@kwramm @jk well, UK plugs have several safety features:
- fuse
- earth connection
- the sockets have internal covers on the live lines which are opened by pushing the earth pin into the socket
- the active pins have insulation on half the length of the pins so with the plug partially inserted in the socket the still-physically-accessible part of the pin is insulated not metal
- hard and heavy enough to double as a blunt force weapon for home defense
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told my mum i would replace the plug on a lamp she’s had for 50 years because it has the old-style unsleeved pins.