//There would be an outcry if people were buying expensive battery run cars that can’t be recharged.//
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12328859/Summer-getaway-drivers-forced-abandon-new-1M-charging-points-service-station-electricians-fail-hook-power-supply.html
I stopped at Pease Pottage last weekend. Saw the chargers all nicely wrapped up in polythene.
https://www.energylivenews.com/2023/07/24/uk-faces-ev-charger-grid-strain-delays-hamper-summer-plans/
I also stopped at Rownham Services on the M27 last week. This is a busy pull-in just west of the junction with the M3, near Southampton. It wasn’t particularly busy – I have actually stopped there in the past and been unable to park and had to move on. This time the car park was probably about two-thirds full. There are three electric chargers with a total of four connections. One of the single chargers was out of order. About ten or twelve cars were queuing to use the other three points. This is on a major motorway in southern England.
I went in and had a coffee and when I returned to my car the queue had moved up by just two vehicles (I’d made a point of noting the vehicles in the queue). I was probably at about the limit of range from home if I had been in an EV and I had a further 80 miles or so to travel to my destination.
Of course there are more charging points in Westminster than there are the UK's eight largest cities (excluding London) combined. So I doubt many MPs see a problem.
And it's going to worsen because the rate of new charger installation is not keeping pace with the sale of EVs:
https://inews.co.uk/news/environment/electric-car-ownership-fewer-ev-charging-points-1828120
Luddite or not, it will be some time – if ever- before I venture into the EV market. And I haven't even touched on the country's ability to generate the required electricity. The grid is on the edge of its capacity at times as it is, so the lack of chargers probably won't present much of a problem.