Single fault at Thames Water sewage works could imperil London’s supply, lead to mass evacuations, military on standby. 60-year-old pumping system not replaced. TW ignored statutory duties, Customer bills hiked to boost exec pay and dividends. removepaywalls.com/https://www....

Probably the most important but neglected scandal about Mandelson. Epstein was close to Peter Thiel. Thiel had secret meetings with Cummings and Johnson before Palantir’s 100m contract Mandelson’s Global Counsel was pitching Thiel’s Palantir to Starmer. What a carousel of cronyism

In the 1970s, UK discovered oil/gas in North Sea. Thatcher onwards, money squandered on tax cuts for corporations/rich. Now ... crisis. Norway heavily taxed oil/gas. Now, $1.9trn sovereign fund. Its income funds national budget. Appeasing rich/corporations costs the future.

Most of Lake Windermere polluted with sewage bacteria. Only 14% of England’s rivers/lakes meet good ecological standards. Water companies major culprits; over 1,135 criminal convictions, United Utilities have 205. No exec prosecuted, no licence to operate cancelled.

148.9m working days were lost to sickness in UK in 2024, 163.8m in 2023, higher than pre-Covid. 7.36m appointments NHS waiting list. Seeing a GP or a dentist is an ordeal. Austerity, public service cuts have economic costs.

Right wing coup in the UK. The state became guarantor of corporate profits Publicly-owned industries privatised at low prices. Public services outsourced, exorbitant prices. Private finance initiative. Tiny investment, huge returns. Bailouts - banks can't go bust. Licence to misbehave.

Typical FT headline "Thousands of company directors leave UK after Labour’s tax changes". FT line: mustn't tax the rich, they will leave. But cut real wage of doctors, teachers, engineers, mathematicians, workers and they will stay. It is class war. archive.is/202508060620...

Southern Water applies for permission to draw water from rare chalk stream. Macquarie controlled company loses 91m litres of water per day to leaks. No new reservoirs built since 1989. Dumped sewage for 300,000 hours into rivers. Customer bills up 47% this year. End fleecing. Nationalise water.

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England's water companies circumvent rules on exec pay. Yorkshire Water boss was paid extra £1.3m via offshore parent firm. UK company law is weak The payment not disclosed in annual accounts. End the circus. Nationalise water.

Start with land taxes, then asset taxes, the. 100% death duties over a modest limit, then corporate transfers to dynasties, then destroy all UK dominion tax havens, then we have a chance at a wealth tax based on global assets

Not even a day has passed & ‼️200,000‼️ people have signed up to build something special. From Farage to Starmer, the political establishment smears people of conscience trying to stop a genocide in Gaza as terrorists. We say: not in our name. Join us: yourparty.uk

Water companies sidestep Govt’s bonus ban. Ministers were repeatedly told that the law was weak but didn't listen. Law bypassed - water companies hike exec pay, rename bonuses, give execs multiple directorships, shares, perks. Govt refused to empower customers to vote on exec pay.

If you still think privatised water works, you're probably either a water company shareholder or a government minister! The public, campaigners, academics and trade unions all want public ownership. It's time for The People's Plan for Water! Sign up 👇

Posts like these are pointless. The entire US political class is rotten to the core. If she was in power, she'd not only be facilitating the same genocide as Trump, she'd have fast-tracked WW3 against Russia and China. You're not going to vote your way out of this shit, whichever way you turn.

Thames Water paid lawyers/advisers £136m to secure £3bn emergency funding at 9.75% interest. It has a debt pile of over £20bn, debt at privatisation was ZERO. More debt inevitable. 28% - 35% of customer bills pays interest. Sewage dumped in rivers, leaks unplugged, people fleeced.

England’s reservoirs at lowest level for a decade, experts call for hosepipe bans. No new reservoirs built since 1989. Over a trillion litres of water a year lost to leaks. Water companies paid out £85bn in dividends. No regulator/Govt had a national plan. Crisis created by privatisation.

UK Govt inheriting poor value assets due to bad handling of PFI contracts. PFI is part of corporate welfare. For every £1 of private investment govt repays more than £6 + more for services. Cheaper for govt to borrow. Yet govt is entering new PFI deals lasting to 2052-53.

If the billionaires are afraid of their Assets and profits being damaged in a war they can pay for defence. No one else should, what the hell does the Government even own to defend?

I thought there was a shortage of money.

Why the hell are they owned by Americans, Canadians, Australians, Chinese, Qatar, UAE and Saudi Arabia. If power and water are so vital and security risks?

