Dear Jess, and for every other person who ‘wants their country back’. The following will hopefully make you all aware that it ain’t ever going to happen and that you have been looking in the wrong places all along. It will also enable you to see what the corporate media chooses to not tell you.
“We Want Our Country Back.” Which Country Is That?
For years now, “We want our country back” has echoed across Britain—on billboards, on front pages, on referendum posters, and in political debates.
It’s a sentiment rooted in something real: a sense of loss, of disorientation, of power slipping away from local communities and ordinary people.
But here’s the uncomfortable truth:
You cannot take your country back
if you do not first understand
who actually runs it.
And the people who run it are not migrants.
They are not Brussels bureaucrats.
They are not “woke educators.”
They are not environmental activists.
They are not jobseekers or benefit claimants.
The real power lies in multinational corporations, foreign state-owned companies, and global platforms that have quietly absorbed Britain’s utilities, infrastructure, culture, and even its public conversation.
If you genuinely want your country back, start here.
If You Want Your Country Back, Look at Who Owns the Basics
People often imagine “getting the country back” as legislating borders, controlling immigration, or shaking off the EU.
But Britain’s biggest loss of control didn’t happen in Brussels—it happened in the boardrooms of multinational corporations.
Public utilities—the backbone of everyday life—are now overwhelmingly foreign-owned.
Below are the sectors that define modern British life, and who really holds the keys.
1. Water: Owned by Global Funds, Not Britain
You want your country back?
Then why is its water system run from Toronto, Sydney, Frankfurt and Abu Dhabi?
Foreign Ownership of UK Water Companies
| Water Company | Region | Foreign Owners / Investors | HQ Locations | Influence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thames Water | London & Thames Valley | Canada, UAE, China, Luxembourg investors | Canada, UAE, China | Controls investment in Britain’s biggest water network |
| Anglian Water | East England | Canadian, Australian & Middle Eastern funds | Toronto, Sydney, Abu Dhabi | Sets water security strategy |
| Yorkshire Water | Yorkshire | Singapore, Germany, Australia funds | Frankfurt, Singapore, Sydney | Controls leak reduction & environmental spend |
| Southern Water | South East | US & Australian private equity | New York, Sydney | Profit-led infrastructure decisions |
| Welsh Water | Wales | Not-for-profit | Wales | Public interest remains intact |
| Scottish Water | Scotland | Publicly owned | Scotland | Example of genuine domestic control |
If you want your country back, start by asking why Britain’s water bills enrich pension funds overseas.
2. Electricity: A Sovereign Energy Policy—For France, Spain and Germany
A huge chunk of Britain’s energy future—especially nuclear—is controlled by other nations.
Major Electricity Providers & Their Parent Countries
| Corporation | Role in UK | Headquarters | Type | Influence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EDF Energy | Nuclear & electricity | Paris | French state-owned | Oversees nuclear fleet |
| Scottish Power (Iberdrola) | Renewables | Bilbao | Spanish | Controls wind expansion |
| E.ON | Retail & generation | Essen | German | Shapes pricing structures |
| RWE | Power generation | Essen | German | Determines fossil/renewable balance |
You cannot “take back control” of energy while entire sectors are controlled from Paris and Essen.
3. Gas: Heating Britain, Profiting Abroad
Foreign Ownership of UK Gas Networks
| Company | Role | Foreign Owner(s) | HQ | Influence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cadent | Largest distributor | Australian funds | Sydney | Controls gas pipelines |
| SGN | Scotland & South | Australian & Canadian funds | Sydney, Toronto | Shapes hydrogen transition |
| Northern Gas Networks | Northern England | CK Hutchison | Hong Kong | Controls maintenance & upgrades |
If you want your country back, ask why your heating system depends on returns to Hong Kong, Sydney and Toronto.
