It is quite ironic, after twenty years of deregulation and claims that "the markets will provide", to see senior politicians panic as prices go up, and go for the easiest non-market solution around: blaming foreign energy groups and Brussels.

In any case, after 20 years of the UK lecturing continental Europe that it was silly to have an "energy policy" because "the market provides", it is quite ironic that anyone in the UK would complain about having exactly what was desired: ie a market-driven industry,

The first lines of these two paragraphs are the same. I think you should merge them:

In any case, after twenty years of the UK lecturing continental Europe about deregulation and claiming that it was silly to have an "energy policy" because "the market provides",  how anyone in the UK government could complain about having exactly what was desired: ie a market-driven industry? It is quite ironic to see senior politicians panic as prices go up, and go for the easiest non-market solution around: blaming foreign energy groups and Brussels.