In article ,
Mike Tomlinson wrote:
En el artículo , Chris Hogg
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Don't be too sure about that. EDF have just announced local contracts
amounting to £250M. http://tinyurl.com/zmayzy5

EdF is tying to bully the govt into agreeing to build by presenting it
with a fait accompli. "But look! £250m of 'investment' and xxx thousand
jobs will be lost if the project is cancelled!" (my quotes around
investment)

It remains to be seen if May will blink. If I were in her leopard-print
shoes, I'd be sweating EdF for better terms while politely telling the
Chinese to **** off.

Articles in Private Eye (last issue and current issue) are well worth a
read for the background scuttlebnutt. EdF are finished if the bid for
Hinkley fails.

EDF is owned by the French Government, it can't be "finished". They own a
considerable amount of the UK's electrical distribution system including
that in L0ndon.

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