Britain’s infrastructure is breaking down. And here’s why no one’s fixing it | Aditya Chakrabortty

There’s no lobby for public assets like the National Grid. That goes too for our libraries, youth clubs, parks and pubsWhole swaths of Britain experience a blackout and the country lights up with fury. Cabinet minsters, the press, members of the public rightly demand answers: why was Newcastle airport plunged into darkness? Who is responsible for rail services being halted for hours? Threats are issued of a whopping fine, an official inquiry, heads rolling. Days of rage for a power cut of