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Come Inside... => The Commons => Topic started by: Barman on August 01, 2008, 06:31:21 AM

Title: Nuclear takeover bid called off
Post by: Barman on August 01, 2008, 06:31:21 AM
Quote from: BBC Web Shite
A deal that would have involved the sale of most of the UK's nuclear power stations to a French state-owned energy firm now appears uncertain.

EDF had been expected to announce it was buying British Energy which owns eight reactors in the UK.

However, EDF put out a statement saying conditions were not right for it to proceed with the £12bn deal.

Source (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7536479.stm)

Oh dear, oh dear... more bad news for broon...  noooo:

He was planning on selling desperate to sell off the family silver to put £4B in the bank (so he could give it away to assorted good causes no doubt).

What is the betting that EDF get to buy it at a knock-down price of say, no more than £8B?  whistle:
Title: Re: Nuclear takeover bid called off
Post by: Nick on August 01, 2008, 10:32:58 AM
And then we will have handed our electrictiy to the Frogs who can charge what they like and remit the profits back to the French Government  cussing:
Title: Re: Nuclear takeover bid called off
Post by: Snoopy on August 01, 2008, 10:33:53 AM
Why not? Most of our milk comes from them. whistle:
Title: Re: Nuclear takeover bid called off
Post by: Barman on August 01, 2008, 10:36:14 AM
And then we will have handed our electrictiy to the Frogs who can charge what they like and remit the profits back to the French Government  cussing:
broon the loon would sell the Houses of Parliament themselves to make a few bob...  noooo:
Title: Re: Nuclear takeover bid called off
Post by: Nick on August 01, 2008, 10:37:34 AM
And how long till the Arabs, who are rolling in dosh, start investing in the nuclear industry and get control of that too?
Title: Re: Nuclear takeover bid called off
Post by: Barman on August 01, 2008, 10:38:14 AM
And how long till the Arabs, who are rolling in dosh, start investing in the nuclear industry and get control of that too?
What time is it now...?
Title: Re: Nuclear takeover bid called off
Post by: Darwins Selection on August 01, 2008, 10:46:27 AM
And how long till the Arabs, who are rolling in dosh, start investing in the nuclear industry and get control of that too?
Iran?
Title: Re: Nuclear takeover bid called off
Post by: Nick on August 01, 2008, 10:48:42 AM
I thought they were making peaceful,um, bombs  rubschin:
Title: Re: Nuclear takeover bid called off
Post by: Uncle Mort on August 01, 2008, 10:50:54 AM
What we could do is let the foreign investors build them and once they're running nationalise the industry. After all if Nasser could do it to the Suez Canal...  rubschin:
Title: Re: Nuclear takeover bid called off
Post by: Barman on August 01, 2008, 11:02:45 AM
What we could do is let the foreign investors build them and once they're running nationalise the industry. After all if Nasser could do it to the Suez Canal...  rubschin:

Ah... you think broon has a cunning plan, a plan sooo cunning- nah.  noooo: