The Tory vote on raw sewage discharges is the difference between stomping on the hands of someone who's hanging over a precipice, and failing to haul them to safety.
Tory MPs certainly didn't stomp on their hands. But they walked away knowing they would plunge to their death.
Tory MPs certainly didn't stomp on their hands. But they walked away knowing they would plunge to their death.
In other words, did they vote to pump raw sewage into Britain's rivers and coastlines? No, of course not.
But they could have outlawed a practice which has been going on in defiance of EU law (EU were trying to prosecute us before we left) and which has no legal consequence now.
But they could have outlawed a practice which has been going on in defiance of EU law (EU were trying to prosecute us before we left) and which has no legal consequence now.
Here's what the Environment Bill will do in its now unamended form.
(See excerpt below from an MP's blog.)
If that doesn't sound like much, it's because it isn't. Lots of report writing, precious little action.
And in the meantime, it's dump dump dump.
drbenspencer.org.uk/news/protectin…
(See excerpt below from an MP's blog.)
If that doesn't sound like much, it's because it isn't. Lots of report writing, precious little action.
And in the meantime, it's dump dump dump.
drbenspencer.org.uk/news/protectin…
The Environment Agency allows water companies to discharge sewage that would normally be in breach of permits: "Water and sewerage company effluent discharges: supply chain failure RPS B2"
Reasonable excuses include Brexit-driven chemical supply failures!
gov.uk/government/pub…
Reasonable excuses include Brexit-driven chemical supply failures!
gov.uk/government/pub…
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