"The money from this extraction could have financed a sovereign wealth fund, like Norway’s, which would have funded social care, railways, sewerage – any of our long-term costs. Instead, thanks to Margaret Thatcher’s 'liberalisation' (a fancy word for looting), private companies walked away with the profits. Another victory for neoliberalism."

Hmm, why does that sound so dang familiar 🤔 #HeritageFund

UK energy prices are soaring – and propagandists want to sell you a false reason why
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/13/uk-energy-prices-soaring-war-iran-fossil-fuel-north-sea