (where you seem to be pitching it).