Not luxuries - foundations "Water. Food. Energy. Transport. Housing. Care. Education. Universal. Accountable. Democratic...we must be able to say with confidence that those foundations are run in the public interest" @labourlewis.bsky.social on privatisation🎯 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Nigel Farage has dropped his promise to nationalise utilities He now officially supports the status quo privatisation rip off This is NOT what Reform voters want: 87% of them want publicly owned water 💧 75% of them want publicly owned energy 💡 www.ft.com/content/be4b...

🚨BREAKING: Wes Streeting takes NEW £55,000 donation from private healthcare. Only one group stands to benefit from a weaker NHS: ❌NOT patients, ❌NOT staff Yes, private healthcare - the group that has given Wes Streeting 60% of his donations. He must return these donations. vist.ly/4w7u5

Excited to see new thinktank Verdant explaining the waste of privatisation and outsourcing They are asking government to build a new in-house consultancy to grow expertise in public sector and stop wasting money on management consultants👏👏👏 www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

The boss of Severn Water pocketed £3 million last year - while sewage was being pumped into the Severn. People are standing up and demanding change. Public ownership NOW. vist.ly/4vz9c

The Royal Mail disaster is a life and death issue - people are getting NHS letters after their appointment dates😡😡😡 Here's how to end the crisis.

Labour-led Swindon Council has called for Thames Water to be nationalised This government's policy of regulation has failed spectacularly, and everyone - including a growing number of Labour Councillors and MPs - can see it It's time for public ownership

Thames Water's creditors have submitted a new proposal in their latest attempt to take control of the utility ❓Is it any less outrageous than their previous attempt❓ NO! Here's why:

Under Czech billionaire Daniel Křetínský, Royal Mail has become so bad that people are taking the bus to collect their own mail instead of waiting for it to be delivered. Enough is enough! Take it into public ownership.

5 things Thames Water's creditors don't want YOU to understand about their latest proposal The government must say NO - take back Thames Water now

Well done @libdems.org.uk defending national interest vs US spy-tech company Palantir @libdemdaisy.bsky.social "huge error of judgment" @martinwrigley.bsky.social "we should be developing our own industries" NO NEW PALANTIR CONTRACTS, build capacity in house/UK www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Excellent speech from @zackpolanski.bsky.social, time to bring water into public ownership 👏👏👏 We don't have to destroy nature for shareholder returns We don't have to rack up bills while a handful of people profit Every penny could be reinvested back into the system

Thames Water creditors (Private Equity consortium) offer £6.55bn in new debt to take formal control. Want exemption from penalties for dumping sewage, unplugged leaks. One-third of customer bills cover interest and dividend. It will worsen. NOT ACCEPTABLE Must end privatisation. archive.ph/gHCRJ

Absolutely outrageous that this government hasn't already stepped in to TAKE BACK THAMES WATER In a new proposal this week, the creditors want to *set their own rules on sewage* 💩 I've written to the government and Ofwat asking them to say NO 👇 weownit.org.uk/news/open-le...

From Zack Polanski's speech today: Privatisation of state assets, the things we used to own, was "a bonfire sale". vist.ly/4vcrb

Thames Water offers to very nicely pay its fines 👇 In return it wants to set its own rules for sewage spills (we billpayers don't get to know what they are) A shitty new precedent for the whole of England The answer is NO NO NO PUBLIC OWNERSHIP NOW @ofwat.bsky.social

People in Margate are standing up against Southern Water. ❌They’ve taken out £2.3 billion in dividends ❌Loaded the company with over £5 billion in debt ❌Dumped over 300,000 hours of sewage in 2024 Now they are prosecuting Julia Wassmer for refusing to pay. Shame on Southernwater!

Wow. On Tuesday 107 MPs met frontline sewage campaigners, including those featured in Channel 4’s 'Dirty Business', to hear directly about their experience and what needs to change. Campaigners, including prominent figures like Feargal Sharkey, had one clear message: it’s time for public ownership.

Huge missed opportunity that these new trains will not be owned by ScotRail They are being leased by Beacon Rail which is owned by JP Morgan Asset Management Rolling stock is the most profitable bit of the railway Scotland should own its own trains! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The government continues to claim that nationalising water would cost >£100 billion. It's a figure that has been repeatedly dubunked - by Professor Dieter Helm, & Professor Ewan McGaughey at the People's Commission for Water, among others. Water belongs in public hands. vist.ly/4vetd

Writing for Left Foot Forward, @weownit.org.uk lead campaigner @jbnwogbo.bsky.social argues that @zackpolanski.bsky.social is right about the 'privatisation penalty'

❌NO DEAL❌ The Thames Water creditors have made a revised proposal to take over the crumbling utility. The terms? 🤮Upfront payments to dodge rules and regulations 🤮Funding conditional on future leniency The creditors want to bribe the regulator and hold households to ransom. 1/2

"High bills, impossible debts, filthy rivers, minimal investment and no resilience: that is the gift of privatisation...as we now discover in the case of Thames Water, it becomes our problem." Thames Water should be in public hands. If you agree, sign our petition: vist.ly/4vajx

🚨Incredible! Thames Water's creditors have cobbled together a new rescue proposal which contains a bribe, a 'Get out of jail' card against further illegal pollution, and a veiled threat: 1/3

Thames Water offers to very nicely pay its fines 👇 In return it wants to set its own rules for sewage spills (we billpayers don't get to know what they are) A shitty new precedent for the whole of England The answer is NO NO NO PUBLIC OWNERSHIP NOW @ofwat.bsky.social

Sewage has caused people's deaths. 💩Yet this government is considering a deal - proposed by Thames Water's creditors - which has future sewage pollution baked into its terms and conditions. 👎Any deal which endangers us and our environment by allowing pollution for profit is NO DEAL.

