Celebrities join pollution protest against sewage in Lake Windermere

[@condorone1501]

Privatisation has really worked well. For the shareholders not for the general public.

[@nowisgodinyourlovelylife717]

Capitalism is all about money

[@kanedNunable]

and lets not forget, nobody under 50 voted to do this. thanks boomers and older.

[@Kodakcompactdisc]

It was never supposed to work for the general public.

[@hexrag5901]

privatisation achieved exactly what was intended. How else can we get more money out of public hands into private ones?

[@tentringer4065]

Take a vital public service established through decades of hard work and taxes. Underfund and degrade it, then sell it for a pittance to your chums in the city.

[@Deathwish026]

300m to shareholders. 19m to preventing the mess they are making. absolutely criminal.

[@bobbyb379]

+ 10 billion the water companies are going to add to our bills to pay for their years of underinvestment.

[@seanmcgarrigan3942]

Criminals and the corrupt minister put every effort in to protecting these companies, to a point it looks like a complete joke on the public, some individuals are filling their pockets at the expense of public country and environment.

[@JohnHuxleySavage]

Sadly not criminal. Just capitalism.

[@YOPGaming]

@@JohnHuxleySavage normal with a tory government

[@memofromessex]

The government should ban water companies from giving money to shareholders until they clean up their act. If companies like United Utilities can afford to handout £300M, they can afford to invest more.

[@sarangistudent8614]

But but but punishing shareholders would stop them investing more… oh no, wait there 🤦🏽

[@James_Doyle83]

Tories won't ever do that

[@rogerwilco2]

The Tory government removed a lot of regulations to allow their donors and friends to rake in the money. They have their own private pools. The UK voted for this "bonfire of EU regulations".

[@stephenwalker2924]

@@solariss452 ...and out...Broadsword calling Danny Boy, etc, etc...

[@debbiehenri345]

I used to receive the 'Environment Agency' quarterly magazine (since I worked for the Environment Agency in the capacity of a Royal Parks gardener until it was privatised). In the back of that magazine there was a list of companies and individuals that had been taken to court by the Agency with regard to pollution incidents. I don't think there was ever an issue that didn't have the name of at least one water board that had been taken to court. It didn't surprise me to see Anglian Water turn up in the list quite regularly - their water already smells like sewage when it comes out of the tap. Goodness knows what it's like by the time it goes through the sewage system. Northern water boards also turned up with worrying regularity. However, the point to my comment is - it didn't matter how much they were fined. It didn't matter how often they were taken to court. These water boards just carried on in the same irresponsible, slack-handed manner, attending court and paying fines over and over again. The reason why they don't need to be concerned is because they have your money already. They can raise your water rates as much as they feel they can get away with, making poor excuses for the increases (under the banner of 'we're improving water quality just for you!') while using your money to pay off any fines they incur as well as awarding the management those pay increases they think they deserve. That's the beauty of direct debits - championed by our banks under the pretence of 'our convenience.' The only ones who know any convenience are the companies that can raise these direct debits at will - so that you don't have to lift a finger!

[@Jimmie16]

Maybe if you stopped voting tory that would help.

[@kwanman5146]

Finally somebody needs to say it. Public bodies such as the Environment Agency have been hollowed out. Same with Local Government, Natural England and Historic England. You want decent public services such as education, health and keeping the environment clean and safe for everyone then you pay for it and don't vote for a party who introduced austerity in 2008 and just keep on it. People need to understand there is a direct correlation between paying for decent services through sensible taxation or doing the bare minimum which will get long waiting times for health appointments, overworked teachers, pot holes everywhere, a decent environment to live and a general failing provision of quality public services. It all depends on what type of country you to live in or raise your kids in.

[@someblokecalleddave1]

Oh yes, but I have to admit I watched question time a couple of weeks back and this was a subject that came up in the debate and the Labour Party rep was asked directly and she waffled on and then pretty much said if they won the election they wouldn't be upsetting share holders. Thatcher was a clever woman - she knew all along that these companies would be intrinsically linked to institutions such as Pensions.

[@amayastrata4629]

@@someblokecalleddave1 right now the Labour Party are saying nothing that will possibly offend anyone because they need the votes in their favour. I’m having to hope that they will take some action if they get into government after the general election. If they don’t then I will feel that there is no hope for common decency in this country and if my husband pops his clogs before me then I’m off to France and resigning from my loyalty to my country of birth.

