West Yorkshire needs an extended tram network - it’s time to scale up our ambitions to match the cities and regions of Europe! @wyneedsatram.bsky.social

It's our social security — our insurance. Protecting those disabled people already on PIP is an important first step. But it's our futures that are behind sold down the river.

Thames Water's lenders must not be allowed to bully the government. It is in the national interest to end the farce and bring Thames Water into public hands. It's cheaper. It's fairer. It's cleaner. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/pa...

"Thames Water is sinking under a torrent of debt, fines, and pollution." "The only way to stop this is nationalisation." 🎯 Gary Carter from @GMB_Union in the local paper.

I was a civil servant in the Dept for Transport in 1990s when the then Tory minister for London rejected extending bus deregulation to London, describing its operation elsewhere as "a pile of crap". Even Tories are right sometimes. @cathobbs.bsky.social @pedrojuk.bsky.social @mjhtopham.bsky.social

🍺 @acs.org recently published a study which found #PFAS in US beers. ⚠️ Scientists found that beers produced in areas with higher levels of PFAS in drinking water were more likely to be contaminated. Read more in our latest news story ➡️ buff.ly/WCVR0kB #WaterPollution #HarmfulChemicals

Delighted to join @cathobbs.bsky.social and @mjhtopham.bsky.social from @weownit.org.uk yesterday in @loisred.bsky.social search for her MP Steve Reed, Environment Secretary, to make case for public ownership of water. We didn't find him but will keep trying.

📣 We're currently running our April Bio-Blitz! 🌼 We need 100 people to make 10 observations each of plants and wildlife on the iNaturalist App 🌳 🏡 Make a difference from your doorstep and join us in helping Nature in Alwoodley 🐞 ➡️ Follow this link to sign up: sites.google.com/alwoodley203...

🚨 JUST OUT — privatised water companies DUMPED sewage for MILLION hours in 2024. Are you sick of this 💩? Do you want to end the profit from pollution crisis? Sign our petition for public ownership, starting with Thames Water: tinyurl.com/cd9y2pf8

Portland's tram helps slash emissions. West Yorkshire had a HUGE network for over 50 years. THIS is how we make transport work for everyone: people and planet. Sign the petition: www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/br...

🎉South Yorkshire buses are coming back into public control! 🚏🚍Next stop needs to be public ownership. @mjhtopham.bsky.social on BBC Look North today, on ending the privatisation death spiral.

📣Win for public ownership 🥳 “It’s a testament to the people of South Yorkshire that the Mayor’s now delivering a reform that could over time boost reliability, integrate tickets and routes, and halt or reverse cuts.” @mjhtopham.bsky.social in Yorkshire Post www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/transpo...

Public events coming up. Come and have your say on the future of our water. Free

#StopTheWaterScam youtube.com/shorts/GrlqQ... your MP shorturl.at/qwNrp Video Fact Sheet shorturl.at/RjKgv

❌ Jon Cunliffe of the government's supposedly 'Independent' Water Commission claims they can't find evidence that water OWNERSHIP matters. ✅ Glasgow hosts a 'universally acknowledged' expert who says PRIVATISATION is worse. ✍️ Ask them to look again: weownit.org.uk/act-now/stev...

"If we want to build a world that is beautiful, kind, and fair, then our activism must be beautiful, kind, and fair too." The latest campaign from the Craftivist at Leeds Sanctuary. Check it out here 👇 on the Climate Action Leeds blogs. www.climateactionleeds.org.uk/post/fashion...

The proposed Bradford-Leeds Tram line gets... ⏩ X2 the support from 18-35 year olds compared to those over 65 ⏭️ its highest support from those studying, working or living on the route. To get the FULL benefits we need a Full network. www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/2497296...

🚨BREAKING - Steve Reed has just launched the biggest review into the water sector since privatisation. But wait…..he says the commission can’t even consider public ownership. 🤯 We need to act quickly to change his mind. ⏰ Sign our petition now ✍️ weownit.org.uk/act-now/stev...

“The public is being treated as a minor stakeholder by water companies, regulators and government…the public funds the water sector, are passionate about their local environment & have been the driving force for change in the water sector….” Prof malby www.thepeoplescommissiononthewatersector.co.uk

Do you agree with @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social that Thames Water should come into public ownership? Nearly 35,000 people have already signed our petition calling for just that. Help us hit that target — add your name here: weownit.org.uk/act-now/brin...

🎉 We did it! 🎉 In less than 24 hours, campaigners across the country took our Thames Water petition from 25,000 to 30,500. Do you agree with bringing privatised water companies, like Thames Water, into public ownership? Sign ✍️ and share 🔁 NOW! weownit.org.uk/act-now/brin...

And there you have it. For all the Labour government's noise about tackling the sewage scandal... ...their policies are designed to sound good but have no REAL impact. e.g., introducing a bonus ban they know will be dodged. ⚠️ Public ownership NOW. ⚠️ www.ft.com/content/6b6e...

✂️ Winter Fuel Allowance — CUT 📈 Bus Cap — HIKED 💡 Energy Bills — RISING And now Ofwat could sign off up to 80% increases in water bills for some households in JUST 7 days’ time. Privatisation is a rip-off. Sign our petition to stop the hikes before next Thursday. weownit.org.uk/act-now/stop...

