We seem to be suffering from successive UK governments' (plural) attitude to the essential infrastructure of the country. Privatise, allow the private providers to make a good proft for shareholders. But do nothing to protect the actual facility itself.
Water, Electricity, Gas, Road fuels. Police (it's being mooted), NHS? Post office (watch this space; that's all about to go for a ball of chalk). It's all going down the pan (apart from the water, most of that gets lost from leaky mains).
Good grief, even Clinton Cards has gone into administration in the last couple of days; whatever next?