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Glyn Moody<p>Water for people, not profit! - <a href="https://secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/water_for_people_not_profit_1_1/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/w</span><span class="invisible">ater_for_people_not_profit_1_1/</span></a> "Let’s face it, while water is privatised, profit still comes first, people and the planet last." I've signed, fwiw <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/watercompanies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>watercompanies</span></a></p>
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈<p>But don't anybody say "Privatisation has Failed", you don't want to upset Capitalism's feelings. Just ignore the faecal content of your drinking water and feel happy for the Shareholders. </p><p><a href="https://news.sky.com/story/broken-water-industry-set-to-be-overhauled-nine-key-recommendations-from-landmark-report-13399475" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.sky.com/story/broken-wate</span><span class="invisible">r-industry-set-to-be-overhauled-nine-key-recommendations-from-landmark-report-13399475</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WaterCompanies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaterCompanies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LateStageCapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LateStageCapitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKPOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UKPOL</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKPOLITICS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UKPOLITICS</span></a></p>
Political Cartoon Gallery<p>Peter Brookes @BrookesTimes on <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/sewage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sewage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/WaterCompanies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaterCompanies</span></a> @thetimes - political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com</p>
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈<p>Can you believe this shit?</p><p><a href="https://news.sky.com/story/sewage-crisis-most-serious-water-pollution-incidents-up-60-13398306" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.sky.com/story/sewage-cris</span><span class="invisible">is-most-serious-water-pollution-incidents-up-60-13398306</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SewageCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SewageCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SewageScandal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SewageScandal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WaterCompanies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaterCompanies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LateStageCapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LateStageCapitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OFWAT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OFWAT</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKPOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UKPOL</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UKPolitics</span></a></p>
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈<p>When your so bad at your job they abolish the position and start all over again.</p><p>Maybe look at their bank accounts, they seemed to be in the pocket of the Water Companies, not the People.</p><p>Nationalise the lot of them. </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jul/18/ofwat-to-be-abolished-as-ministers-explore-creating-new-water-regulator" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/business/2025/</span><span class="invisible">jul/18/ofwat-to-be-abolished-as-ministers-explore-creating-new-water-regulator</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OFWAT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OFWAT</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WaterCompanies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaterCompanies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKPOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UKPOL</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UKPolitics</span></a></p>
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈<p>Eat The Rich</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jul/17/southern-water-nearly-doubles-ceo-pay-to-14m-despite-bonus-ban" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/business/2025/</span><span class="invisible">jul/17/southern-water-nearly-doubles-ceo-pay-to-14m-despite-bonus-ban</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EatTheRich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EatTheRich</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WaterCompanies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaterCompanies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SouthernWater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SouthernWater</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKPOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UKPOL</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKPOLITICS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UKPOLITICS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LateStageCapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LateStageCapitalism</span></a></p>
Tenebris Nox<p>Just read that the water companies are trialing "surge pricing" so customers have to pay more when water is scarce. Surely that _has_ to be challenged in court? How much more obvious does the corruption have to be?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/ukpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ukpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/watercompanies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>watercompanies</span></a></p>
Environment<p>Environment Agency declares drought in West Midlands after driest spring since 1893</p><p>The Environment Agency has declared the West Midlands is in a drought today (July 15) following the driest…<br><a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Environment</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/droughtplans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>droughtplans</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/droughtstatus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>droughtstatus</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EastMidlands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EastMidlands</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/environmentagency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>environmentagency</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/watercompanies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>watercompanies</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/WestMidlands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WestMidlands</span></a><br><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2247272/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2247272/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Glyn Moody<p>Toxic <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Pfas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pfas</span></a> above proposed safety limits in almost all English waters tested - <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jul/11/toxic-pfas-above-proposed-safety-limits-in-almost-all-english-waters-tested" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/environment/20</span><span class="invisible">25/jul/11/toxic-pfas-above-proposed-safety-limits-in-almost-all-english-waters-tested</span></a> it's clear <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/watercompanies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>watercompanies</span></a> are as bad as tobacco companies and arms dealers; utterly without scruples, greedy beyond belief</p>
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈<p>Hurrah for Late Stage Capitalism, let's hope the glorious Shareholders don't have to queue for water like us peasants! /s</p><p><a href="https://news.sky.com/story/could-we-be-heading-for-a-drought-so-bad-we-have-to-queue-for-water-on-the-street-13395371" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.sky.com/story/could-we-be</span><span class="invisible">-heading-for-a-drought-so-bad-we-have-to-queue-for-water-on-the-street-13395371</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WaterCompanies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaterCompanies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LateStageCapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LateStageCapitalism</span></a></p>
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@NorthantsGreens" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>NorthantsGreens</span></a></span> Why is Labour on the wrong side of the Public on this?</p><p>Oh yeah, the money....</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKPOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UKPOL</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKPOLITICS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UKPOLITICS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WaterCompanies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaterCompanies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Privitisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Privitisation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Nationalisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nationalisation</span></a></p>
