Our energy system is rigged. It’s not a market, it’s a feeding ground for corporate profiteering and reckless price hikes. It simply does not work for ordinary people or the industries we rely on. It’s time to put public ownership of our energy back on the agenda.
I’m not calling for nationalisation because of dogma or ideology. It’s simple common sense that we need greater control of our energy sector.
This won’t be the first or last crisis we face – and unless we have the ability to shape our own energy security, we will be left vulnerable to the whims of the market and global forces.