Thames Water: Private equity floats new £10bn rescue plan. PE has already devoured TW and other water companies, now want more. Customer bills will rise, dividends will be paid, sewage will be dumped, asset will be stripped, taxes will be dodged. Only public ownership can help customers.

Ofwat must say NO to this deal from Thames Water ❌In breach of licence conditions since July 2024 ❌Run by creditors trying to grab cash before selling (shareholders have left) ❌Increasing bills, releasing sewage ONLY solution is PUBLIC OWNERSHIP NOW www.ft.com/content/64a6...

Britain’s rail fares remain the highest in Europe. The government should be more ambitious in its plans for Great British Railways, including reducing train fares. Investment in cutting rail fares is not a lucky break for people who use the railway; it is an investment in the entire economy.

Public ownership of Royal Mail would be hugely popular - Andy Macdonald MP

The Royal Mail disaster started with privatisation🤬 @chriswebbmp.bsky.social is absolutely right. Time to bring the service into public ownership.

Barry Gardiner MP calls out Environment Secretary Emma Reynolds over her department's lack of research into the cost of publicly owned water. IT'S NOT ADDING UP. The government are telling us public ownership is too expensive, yet they haven't even worked out how much it would be ⁉️ 1/2

This is correct. Any Labour members reading this, the party wants your views on holding water companies accountable. nationalpolicyforum.labour.org.uk Instructions on how to tell them here: nationalpolicyforum.labour.org.uk/wp-content/u...

"Market value" of the privatised water companies is 100% decided by how they are regulated Regulate properly to force them to invest their own money in stopping sewage ⬇️ Their value will drop / they'll collapse ⬇️ They'll be cheap to buy back ⬇️ No more rip off at our expense

Thames Water wanted to pollute *outside of legal limits until 2040* Latest on the deal is unclear 🧐👇 ❓What does "clear accountability for reducing sewage spills" actually mean? ⁉️"Making an upfront payment to cover future underperformance" is dodgy www.theguardian.com/business/202...

The privatised water industry wants you to forget everything you learned about their Dirty Business They want to carry on - releasing sewage in your rivers and seas - ripping you off as they have been since 1989 PUBLIC OWNERSHIP NOW, starting with Thames Water

People are missing NHS appointments because Royal Mail is not delivering their letters. @laverymp.bsky.social is right, it's time to take it back into public ownership

❗❗On average, private water companies are taking around 1/3 of your bill and spending it on shareholder payouts and debt servicing Under public ownership, all of that money would go into fixing crumbling water infrastructure and lowering bills. 🚨It’s privatisation that’s too expensive🚨

Other countries have publicly owned energy companies that can protect households from global shocks Privatisation of energy has left the UK vulnerable Government should use public ownership as a tool to bring down bills Quote @mstaronline.bsky.social 👇 morningstaronline.co.uk/article/war-...

Just outrageous - water bills up AGAIN while sewage spews There is no competition There is no market Privatisation is wasteful - it can only be propped up by increasing your bills PUBLIC OWNERSHIP NOW www.ft.com/content/b9b8...

Last week Ash Smith & Peter Hammond joined us to tell Environment Minister Emma Reynolds she must reject Thames Water's rescue bid. High Wycombe, her constituency is surrounded by illegal sewage dumping. Thames Water's Dirty Business must stop. Sign our petition if you agree. vist.ly/4u9di

English National Treasure says what! If you agree with Kathy Burke, sign our petition. Bring Thames Water into public ownership. Then we can work on the rest. vist.ly/4u32r

"Shocking, absolutely couldn't believe it's a true story" Jessica, mum of 3 kids, talks about Dirty Business and the time her son got ill from sewage She tells Environment Minister Emma Reynolds: say NO to Thames Water's proposal for 14 years of sewage outside of legal limits

Labour could bring back our water into public hands but they care more about investors than they do about you

NO MORE POINTLESS FINES Privatised water companies see fines as the cost of doing business Pocket change while they keep prioritising shareholders Remove South East Water's licence, take it into public ownership NOW www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Thames Water is on the brink of collapse. As part of the deal they have put forward, Thames Water's creditors are asking to pollute illegally until 2040. We're in High Wycombe today to tell Environment Minister Emma Reynolds that she must reject this proposal. 1/2

Ash Smith, the campaigner behind Channel 4's Dirty Business docu-drama, tells the government - get a grip! Private profiteers can't be trusted any longer with our water - it needs to be in public hands, starting with Thames Water. Act NOW - sign the petition: vist.ly/4tq48

This A level economics revision session on Privatisation and Nationalisation includes a crucial point 👇 Rachel Reeves should be pouring money into public services, REVERSING AUSTERITY to boost the economy (and improve quality of life) #springstatement www.youtube.com/watch?v=RemN...

Dirty Business on C4 was absolutely brilliant and fucking terrifying. It’s imperative we re-nationalise our water companies otherwise the greedy bastards will kill us all.

❌This government is telling us that regulating water companies is the answer to the sewage crisis...❌ ....Yet regulators are more toothless than ever. The environment agency is writing off serious sewage spills without even visiting sites, because water companies won't let them. 1/3