[@laurencefox5884]

@@someblokecalleddave1 Labour are another Conservative party...no real difference. Just as corrupt.

[@tobyjackman3212]

​@@laurencefox5884 Sadly I agree

[@jjsmallpiece9234]

Water companies should be nationalised. Its unbelievable that the government is effectively giving our money away to the water companies. If you can't make a profit running an essential services company ....

[@kanedNunable]

and then telling us we have to pay 10bn to clean it up

[@westwyc]

And lots of these water companies are owned by other nations investment corporations. Why? Because they know it's effectively free money. Yes there are pension funds that invest in them but you have to ask, should they? It's such an easy win for any government to nationalise the water companies as the vast majority support it. However in doing so the conservatives will have to admit that Privatisation has failed.

[@highvoltageswitcher6256]

Don’t need to nationalise them in terms of ownership. As they are all (except for telecoms) natural monopolies they are all regulated. The arms length approach has clearly failed with water companies. So, move the regulation closer to the companies. Put Ofwat, Environment Agency and representatives of customers and local authorities onto their boards as public interest directors. Make sure this public interest directors are larger by one director than the shareholder directors. All issues of investment, did videos and senior pay and bonuses will have to pass the public interest directors scrutiny.

[@MrEpic86]

​@@highvoltageswitcher6256 and what happens when the already filthy rich directors start paying the public interest directors truck loads of money to back their ideas instead?

[@AndreAmorim-AA]

Thank you, taxpayers, for paying the bill again. Best regards, a billionaire shareholder writing from the Bahamas.

[@user-bu9nb8wr6e]

This pollution is a disgrace and there needs to be criminal charges for the individuals who are running the companies that commit these crimes. We can not allow individuals to hide behind working for a company and we can not allow profit to be put ahead of pollution. Enough is enough and these scum companies need bringing down.

[@adambrickley1119]

Cant be criminal charges because it was legalised after we left the EU.

[@kingflynxi9420]

Personally I think a big, thin piece of metal in a wooden gantry should be brought down on them

[@Ghengiskhansmum]

Farmer's, property developers and councils too. Property developers rip up tree's before work begins and spray loads of weedkiller after work ends. Many farmers are using chemicals on land their cattle are grazing.. absolute criminal madness.

[@thinkingoutloud7425]

​​@@Ghengiskhansmum yes, that happened in the dead of night in our town to allow the builder to put more houses on his site. The fines are a joke and not a deterrent.

[@annwornell7510]

WELL DONE everyone involved. Grateful thanks ❤

[@jeffsuter344]

It is not accidental "spills" it is deliberate discharge.

[@TheBigMidweek1889]

Lee Mack says politicians have to get involved in this, not comedians. I think that means we need a change of government.

[@gethappycyclingcampingoutdoors]

"reducing" there shouldn't be any poo or anything going into the lake. You can thank the tories for this.

[@rogerwilco2]

But the British voted for the Tories? The voters must have wanted such things, right? This is the "bonfire of EU regulations" that the British voted for. The Johnson government removed these regulations so these companies give more money to their shareholders.

[@oracle8589]

Any way to bring up Brexit huh lol. You remoaners just can’t let it go

[@PP237PP]

@@oracle8589 Do you mind me asking what benefits have you personally experienced after we left?

[@Bromley68]

​@@oracle8589 We're not going to let it go. You had better start getting used to it buttercup. Brexit hasn't worked. You wanted it. It's your fault. No-one else. Man up and own it.

[@blazzz13]

@@oracle8589 And you can't even come up with a substantitive retort, just petulant name calling.

[@Ghengiskhansmum]

The English voted Tory and Scot's voted SNP in Scotland. SNP is basically a Tory spin off and a massive con with an excuse for everything they haven't done, blamed on someone else.

[@jonh6503]

No excuse our waterways should not be like this

[@titteryenot4524]

Neither should our sentences. *.

[@seanmcgarrigan3942]

It’s for profit not for benefiting the public country or environment. Some very bad people lied to the public, and sold a national asset for their personal gain.

[@mikehutchison4892]

It’s £300m profit for shareholders…….but didn’t they announce a £10 billion bill for customers ? Typical of our Tory Govt……all the benefits for them,with none of the costs. Good to know that in “Levelled up Britain”, ‘caveat emptor’ doesn’t apply to their responsibilities. Get angry folks…..or get ground down !

[@jujutrini8412]

Everyone has got it wrong. Levelling up means the top 5% are moving up a level, getting to level up to the top 1%.

