Claims: Britain is OK with public ownership, but only by foreign powers. Why?
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- title: Britain is OK with public ownership, but only by foreign powers. Why? Source
- url: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/sep/02/britain-public-ownership-energy-transition-foreign-powers-arthur-downing Source
- summary: Arthur Downing, author of Power and the People: A History of British Energy, says all-encompassing rapid transition will need a mutualised system Have you ever wondered why it is that most houses in the UK are reliant on gas boilers? Not what’s stopping more people from replacing them with heat pumps, but instead why and how the gas boiler became so ubiquitous in the first place? Arthur Downing, the author of the new book Power and the People: A History of British Energy, can tell you exactly wh… Source
- published: Wed, 02 Sep 2026 07:00:26 GMT Source