It'd be fantastic to see light fittings made to a decent standard by companies that I've actually heard of.

It seems they're all over-priced but turn out to be made in china by some unheard of company.

A lot of the fittings seem to be increasingly flimsy and difficult to wire.

Screw-in fittings were non-standard but not unheard of here in Ireland. There were plenty of fittings coming in from parts of continental Europe which used ES fittings, but proper Euro ES fittings with no risk of contacting the screw of the bulb. typically they had ceramic bulb holders which withstood years of use without any issue.

Recent Chinese imports have lowered the standard quite substantially.