🔊 EXPLAINED IN 60 SECONDS 🔊 Have you heard about the secret Thames Water deal that could cost households £250+ a year? @GraceBlakeley.bsky.social breaks down what's at stake — and how public ownership can stop the crisis. ✍️ Sign the petition to stop it here: weownit.org.uk/act-now/brin...

Thames Water is after a £3 billlion bailout loan💰 The interest and fees alone will be £800 million 💸 The company only has one source of income - customer bills 🧾 What might happen to those bills? 🤔 We need Steve Reed to #BlockTheBailout ❌ www.mirror.co.uk/money/thames...

On Monday we attended a briefing for MPs with the formidable @windrushwasp.bsky.social, Stanley Root, forensic accountant & prof. Ewan McGaughey. All highlighting the scale of illegality in water companies. @labourlewis.bsky.social @annadixonmp.bsky.social

Yesterday, campaigners from across the Thames region came together to demand Steve Reed protect them from a bad bailout deal. Public ownership could save us BILLIONS. It's time. www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/2478499...

I've signed it. Don't sell off critical assets (again). They must be owned by and for the people, not profit.

🤑 Plans put forward by potential Thames Water shareholders include a £4 BILLION asset sale. 🫵 YOUR bills built those assets. YOU should own them. ✍️✍️✍️ Sign our petition for Thames Water to come into public ownership NOW: weownit.org.uk/act-now/brin...

Today ... Hoping to join five campaign events, plus the Football Bill. A We Own It protest at the Dept of Env, a @unison.org.uk event on clean water, two transport safety meetings, then finally at 7pm a Water Bill briefing re sewage. I say 'hoping' cos timing of Bill debates can be unpredictable.

Sharp satire from @graemebandeira.bsky.social here: I can fill in one door ahead of time... 19th December — water bills to rise by up to 80% weeks after English waters rated 2nd worst in Europe. Don't want to pay for a bailout of water firms? Sign our petition here: weownit.org.uk/act-now/stop...

Always good to spend the day with old friends. In Witney with WASP. Absolutely shocking to see sewage fungus and sanitary pads choking the Colwell Brook, with ammonia readings too high for the machine to read. This is the supposed ‘diluted untreated effluent’ that Thames Water insists is harmless.

Shareholders have extracted OVER a whopping £85 BILLION since privatisation. Now they're using money from YOUR bills to push the regulator to allow them to extract MORE. No one else runs water like we do — it's time for public ownership. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

"Britain is a haven for profiteers exploiting state-backed control of resources. "The obvious example is water privatisation, long looking like an organised rip-off, with bills funding shareholder payouts. "Labour has offered rhetoric but no meaningful change." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

🤬 This is an absolute scandal. Thames Tideway, like all PFI, is a rip-off that enriches a few at the expense of the many. And yet the government wants to roll this model out across the entire English water industry. We must not reprivatise our water. inews.co.uk/news/thames-...

Writing for Left Foot Forward, @mjhtopham.bsky.social from @we-own-it.bsky.social explains why England's bathing water is among the worst in Europe

Just holding space for some old tram stops right now

Great work from @henleymermaids.bsky.social to create this Water Warriors starter pack. Want to end profiting from pollution? Take a look here... go.bsky.app/EqpRHgA

We're off to the Scottish Parliament tomorrow for the first hearing of our petition to "Accelerate the implementation of bus franchising powers" 🚍🚏 📍 Public Petitions Committee: 📅 Weds 27 Nov, 11am 𝘿𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙨 your chance to add your name before 👇

It's wild that the number of bathing water sites rated as poor has hit 8% — the worst level since records began. England has the second worst bathing water in Europe. We're the only fully privatised water system. Is that a coincidence? weownit.org.uk/england-amon...

🚨 NEW 🚨 Data just out would put England in the bottom 4 nations in Europe for bathing water cleanliness. Only 64% of sites meet the "the highest, cleanest classification." Based on 2023 data, JUST Albania, Poland, and Hungary performed worse. weownit.org.uk/england-amon...

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📱 Trams are back on the feed today. A reminder from our launch earlier this month — West Yorkshire needs the cash to guarantee... ✅ this time our tram *actually* gets built AND ✅ it serves the *entire* region. Back the vision? Sign our petition here: www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/br...

Under current rules, private firms are allowed to slash and burn our services. Mayor Brabin is right to be wrestling back a degree of control through franchising from 2027. But we need Arriva to reverse this terrible decision NOW too. www.bbc.com/news/article...

The stead rise of the fare caps is a serious concern for passengers. But any attempt by the Mayor to hold back the tide is welcome. By ending privatisation we could save £14 MILLION a year to reinvest in cheaper fares and extra services. www.bbc.com/news/article...

🌹 At 4pm, a Labour minister was praising the move to public ownership on our railways. 🥀 At 5pm, we heard that privatisation is the 'only option' for our water system. Why is the government asking bill payers to bailout failed water firms? Take back their licences instead.

Shareholders bagged £380 for every hour they dumped #sewage in 2023. Privatisation is a scam. We need public ownership. ✍️ Sign the petition here: weownit.org.uk/act-now/stop...

When the magazine of the capital markets starts calling for Thames Water to be renationalised, you know things are bad. It’s time for government to step in, protect bill payers and end the farce. Special administration and public ownership now. bit.ly/3YSZM17

People want a say over how their services are run. Franchising is a first step towards an accountable bus network. But it falls well short of giving service workers and users the power to use their experience to improve this essential system. Me for BBC Sheffield: www.bbc.com/news/article...