Geriatric Gardener<p>“Keir Starmer just got schooled over nationalising water companies”</p><p>by James Wright in The Canary <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://independent-media.co.uk/@thecanaryuk" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>thecanaryuk</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.cloud/@UKLabour" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>UKLabour</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.bbc/@BBC5Live" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>BBC5Live</span></a></span><br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.bbc/@BBCRadio4" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>BBCRadio4</span></a></span><br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://press.coop/@guardian" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>guardian</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://press.coop/@Independent" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Independent</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://press.coop/@thetimes" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>thetimes</span></a></span></p><p>“Ewan McGaughey, professor of law at King’s College London, has informed Keir Starmer that bringing the water industry into public ownership would actually cost nothing”</p><p><a href="https://www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2025/06/11/keir-starmer-nationalising-water/?__s=1toyfummtp6bhspv4akg" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2025/</span><span class="invisible">06/11/keir-starmer-nationalising-water/?__s=1toyfummtp6bhspv4akg</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Press</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Labour</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Starmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Starmer</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WaterCompanies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaterCompanies</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Nationalisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nationalisation</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Cost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cost</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Special" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Special</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Administration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Administration</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Sewage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sewage</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OfWat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OfWat</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/KKR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KKR</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/StarmerOut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StarmerOut</span></a></p>
&2i<p>"KKR dropped out of the Thames Water deal because of “political risk”.<br>What is that "political risk"? That risk is YOU.<br>YOU are unhappy with being ripped off while sewage pours in your rivers and seas.<br>YOU have been campaigning on this issue over months and months.<br>YOU understand what’s going on with Thames Water and the whole failure of water privatisation in England and Wales and you won’t stand for it.<br>YOU know there is an alternative. It’s called public ownership and it’s happening in Scotland, in France and in 9 out of 10 countries around the world."<br><a href="https://weownit.org.uk/act-now/bring-thames-water-into-public-ownership" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">weownit.org.uk/act-now/bring-t</span><span class="invisible">hames-water-into-public-ownership</span></a><br><a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/inequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>inequality</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/UKpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UKpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/WaterCompanies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaterCompanies</span></a></p>
&2i<p>"KKR dropped out of the Thames Water deal because of “political risk”.<br>What is that "political risk"? That risk is YOU.<br>YOU are unhappy with being ripped off while sewage pours in your rivers and seas.<br>YOU have been campaigning on this issue over months and months.<br>YOU understand what’s going on with Thames Water and the whole failure of water privatisation in England and Wales and you won’t stand for it.<br>YOU know there is an alternative. It’s called public ownership and it’s happening in Scotland, in France and in 9 out of 10 countries around the world."<br><a href="https://weownit.org.uk/act-now/bring-thames-water-into-public-ownership" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">weownit.org.uk/act-now/bring-t</span><span class="invisible">hames-water-into-public-ownership</span></a><br><a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/inequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>inequality</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/UKpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UKpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/WaterCompanies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaterCompanies</span></a></p>
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈<p>The fine is only big enough if it breaks them and puts them back into Public Hands</p><p>Anything less is doing this parasites a favour</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/may/28/thames-water-hit-with-record-fine-over-sewage-breaches" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/business/2025/</span><span class="invisible">may/28/thames-water-hit-with-record-fine-over-sewage-breaches</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WaterCompanies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaterCompanies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ThamesWater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThamesWater</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LateStageCapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LateStageCapitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sewage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sewage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKPOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UKPOL</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKPOLITICS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UKPOLITICS</span></a></p>
John Dal<p>I've just had a text from Essex &amp; Suffolk water re a supply interruption. I live in Northumberland, 300 miles away.<br>What are these bastards doing with our personal details? Sharing them out by the look of things. And then being (predictably) untrustworthy and generally inept with them.<br><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Captalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Captalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/WaterCompanies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaterCompanies</span></a></p>
Political Cartoon Gallery<p>Matt @MattCartoonist @telegraph on the <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/WaterCompanies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaterCompanies</span></a> - political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com</p>
Jules 🍺<p>Looking at the latest water company scandals<br><a href="https://youtu.be/wdjzJ9dCxnc?si=qI2NsmFDpOOnpk0h" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/wdjzJ9dCxnc?si=qI2Nsm</span><span class="invisible">FDpOOnpk0h</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/watercompanies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>watercompanies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/watercompany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>watercompany</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/watercompanycrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>watercompanycrisis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/sewage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sewage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/SewageScandal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SewageScandal</span></a></p>
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@NorthantsGreens" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>NorthantsGreens</span></a></span> they literally expect us to tolerate this shit while the Shareholders get their profit</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UKPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UKpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sewage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sewage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WaterCompanies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaterCompanies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Privitation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Privitation</span></a></p>
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈<p>Extra rain means extra faeces in the water, hurrah for Privatisation! /s</p><p><a href="https://news.sky.com/story/threat-of-heavy-rain-storms-and-flash-floods-mark-end-to-britains-sun-1334947" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.sky.com/story/threat-of-h</span><span class="invisible">eavy-rain-storms-and-flash-floods-mark-end-to-britains-sun-1334947</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKWeather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UKWeather</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sewage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sewage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WaterCompanies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaterCompanies</span></a></p>