UK more corrupt than Uruguay, Estonia, Seychelles, Iceland, Hong Kong. Honours, crony contracts for party donors. Bribes secure the laws you want. Dirty money, no problem, City thrives on it. Rule of law, tell that to Grenfell fire victims. Can't arrest decline without ending political corruption

Brazen and outrageous demand from Thames Water’s creditors They want protection from ever being taken to court by environmental campaigners! Steve Reed must say NO and protect the public interest - PUBLIC OWNERSHIP NOW www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Singapore - “a dystopian vision of the emerging future, where wealth is extracted into luxury offshore havens, protected externally by violent borders, and internally, by growing authoritarianism.” Is this what SEZs will give us? @europeanpowell.bsky.social - www.declassifieduk.org/inside-singa...

14 years of Tory austerity. Labour doubling down. It's time for different choices. #BackZack

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Despite damning evidence the govt clinging on to private ownership of water in England; people fleeced for 36 years. Prospect is sewage dumping, health hazards, lack of investment, higher domestic/business costs, tax dodges, asset-stripping. Public ownership is the only way out.

We want to make sure Rachel Reeves MP sees some important % and ££s: 🇬🇧 80% of UK millionaires support a 2% tax on wealth over £10m 🇬🇧 81% think it’s patriotic to pay their fair share We’re proud to pay and here to stay #taxthesuperrich #taxwealthnotwork

UK Govt AI copyright plan suffers fifth Lords defeat, 221 to 116 votes. Copyright enables many to earn a living. It is being ripped off by tech companies. All they need to do is to inform people, get a licence to use and pay. Govt says change might come in the future. I voted against the govt.

Your regular reminder 👇 🏥 81% want publicly owned NHS 🏫 78% want publicly owned schools 💧 73% want publicly owned water 🚂 70% want publicly owned rail ✉️ 70% want publicly owned mail 🚍 67% want publicly owned buses 💡 65% want publicly owned energy

Every single word. youtu.be/X1p7uBkeZkA?...

The UK is a relatively low tax economy This means the revenue raised by Government as a proportion of GDP has been low historically Less funding raised for infrastructure/healthcare/education etc A thread 🧵

HMRC admits not collecting £40bn tax last yr. Others say over £100bn. Big accounting/law firms, banks mastermind tax dodges. Rarely prosecuted. No big accounting firm prosecuted; get govt contracts. Fewer than FIVE criminal cases brought in 2023-2024, 16 in 2018-2019. Govts chase little people.

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Keir Starmer U-turns on winter fuel payment cut. Will change threshold, make more pensioners eligible. Welcome but won't reduce admin costs. Restore universality. Adjust taxes at the top end to ensure the rich won't benefit. Must abandon two-child benefit cap, disability benefit cuts too.

Do they grow these things in a lab or on a field?

350 richest people and families in the UK have wealth of £772.8bn. Free to pollute, create bubbles in housing/security markets; buy political parties, legislators, shape laws; power to control our lives. 16m live in poverty. 128,000 a year die in fuel poverty. archive.ph/xNvPk

Keir Starmer immitates Reform in his divisive speech. Accuses immigrants of causing “incalculable damage”, making the UK “an island of strangers”. Rightly faces backlash from unions, employers, MPs. Silence on class war, inequalities, profiteering, lack of public services, fuelling frustrations.

The problem with social care is private equity fat cats ripping old people off for £8000 a month. Not minimum wage immigrant workers. Tell me I'm wrong.

United Utilities in use 'less water' warning as reservoir levels drop. UU has 205 criminal convictions. It loses 175bn litres to leaky pipes, built no new reservoirs, paid excessive dividends, neglected Investment. Wants people to pay more for less. No national plan for water security.

If you read nothing else today, read this. Naomi Klein deftly summarizes the whole ballgame. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

After asset stripping England water companies warn of rationing. 35 reservoirs sold for £26m profit. Southern Water plan to decommission 43 of 93 reservoirs, build one. 1 trillion litres lost through leaky pipes. Companies have 1,135 criminal convictions. End the privatisation scam.

Awesome thread.

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Thames Water is the poster-child of predatory capitalism. Its road to ruin began with private equity. Current shareholders want to sell to another private equity group. More problems inevitable. How will the govt protect people? Watch the Minister's reply. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mosP...

Why’s no one talking about these terrible ideas from Reform?

It's no wonder. Our rivers and seas are full of sewage. Bills are soaring. And water company bosses are paying shareholders billions. Let's come together and put private water out of business 👉 takebackwater.uk