I know the risks involved, but I swim in rivers most days, as I love it so much. Until now, I’ve been lucky. But after a dip in the Thames yesterday, I’ve spent a night and a day throwing up. Thanks for all the💩@thameswater.
I wish I could say, "so long and thanks for all the 💩"
But that would mean my water gets cut off. The promise of privatisation was that if we didn’t like the service, we could take our business elsewhere. But the only way of changing your water provider is to move house.
But that would mean my water gets cut off. The promise of privatisation was that if we didn’t like the service, we could take our business elsewhere. But the only way of changing your water provider is to move house.
The water companies enjoy private monopolies, and exploit them ruthlessly, aided by the deregulation agenda of successive governments. Since 1989, they’ve extracted at least £56bn in dividends. All this is money that should have been used to upgrade the system.
The shit in our rivers is a direct result of withholding investment, so that the money can be channelled into shareholders' pockets instead. If there is a good argument against renationalising the water companies, I have yet to see it.
Having spent the day throwing up the results of Tory corruption, I'm somewhat disappointed that Keir Starmer has gone cold on public ownership of water.
That might keep Rupert Murdoch off his back, but it means we'll keep wallowing in our own shit.
Literally. And metaphorically.
That might keep Rupert Murdoch off his back, but it means we'll keep wallowing in our own shit.
Literally. And metaphorically.
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