Guardian: Logically, it ought to have been impossible for Centrica to give a definitive view at this stage on whether it made financial sense to invest in nuclear power plants. That's because one crucial piece of the jigsaw the price at which government will guarantee to buy electricity from new nuclear plants is still to appear.
In practice, one can't blame Sam Laidlaw, chief executive of Centrica, for deciding he's seen enough to conclude he doesn't want to take part. After the Fukushima disaster...