REGULATION HAS FAILED. Government said they'd fix the pollution crisis by banning bonuses for water bosses. Bosses' response? 🤑 Just change the name! No more feeble regulations. No more faffing about while our water system crumbles. It's time for public ownership of water - vist.ly/59jkz

If Andy Burnham becomes PM he must be bold and show he's on the public's side against overseas shareholders. Public control is not enough - public ownership is better. Sign our letter and join the 8,000+ people calling for Andy Burnham to commit to public ownership. vist.ly/59k5s

😠From today's FT: quarter of the UK’s privatised water companies underspent their investment allowances between 2010 and 2025. THEY'RE SITTING ON YOUR MONEY, AND RIPPING YOU OFF. No delays, no half measures, no decade-long waits for things to change - we need water in public ownership now.

Agree with @owenjones.bsky.social vibes won't be enough AND even current vibes won't last long Patriotically standing up for British public against shareholders around the world by ending failed 40 year privatisation rip off = vibes that bring voters together www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

They are all failing in their statutory duties and indebted up to their eyeballs. That means if government ACTUALLY regulates, profitability will fall. When they go bust or don't fulfil duties, the powers exist to take into special administration, no need to compensate shareholders. Then ownership

Andy Burnham needs to deliver public OWNERSHIP of the essentials 💧💡🚌🚄📮🏥 Not "public control" - essentially just more regulation With natural monopolies, we don’t have choice as consumers, so we need accountability as citizens @guardianheather.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

This is wrong, WAY too slow 👇 Andy Burnham can ONLY be popular *if* he delivers - public OWNERSHIP (not "control") - QUICKLY e.g. Thames Water in the next month - at SCALE - water, energy, mail 💧⚡️📮are all affordable via rightly aggressive regulation + special administration

"Britain’s current model of privatised essential services is not protecting the public finances...it is actually jeopardising our fiscal sustainability" @chrismwhayes.bsky.social for @cmmonwealth.bsky.social explains public ownership is a good deal 💰 www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...

"Greater public control of essential public services" NO NO NO - this simply *means* MORE REGULATION Burnham can take back water and energy companies WITHOUT COMPENSATING SHAREHOLDERS by forcing them to deliver on their duties, which⬇️ profitability, then special administration

Privatisation has FAILED Good start: Andy Burnham talking about "not leaving everything to the market" and an "insufficiently accountable, outsourced state" But he must commit to public ownership for ALL PUBLIC SERVICES Add your name to our open letter weownit.org.uk/act-now/sign...

Andy Burnham needs to deliver public OWNERSHIP of the essentials 💧💡🚌🚄📮🏥 Not "public control" - essentially just more regulation With natural monopolies, we don’t have choice as consumers, so we need accountability as citizens @guardianheather.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Governments need to "get their mojo back" "I don’t know any government in the global north that has ever been penalised by the bond markets through a smart strategic investment strategy" Brilliant piece about @mazzucatom.bsky.social by @fionaharvey.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...

A green economy that works for everyone is not only possible but necessary - Andy Burnham take note! www.theguardian.com/environment/...

I would be super grateful if anyone has recommendations for insurance? Our insurer for @weownit.org.uk has decided they don't like our PEACEFUL, small scale photo stunts and protests! They're now cutting us off from all insurance! 😬 *Can anyone recommend an insurer?* Thank you! 🙏

📮We could and should TAKE BACK ROYAL MAIL Why should this 500 year old institution with a universal service obligation be owned by a Czech billionaire? It's failing to fulfil its statutory duties Use special administration process to bring it into permanent PUBLIC OWNERSHIP

Special administration of Thames Water is CLOSE. But not yet close enough. The future of Thames Water - and, by extension, our water sector as a whole - hangs in the balance. ✍️ Can you take 2mins to urge your MP to take the next step on securing special administration for Thames Water?

EXC: Britain's biggest trade union endorses Ed Miliband for chancellor. Others expected to follow. Sets up an inter-union battle, with GMB and Unite opposing Miliband. (Side note - have we ever had explicit union endorsements for chancellor before?) t.co/MtmtZJMFtv

Healthcare in the US is a disaster 👇👇👇 Our publicly owned NHS is better - we need to strengthen it, stop wasteful outsourcing and private finance So the new chancellor SHOULDN'T BE WES STREETING, funded by John Armitage who has interests in United Health www.commonwealthfund.org/publications...

This Labour Government has three years left to deliver real change: 🏘️A council housing revolution and real action on high rents ⚡️Affordable energy bills for families and small businesses 💧Water in public ownership - improving services and bringing down costs 🔗 www.socialism26.co.uk

In France 6 out of 10 households are served by publicly owned energy company EDF 💡 EDF just announced it will invest €80 million on cooling systems for schools, nurseries and daycare centres ❄️ This is why we need ambitious PUBLIC OWNERSHIP www.euronews.com/health/2026/...

As Reading Buses and Manchester’s Bee Network have shown, a productive state can improve the supply of essentials - and supply-side reform is essential to a progressive, left economics.

"Burnham’s allies point to Thames Water, grappling with a near £20 billion in debt, as a potential Railtrack moment for the sector." YES. Railtrack was brought into public ownership through special administration. Sign the petition for a publicly owned Thames Water 👇

“To fix the essential sectors that we all need to live good lives, for businesses to thrive, communities to do well ... we need the state not just to regulate or redistribute, but actually to invest, own & provide those fundamentals.” @mathewlawrence.bsky.social speaks to @bbc5live.bsky.social 👇

Time to end the contract with Palantir “From my investigations, it looks like the UK sovereign solution [using their own data systems] in places like Greater Manchester are producing better results with faster systems and happier medics” @martinwrigley.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/9348...