[@someblokecalleddave1]

Honestly, most people who vote Tory read the Daily Mail for the celebrity content, they don't want to engage with these kind of issues as they're too depressing. These celebrities might make a small difference, but most people do not make the connection with politics, they wont be watching programs where the blame is laid at the feet of Coffey et al and they just assume this can somehow be quickly cleaned up. We'll see another Tory government at the next election. But it's good to see people like this getting on board.

[@AleisterCrowley.]

I highly doubt we will see another Tory government at the next election.

[@oscarmike3482]

The Tories are on course for a beating next election but I don't put too much faith in Labour either.

[@stephenjon3502]

Most people that read the Mail want to read news that makes them angry and also constantly talks about immigrants.

[@TimothyBushell]

I lived on Lake Gardo in Italy for a few years. Locals will get angry if you throw a banana skin in their lake.

[@gregjones8412]

Doesn't surprise me at all given the utter slapdash and couldn't care less way that once great country is currently run. What a joke the UK has become.

[@DD-fc1rv]

But these same companies make hundreds of millions in profits! Obviously, those profits are at the expense of the uk having clean rivers and beaches. It's that simple profits first f&%k the rivers and beaches, just think of the shareholders premiums.

[@riveness]

Tory policy

[@chrisrattray8958]

I never had a clue raw sewage was being pumped into Windermere, or any lake for that matter. I am utterly shocked. Every single politician without exception should be against this. Put a few rubber boat people on it and they’d soon do something about it!

[@johndavenport8843]

The local government and MP should be on top of this and demand immediate action. Do not vote for those whoo don't.

[@chriscjad]

As a kid growing up in the early 80s I thought we had got over this. how have we gone back to Sewage polluted beaches and waterways?!!!

[@michaelshanahan4042]

Yes we were going the write way but along came the tories and they turned every think to sewage 😊

[@jujutrini8412]

Tories.

[@kanedNunable]

tories taking us back to 1780s

[@DNW28]

The reason for everything ££££££££ and rich Tories , oh and English voters being brainwashed that rich Tories care for you

[@Jack-qv5ru]

Backhanders from the corporations to the Tory nonces

[@algoretex45]

That young fella has been pushing this cause for a while glad to see he's being heard

[@jacklewis3803]

Who voted for it? Oh yes, Tory MPs

[@j.a.0088]

The same happened in the Sea water in UK on oyster farms. Oysters now have 💩 topping !!!!

[@jujutrini8412]

The fishermen should be suing the water companies.

[@blazzz13]

@@jujutrini8412 But the fishermen voted Brexit!

[@jujutrini8412]

@@blazzz13 I know. They voted for their own demise. 🤷‍♀️

[@gary8306]

@@blazzz13 dude, just let it go. Smhydc.

[@MARTIN-bd7gm]

@@blazzz13 This started long before brexit numb nuts its been going on for 20 yrs .

[@peterreed3104]

Did he just ask Lee Mack "How comfortable he would be wading into sewage?🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@jujutrini8412]

This is the fault of the Tories.

[@shirleyn546]

Dog owners: Blue-green algae is lethal to dogs, never let them swim in it

[@stephenwalker2924]

And to humans too, of course...

[@theenchiladakid1866]

Also clean up after your dog and stop from killing kids

[@shirleyn546]

@@theenchiladakid1866 don’t drive cars or travel on planes, people get killed in them, don’t cross the road, may get run over…

[@shirleyn546]

@@stephenwalker2924 I would hope a human wouldn’t even contemplate getting into that, and wouldn’t need to be told

[@stuartweston678]

And what about the rest of the countrys rivers and lakes 😢😢

[@janepearson5802]

Its a start

[@EdDueim]

It's probably most effective to start with an iconic place (Wye Valley is another) to highlight the issue and get people involved in their local area.

[@grassytramtracks]

You have to start somewhere

[@tonyar952]

Stay hydrated, save the bees, clean the lake

[@titteryenot4524]

Lovely to see Pee Mack, Steve Poogan and Paul Shitehouse doing their bit. 👍

[@victorelfring]

I see what you did there

[@stephenwalker2924]

lol

[@milo2324]

😂😂😂😂

[@tobyjackman3212]

That's a *B+* 🤓

[@titteryenot4524]

@@tobyjackman3212 Harsh crowd.

