My Science Teacher was recently grumbling on the same fact. He was telling us how in the 70's they were planning tidal barrages that could generate power for the country. Then the tories got in and put a bullet through the entire scheme calling it, 'unfeasible'. The plans got lost and the incentive went...

In the end you just have to accept that almost every single problem this country faces is in some small way linked back to the Tories.