Rebirth of England.

Chapter 898 Accelerate the plan
"Currently, five MPs have publicly expressed their opposition to the acquisition of South Scottish Electricity, including two MPs and three MPs of the Scottish Parliament..."

Nigel Inkster told Barron on the phone:
"At the same time, more MPs said that United Power's acquisition of Southern Scottish Power would be beneficial to both strengthening local competition and the Scottish government's financial situation..."

It seems that after the acquisition, British Electric Power, a subsidiary of United Power Group, has a higher market share. The view that full competition in the market is beneficial seems ridiculous.

But in fact, it does make sense. After all, before this, many surveys have pointed out that competition in Scotland's electricity market is not sufficient, and the two major power companies, Scottish Power and South Scottish Power, often have a tacit understanding in competing on electricity prices.

After British Power completes the acquisition and joins this market, it will help break this tacit understanding - after all, because British Power is larger in scale, its average cost will be relatively lower.

I'm afraid if they start competing for local Scottish customers, ScottishPower will start to feel the pressure...

In addition, the Scottish government previously held shares in two local power companies.

The current situation is that after the subprime mortgage crisis, Cameron is committed to reducing government spending in the UK, and the Scottish government naturally cannot stay out of it. Their finances have also been cut, causing problems with some public services.

Once South Scottish Power is sold, the Scottish government will be able to obtain a considerable amount of funds, which will naturally be very beneficial for alleviating their current financial pressure.

Of course, whether it is the media such as The Times or the congressmen who stood up to speak for this acquisition, it is certainly not completely "based on facts". Whether it is some of the "foundations" funded by Barron or the resources of United Energy Group, they are the main reasons for those congressmen to express "goodwill".

As for those congressmen who oppose it, there are naturally other capital interests behind them, but the reality is that they are not on Barron's side now, so the consequences...

"I hope that some of them will change their attitudes. As for the hardliners among them... they should learn a lesson after this incident."

"We are already doing it, Your Highness. The intelligence department has already obtained the investigation results of some of these people, and the others are also under investigation. I believe they will make a wise choice."

Hearing Nigel's words, Barron smiled and said:

"I believe you can do it. By the way, about the Sinclair family..."

"Our North American branch is already conducting a special investigation on John Smith and other members of the Sinclair family. If there are any results, I will inform you as soon as possible."

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In fact, the reaction of politicians to United Power Group's acquisition of South Scottish Power is just a microcosm of Barron's plan to eliminate "non-cooperators".

Barron has been preparing this plan since he realized the need to change the outcome of Britain's Brexit.

In other words, before that, he had already realized the importance of those "voices" that influenced policies to his interests. Only after that did he invest more resources and develop more detailed plans.

There are currently more than 10 organizations and foundations in the UK, with his company as the main investor.

These institutions, in turn, provide financial support to many politicians...

Particularly within the Conservative Party, his think tank has been assessing the number of MPs and politicians they can influence, and will verify the attitudes of some politicians through things like the acquisition of United Power Group.

Those who stand on his side will receive continued financial and media support. As for those who dare to oppose him, they will of course either engage in "friendly negotiations" or step down because of scandals.

After all, with Barron's current asset scale, if he doesn't have enough "spokespersons" to protect his own interests - especially in his home base of England - there will always be hidden dangers.

If he wants to consolidate his business, or even expand it...

So it is very important to put the right people in the right positions, not only in the company's management, but also in the politicians.

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"A speedboat is approaching, alarm!"

As the alarm sounded, all personnel on the drilling platform stopped working and gathered in the platform's safe house according to routine drills.

At this time, several fully armed security personnel appeared on the side of the platform, using binoculars to observe the speedboat approaching from a distance.

There were two speedboats. Through the telescope, we could see that there were about ten black people in various clothes on the speedboats, most of whom were holding guns.

When the speedboat was less than 50 meters away from the platform, some of the militants had already opened fire at the platform.

Although there was almost no danger at this distance given the accuracy of the AK rifle in the opponent's hand, the security personnel on the side of the ship still scattered and sought shelter.

They could already hear the crisp sound of bullets hitting the hull from one side of the platform...

"This is the South Mira drilling platform, which was attacked by militants. The enemy was armed with rifles, but no RPG was found..."

"Please stand by, the helicopter is on its way..."

"Roger that!"

After contacting the headquarters, the security personnel on the drilling platform carefully observed the movements of the two speedboats. Whenever a speedboat approached the platform and was about to climb onto the platform from the pile legs, they quickly leaned out and shot downwards to stop the other party's actions...

Finally, after more than 20 minutes, they heard the sound of a helicopter coming faintly in the distance and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

At this time, the militants who attacked the drilling platform also discovered the armed helicopter flying towards them, but saw one of them took out a tube-like object from the speedboat and carried it on his shoulder...

"Attention, attention, the other side has an RPG and is aiming..."

"Roger that!"

Just after the security personnel on the platform notified the helicopter, they saw a rocket with a long tail flame flying towards the helicopter.

At the same time, after receiving the warning, the helicopter urgently changed its flight altitude. The rocket passed by the bottom of the helicopter a few meters away, making everyone break out in a cold sweat...

Then, we found that the other side did not continue to launch rockets, probably because they only carried one this time...

So the machine gun on the helicopter started shooting at the speedboat...

The security personnel on the drilling platform also took this opportunity to lean out from behind their cover and shoot at the speedboat on the sea.

In the end, one of the two speedboats was probably hit in the fuel tank and exploded.

The other ship hurriedly left here, but still left two bodies behind.

(End of this chapter)