Owain Lastname wrote
Rod Speed wrote

There were lots of small appliances intended
for use on 2A and 5A plugs, with thin flexes.

Doesnt explain why all other countrys
handle those fine without fused plug tops.

1. Because they didn't have 2A and 5A circuits,
their appliances had thicker flexes?

No they didnt.

2. Many European countries had bottle fuses which may have
provided finer protection than rewireable fuses used in Britain.

No they didnt.

3. Their electrical safety standards were/are lower?

No they werent/arent.

4. We designed the fused 13A plug to suit the conditions in
the UK at the time and to be the best possible solution overall,

Thats bull****.

albeit a compromise in some ways.

All systems always are.