Your policies and principles are still up in the air - is it necessary to pick a chancellor at breakneck speed? (And for heaven's sake PLEASE NOT WES STREETING!)

Oh my goodness, the BBC is updating Andy Burnham's policies for him in real time This article said something more radical a few hours ago, see below ➡️ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... @andyburnham.bsky.social you were right the first time: people want LOWER BILLS - and full PUBLIC OWNERSHIP

🌹 ‘This excellent paper on the Productive State is an important contribution to the debate being had across the economic policy sphere right now’ @yuanfenyang.bsky.social on our new paper, The Productive State: A Framework for Manchesterism 👇

it was surprising to hear Unite's Sharon Graham criticize Ed Miliband's record as 'job destroying' climate activism. We hope she reconsiders, on a day where UK is under extreme heat warnings. The climate crisis is real, we need a Chancellor who fights it. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Samantha Jones, a top civil servant at the Department of Health breached lobbying rules over her consultancy contracts, including with a partner to Palantir. It is extremely alarming that a top government official is able to hold these ties to the private sector without consequence.

Calum Miller MP says of his constituents - "They're angry that one third of their bills go towards Thames Water's ballooning debt and to paying vulture funds like Elliot Associates instead of maintaining and replacing ageing infrastructure" 1/3

Is this an appropriate future Chancellor for Andy Burnham "man of the people" ???

In Westminster it's all about personalities In the real world it will look INCOHERENT and SAME OLD for Andy Burnham to choose a Chancellor who's ramped up privatisation instead of backing our publicly owned NHS The markets will be fine with essential monopolies in public hands

Dear @andyburnham.bsky.social Say no to Wes Streeting or you'll IMMEDIATELY show the public you're NOT on their side On the NHS he has 🏥 said yes to new outrageously expensive PFI 🧑‍⚕️ increased wasteful outsourcing 🤑 been 60% funded by private healthcare donors www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

We already have public control of water and energy! It's called regulation 💧⚡️ Now we need Andy Burnham to deliver PUBLIC OWNERSHIP, starting with Thames Water Sign the petition weownit.org.uk/act-now/andy...

Andy Burnham can allow US hedge funds to profit at our expense OR He can take back Thames Water, and show us that he’s serious about putting people over profit Take 2 mins to sign the petition: Andy Burnham must bring Thames Water into public hands weownit.org.uk/burnham-thames-water

The pressure's building on Thames Water in Parliament. Last week many MPs were calling for special administration. Now 16 MPs from across the political spectrum are demanding that it be taken into public ownership. Every MP of every party should put their name to this. vist.ly/58mdn

When we fight, we can win💪💪💪 We have been winning public services that deliver for people, not profit, for years. Sign up for our action-oriented newsletters now: vist.ly/583dv

Take Thames Water into Special Administration now, and keep it permanently in public ownership. Ask your MP to sign our MPs' letter now: vist.ly/58gbp

💥💥💥 Today, Mainstream publishes our first major research publication, The Productive State: A Framework for Manchesterism, by Mathew Lawrence and Alex Williams. It could not come at a more significant moment. Read it here: www.mainstreamlabour.org/publications...

Andy Burnham should start with water and PICK A SIDE, says @labourlewis.bsky.social 🔥🔥🔥 "Put the ‘special administration regime’ route in motion. Set out a pathway to public ownership. Stop pretending that the regulator can fix what privatisation broke" bylinetimes.com/2026/06/19/a...

Reform UK promised to bring water and energy into 50% public ownership as "critical national infrastructure" 💧💡 Then they scrapped that promise 👇 A vote for Reform is a vote to continue with the privatisation rip off of the past 40 years #Makerfield www.youtube.com/watch?v=veH1...

If Thames Water was taken into public ownership using special administration.. Creditors would have a right to "appropriate value" in the "public interest" "Taking into account FINANCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL FAILINGS" Superb explainer from Gill Plimmer www.ft.com/content/8288...

The energy grid makes MASSIVE profits Electricity North West - 88% owned by Spanish Iberdrola £45 million dividends last year Cadent Gas owners include Australian Macquarie, Chinese wealth fund Last year every household paid £38 for their dividends TAKE IT BACK weownit.org.uk/makerfield-c...

“Repairing our broken public services through massive public investment - and everything brought back in house”. That's what UNISON members want to see from the next prime minister, general secretary Andrea Egan tells #uNDC26

If you're in England, you're already paying the Privatisation Tax - it's 1/3 of your water bill Households are paying to prop up the failed scam that is privatisation, it's time to take back Thames Water and put them on the board instead www.youtube.com/shorts/yb2IV...

Why isn't Andy Burnham talking about the private energy companies ripping off people in #Makerfield and across the North West? They're another example of what happens when you put profit before people.

Yesterday we went onto BBC 5 Live to explain how privatisation leaves us all on the hook for the massive debts run up by the water companies. Read more about the cost of keeping Thames Water privatised: vist.ly/57228

I’ve backed a motion calling for prison education to be brought back in-house. Too many institutions are failing to deliver the standards of education people deserve. We need a system that supports educators to do their jobs properly and gives prisoners a real chance to turn their lives around.

Thank you @emilythornberry.bsky.social for highlighting how fed up your constituents are with Thames Water. Flooding. Profit extraction. Bill increases. Enough is enough. Will you join the 107 MPs calling for Thames Water to be placed in special administration without delay? vist.ly/57yqg

MPs debating the Thames Water scandal in Parliament. It's time for the farce to end. Tim Farron and 106 other MPs have signed our open letter to Emma Reynolds and Ofwat, urging them to place Thames Water into special administration without delay. Has your MP signed? vist.ly/57xf9