[@DavesGarden1714]

The government should be doing more to stop the water companies pouring raw sweage into our rivers

[@stephenwalker2924]

The government are allowing this to happen. They want it to happen. They made laws to make it happen. They voted for it. And if you put your X next to the little box marked TORY...so did you.

[@notgarybrown]

They literally chose this.

[@mikethebloodthirsty]

@@mikw1809 plus they allowed them to be self regulating, not a surprise that incidences of pollution have plummeted. These people must literally hate us, we the plebs.

[@rrstows3522]

Cesspool government . Turning the country into a toxic waste land.

[@MARTIN-bd7gm]

@@mikw1809 Yes but ONLY in an emergency and only for a set amount of hrs per year , whats happening now is the environment agency are turning a blind eye to it where as 4-5 yrs ago they were prosecuting companies they now let them get away with it and this is how bad its become with 85% of rivers now polluted in this country and some are completely dead .

[@sarahcollins7220]

How do these share holders sleep at night

[@stephenwalker2924]

surrounded by gold-plated ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!!!!

[@passiveaggressive6175]

Lock up all the CEOs.😮

[@gary8306]

It's getting beyond a joke with sewage and water shortages. Cornwall and part of Devon are still on a hosepipe ban. I believe there are 23 water companies in the UK and the 25 bosses earn £25 million between them.

[@friendgray1]

Delightful ‘sovereignty’ has helped this along

[@jimbob-robob]

Privatisation of major utilities for individual's and corporate profit obviously doesn't work. RENATIONALISE NOW! GIVE THEM BACK TO THE PEOPLE!

[@SuperGamingBeast1]

Another positive of living in the uk! My goodness it gets better by the minute

[@steffanhoffmann]

I moved to the ☀ after Brexit My mates laughed but....😉

[@adrianrouse5148]

Which water company is this and who owns it. United utilities water???

[@barnabyhughes5643]

Privatisation is a corruption of society...Full nationalisation now!!!!!

[@andyhutley2857]

Lee Mack making an ironic joke, "politicians should get involved here, not comedians". Majority of politicians are clowns that don't stand for much despite promises made early in

[@Tabazan7]

Did anyone know that JP Morgan has control over UK water. No wonder our waterways are in decline. Its not just Windermere. The River Wye is not far off toxic.

[@thedandyhighwayman]

Never has such a run of poor government caused so much harm. The UK need politicians that are qualified for the job and not the peers of a PM who is in it for himself and his cronies. The national anthem needs to be God save the people, rather than God save the King. He seems to be doing OK without divine intervention. Politics needs an upheaval for 2024. A divisive two party system is outdated and unfit for purpose.

[@droningoninscotland6124]

"An early start" and "next 2 years" arnt the same thing

[@Wang_Monkey]

There should be 0 profit until their system works. Of course it's their fault!!

[@cannonball9478]

A protest with a great goal

[@chriscocks3670]

A country always gets the government it deserves

[@epicmonkeydrunk]

why is that?

[@laurencefox5884]

@@epicmonkeydrunk Its called voting....remember that some people literally voted for this.

[@jasonstation]

For anyone that doesn’t already know - privatisation (creaming off profits) is detrimental to many aspects of our already tarnished country.

[@MarvinofMars]

Channel 4, you also investigate Lough Neagh in Northern Ireland too, largest lake in the UK and Ireland. 200 Square mile lake, which now off limits thanks to pollution, blue allege warnings have the lough of limits this summer again! In Northern Ireland it is agricultural pollution at 80% human 20%. I live on the shore line, it simply soul destroying to see this grand lake dying thanks greedy policy makers and lad managers. 23miles long 7miles wide 8m deep of pollution waste. Affecting aquatics, fund, flora and human health.,😢

[@derek68able]

Water should have never been privatised, clean water is essential, for decades these water companies have put profit before the environment, the CEO's should be jailed.

[@pauls3075]

This is how you make change happen, with a joke a smile and cold hard facts. Highlighting the indefensible position of the water company who is shirking its responsibility to a criminal degree. If the company could justify its negligence then they would be on TV stating exactly why but they can't. This is a total lack of investment that they have been allowed to get away for decades due to a toothless and corrupt watchdog.

[@ArCher11-iq9co]

By having rich and privileged individuals who don't care and aren't affected in the least by this, who make a pretty penny through brand exposure and PR. The fact you think this can sway utility companies to act responsibly is laughable. You are another useful idiot propping up the circus. I bet you donate to liveaid and savethechildren. Thinking that makes a difference

[@RogerBengtsson75]

None sewage and sewage combined in ONE pipe (combined sewer systems) in to the treatment facilities resulting in any overflow release containing sewage. This is not an easy fix and will cost huge amonts of money and time to change.

