Re: huge loan that further benefits the energy companies
This is where I think we disagree. We cant move on from fossil fuel until we have an alternative. Nuclear is an alternative if thats what you mean but cheap and plentiful energy is necessary for civilisation.
We will not invest in an alternative until we have an alternative? There might be a problem with that plan.
The reason for the profits is due to state idiocy. The state mandated green and left us energy insecure.
To your other point - no, actually Cameron screwed up, then after that Cameron screwed up again, then after that May screwed up. If the country had gone in the opposite direction (nuclear rollout, green rollout, more storage) we wouldn't be in this position.
At every decision Tories gonna Tory. Here's another: the entire energy bill "help" announced by Truss (the little we do know about it - taxpayer giving £120bn to energy producers which no other country is doing as far as I know, every other country has gone the windfall tax route) came about after the wife of a former BP executive donated £100,000 to Truss' campaign.
It stinks to high heaven. The UK is in this position because of wanton incompetence and corruption.