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Alan Whitehead MP argues that the scare stories warning of blackouts are guilty of gross simplification

Ever since Alastair Buchanan, the outgoing CEO of Ofgem put pen to paper last week warning that Britain could be on a "knife edge" as far as energy supplies are concerned from 2015 onwards, there has been...

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