[@steveatkins2564]

Protesters are wasting their breath. The water companies are only interested in the bottom line and their shareholders. Someone needs to list the water companies, look at whether they are UK based and look at the shareholder's payments and bonuses plus the salaries of employed managers and directors. When all the information is assimilated, make a programme and put it on KZbin. The current government, and Labour, are inherently weak when it comes to dealing with matters like this.

[@Tabazan7]

At least there doing something rather than sitting back and doing nothing. Unlike your government.

[@steveatkins2564]

Not my government. The fact that you have 3 high profile personalities supporting the protest can only be a good thing. Whether it makes a difference only time will tell. Apart from a handful of good MPs, the rest of them are a waste of space.

[@garywalling4341]

Gary Walling 11 days ago United Utilities sent me 10 yes 10 letters, all saying the exact same thing, all at once all on the same day to tell what they're gonna do with £19 M they've been granted by the government (basically us the taxpayer). To address pollution/sewage issues in Lake Windermere. These issues have been relevant for decades due to mass tourism/building of second homes etc. So these letters, all in a glossy brochure format. 2 to myself, 1 to the owner, 3 to previous tennants and 5 to the 'occupier', me , whom they've already sent two WTF? So not only have they been ignoring water pollution problems forever,(water pollution) now all this irrelevant paperwork (de-forestation). Then they'll put up bills (cost of living crisis and all) even though they've already been paid (by us). Corruption, corruption, blatent corruption. The Lake District, my families home for generations (we were hill farmers originally) being destroyed before our very eyes. Non-local businesses springing up every where, glass fronted mansions appearing almost on a monthly basis. That's before I even get into the amount of traffic here (air pollution) all year round now almost. So now's the time HRH Charles (the woke) to do your job instead of chucking money away on your parties. Also people of Britain, stand up for yourselves before it's too late.

[@Beemer760]

Where is the local MP to be seen ? another jobs worth on the gravy train just like nearly all these utility companies milking joe public and providing below standard and even bad public health standards, how can it be financially beneficial to privatise such state services is beyond me.

[@NatalieLawrence]

We need to start electing people who already have a track record of caring for the environment and putting pressure on water companies to do what’s right. Too many times, people are elected based on promises, but they don’t have any history of delivering. How many of our current MPs are water company shareholders, who are sponsored by their lobbyists or have close relationships with them?

[@LegalVampire]

TOTALLY agree

[@WhiteUnicorn82]

I've never hear of sewerage being measured by the hour. I've no idea what "thousands of hours of sewerage" looks like. Not that I'd want to.

[@MrSatnavatron]

Classic Paul , national treasure

[@1970pizza]

So let me get this right , the lake is toxic but it's classified as an excellent lake , the people who gave Lake Windermere the " Excellent " tag were bribed

[@Luke73195]

By the water companies

[@1970pizza]

@@Luke73195 totally agree with you

[@tjmarx]

Where are the celebrities?

[@johnwilkinson4951]

I agree with them but how many celebrities have property there.

[@jade_dragoon3208]

We can't do anything now..... The thing is they should have been keeping it at a good quality years ago

[@funbarsolaris2822]

They've given themselves £300 million pounds profit and they haven't done their fking job!

[@JohnDoe-wb9ht]

Well yes..all in a good cause...but also just because it's my back yard syndrome...never heard these "stars" talk up before when other areas have been affected by these disgusting water companies.

[@lolgrant]

It's Windermere not Lake (sic) Windermere.

[@sargestack5657]

The water companies have shareholders for what reason,? If the primary job of water companies is to give us clean water what contribution do shareholders have

[@spikeus3039]

300 million to share holders from a company that has No competition...They're a disgrace!

[@TSINIproductions]

If an important public waste cleaning service is unable to cope with the amount of cleaning they have to do, perhaps they need to be giving less money out as “profit” and spend more money on increasing the amounts the service can cope with. And if the other excuse used is “rainfall” I’ve got an eye opening revelation for them: it’s the UK, rain isn’t rare.

[@cdean2789]

They're taking the P and Poo and dumping it on us.

[@masoodahmed2041]

The unacceptable face of capitalism.

[@conradcodfish8638]

Ceo of Wessex water has someone to clean out his swimming pool.