4. Rail: The Irony of “Taking Back Control” While Foreign States Run the Trains
Foreign State Ownership of UK Rail
| Operator | Country | Backed By | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arriva | Germany | Deutsche Bahn | UK fares subsidise German citizens |
| Abellio | Netherlands | Dutch government | Profits flow to Dutch state |
| Keolis | France | SNCF | French public transport benefits |
| Trenitalia | Italy | Italian state | Italian rail budget gains |
| MTR | Hong Kong | HK government | Foreign state planning shapes UK routes |
If “taking back control” doesn’t include taking back railways from Berlin, Paris, Amsterdam and Rome, then control is just a slogan.
5. Telecoms: Britain’s Digital Nervous System—Built Abroad
Telecoms & Infrastructure
| Company | Role | HQ | Influence |
|---|---|---|---|
| BT (global investors) | Broadband | UK/global | Driven by shareholder demands |
| Three | Mobile network | Hong Kong | Major 5G player |
| Ericsson | 5G tech | Sweden | Core infrastructure supplier |
| Nokia | Mobile hardware | Finland | Powers major networks |
| Huawei | Legacy systems | China | Still embedded in older networks |
If you want your country back, ask why its communications backbone is an international jigsaw, not a national project.
If You Want Your Culture Back, Look at Who Shapes It
When people talk about “their country,” they rarely mean geography—they mean culture:
the humour, public life, media, shared stories, local identity, and civic values.
And this is the part Britain lost without a referendum, without debate, without noticing.
Culture isn’t shaped by Parliament anymore.
It’s shaped by platforms, markets and global corporations.
1. American Tech Platforms Quietly Become Britain’s Cultural Operating System
Google decides what information Britons see.
Meta decides how Britons argue.
Amazon decides how Britons shop.
Netflix decides what Britons watch.
Apple decides what Britons hear.
YouTube decides what Britons believe.
TikTok decides what British teenagers aspire to.
If you want your country back, understand this:
Britain’s public square has been privatised by California.
Algorithms, not public institutions, now govern national attention.
2. American and Global Media Corporations Shape National Debate
Sky is owned by Comcast.
News Corp’s influence reaches across print media.
Digital media relies on advertising markets dominated by Google and Meta.
When British voters increasingly sound like American culture warriors,
it isn’t coincidence.
It’s exposure.
If you want your country back, you need to reclaim the ability to tell your own stories.
3. Cities Transformed by Global Money: When Local Identity Becomes a Brand
Local pubs replaced by global chains.
Working-class neighbourhoods hollowed out by overseas investors.
Entire skyscrapers bought by sovereign wealth funds.
Cities become “global”
—code for placeless, branded, expensive, and disconnected.
If you want your country back, start with a simple question:
Who are our cities for—local people, or global investors looking for safe assets?
4. British Creativity Filtered Through Foreign Platforms
Britain still produces brilliant musicians, writers, film-makers, comedians.
But who decides which voices are heard?
Not the BBC.
Not publishers.
Not independent venues.
But:
- Spotify (Sweden)
- YouTube (USA)
- Disney+ / Netflix (USA)
- TikTok (China)
If you want your country back, you must rebuild cultural sovereignty,
not just wave a flag.
5. Even Work Culture is Now Imported
Nearly every multinational in Britain imposes culture from abroad:
- American corporate jargon
- International HR models
- Algorithmic worker monitoring
- Targets designed in Silicon Valley
- Productivity metrics drawn from U.S. psychology
If you want your country back, ask why your workplace doesn’t feel British anymore.
So Which Country Do You Want Back?
The truth is this:
You cannot get your country back
until you understand the country you lost.
You cannot reclaim sovereignty when:
- water is owned abroad
- railways fund foreign governments
- energy decisions are made in Paris
- telecoms infrastructure is Scandinavian and Chinese
- high streets are Americanised
- cultural life is algorithmic
- cities are investment vehicles
- public debate is mediated by Silicon Valley
This is not a call for nationalism.
It is not a call for isolation.
It is a call for honesty.
Britain didn’t lose its country to migrants, or the EU, or “the woke.”
Britain lost its country to its own political decisions,
its enthusiasm for privatisation,
and its willingness to let global capital shape its future.
If you want your country back,
you need to know where it went.
And maybe—for the first time in decades—
start demanding it from the people who actually have it.
