Energy.

Amongst the countless pieces of idiocy we have seen from a government steeped in dogma and incompetence in equal measure, it is perhaps their failure to guarantee continuity of power supply where they may be seen at their very worst.

Firstly, the cabinet became hogtied on planning the new generation of nuclear energy because of a luddite mentality on the left of the party.
Secondly, they have fallen for EU directives which state that impossible amounts of energy must come from 'renewable sources' by 2020. So we have Brown quixotically earmarking a mere £100 billion to put up some unsightly, grossly inefficient and non cost effective windmills. [See frequent, detailed postings on this issue.]
Thirdly,the government - in the same way as its predecessor - has allowed the EU to dictate selloffs which mean that control of our energy has been relinquished to foreign nations to either blackmail us politically or who will charge the British consumer impossible amounts for basic energy.
The sale of our nuclear industry to EDF - the French giant - is worrying in the extreme.

There is an alternative and more sinister view than the one I have just outlined. There are those - and I am one of them - who believe that this is a deliberate sellout policy by europhile politicians, assorted traitors and other quislings to make us dependent on the EU for energy in addition to the basic foodstuffs which we are now also unable to produce ourselves.

Once again, I suppose, this makes me a conspiracy theorist. But if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck ....

LINK: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1062089/Back-Dark-Ages-National-Grid-raises-spectre-blackouts-winter.html