[@reallymakesyouthink]

Alan Pootridge and 8 out of 10 cacks

[@Plumduff3303]

These water companies are villainous

[@tentringer4065]

They are enabled by Tory MPs and in line with Tory ideology.

[@alexandermichael117]

The lake has been filthy for years, thats why I never now visit this place.

[@stephen2583]

Where do they think all the fish take a dump?

[@Nick-kb6jd]

The free market is GOD. All hail the free market! Growth, growth, growth, at any cost (to the plebs).

[@zenoofcaledonia2439]

Why don't the celebrities do the actual cleaning if they are so concerned? Or is that beneath them

[@lamf4846]

The biggest poison on Lake Windermere is YHA Ambleside.

[@benglishman]

I remember a time when we didn't have to rely on comedians and footballers for moral guidance.

[@robertpayne3213]

This is because the environment agency budget has been cut by two thirds so no prosecutions

[@andrewjones-productions]

I understand why Krishnan asked the question about it being party political or not and he got the desired answer. This shouldn't be party political in any shape, way or form! This is the environment that everybody shares and I find it very hard to believe that anyone, other than the water companies, think that this is appropriate. To anyone that it is stupid enough to claim that this is a 'leftie' thing (or vice versa), I ask them whether cleaning your own home and keeping it tidy is also a leftie or right wing thing? The general public need to collectively let the politicians (of whatever party) know in no uncertain terms that they need to deal with this and quickly.

[@sinfo881]

Don't forget governments who privatized such basic service as water and sewages. Companies in stock market do not have incentives to invest

[@andrewashton195]

Windermere, not 'lake' Windermere, there are only two 'lakes' in the Lake District, the rest are meres, tarns and waters.

[@Darkreign1]

We need this sort of help for Roanhead Beach and Sandscale Haws Reserve in South Cumbria. Someone is trying to build a holiday resort there that will be bigger than a nearby village. The place they are trying to build at is home to loads of wildlife, including the Natterjack Toad, a European Protected Species and over 25% of Britain's toads live there. It's an offence to disturb their habitat or kill them with intent and that is exactly what they are doing but our council is just seeing money even though everything will be available on site to the guests, they'd never need to leave while on holiday. We're trying to stop it but we still aren't managing it so far

[@greatscott369]

That would mean investing in infrastructure though and that would go against the very clear plan to destroy everything

[@mrsmith9079]

If only they could muster up the same effort to protest against the sewage in Westminster we might actually get somewhere

[@mkmrys]

Time to turn lakes and rivers into landfills, so much potential

[@ascgazz]

That was great up until the very end when greed shone through the cracks.

[@rebeccawhite3804]

Does your current goverment fine these big company's, and make laws to prevent their environmental crimes. Or throw tax payers moneys at big businesses ?

[@Hacienda_27]

Theres no lakes, no rivers and no body of water the Environmental Agency hasn’t let go to rack and ruin, yet we have to pay 30 quid a year to the EA for what ?

[@johnnorth1961]

How many of those people at the protest voted for the Tories?

[@prwapps]

Interesting to see that the sewage outflow looks like a toilet lid

[@davefish8107]

Yet if I put the wrong rubbish in one of my 5 bins ( yes 5 ) my local council will refuse to take it and I will get a fine

[@mrfrisky6501]

The irony is, all the rich celebrities were happy to use the toilet while they were in Cumbria.

[@jaykay1848]

not a single ethnic person in sight, says a lot about these groups....

[@erikmorales1004]

As a brown person most of us live in cities. Cumbria is very White which has nothing to do with this story.

[@highvoltageswitcher6256]

Don’t need to nationalise water companies in terms of ownership. As they are all natural monopolies they are all regulated. The arms length regulatory approach has clearly failed with water companies. So, move the regulation closer to the companies. Put Ofwat, Environment Agency and representatives of customers and local authorities onto their boards as public interest directors. Make sure this public interest directors group are larger by one director than the shareholder directors. All issues of investment, dividends and senior pay and bonuses will have to pass the public interest directors scrutiny.

[@chavzone]

Just sounds like nationalisation with extra steps. The shareholders clearly don't deserve to sit on the board given they prioritise their pockets over the good of the public and the sanctity of our natural habitat. Take them away and you have... Vanilla nationalisation.

[@grahamfleming8139]

Where has all this come from? WESTMINSTER

[@catalickconverta6823]

The big companys dont care about anything

[@vickyking3408]

Me neither

[@robertpringle303]

Weel done, Cutty-sark!