Four queens – blast furnaces named after Anne, Bess (Elizabeth), Victoria and Mary – loom over the British Steel works at Scunthorpe. Within days the queens could be under public ownership, after Keir Starmer on Monday promised legislation to nationalise the plant. “Strong nations in a world like this need to make steel,” Starmer said on Monday in a speech. The prime minister was hoping decisive action would fend off challenges to his leadership. It comes 13 months after the government recalled parliament for a historic Saturday sitting to ram through legislation to take control of the steelworks. Jingye Steel, a Chinese company, has remained the nominal owner, but with government officials at the helm. Nationalisation, expected to be included in Wednesday’s king’s speech , would be the latest stage in the tortuous history of the plant. How did we get here?…