David Whiles
@davidwhiles.bsky.social
Extensive experience in the voluntary education and health sectors. Chartered Civil Engineer & Environmental Manager. Believer in the Nolan Principles.
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Vulture auction of Thames Water.
Covalis offers £1bn to buy TW, flog assets to generate £4bn.
Buyers counting on mega hike in customer bills, asset-stripping.
Sewage dumping, cash extraction will continue.
Only nationalisation can safeguard water services.
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/tham...
Covalis offers £1bn to buy TW, flog assets to generate £4bn.
Buyers counting on mega hike in customer bills, asset-stripping.
Sewage dumping, cash extraction will continue.
Only nationalisation can safeguard water services.
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/tham...
Thames Water break up 'disastrous vulture auction'
www.gmb.org.uk
December 7, 2024 at 1:27 PM
Vulture auction of Thames Water.
Covalis offers £1bn to buy TW, flog assets to generate £4bn.
Buyers counting on mega hike in customer bills, asset-stripping.
Sewage dumping, cash extraction will continue.
Only nationalisation can safeguard water services.
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/tham...
Covalis offers £1bn to buy TW, flog assets to generate £4bn.
Buyers counting on mega hike in customer bills, asset-stripping.
Sewage dumping, cash extraction will continue.
Only nationalisation can safeguard water services.
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/tham...
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30 years ago Spitting Image dared to broadcast the truth about Israel.
Now no one dares.
Now no one dares.
December 3, 2024 at 10:10 PM
30 years ago Spitting Image dared to broadcast the truth about Israel.
Now no one dares.
Now no one dares.
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Remember Liz Truss? A Norfolk MP & our 'Lady Jane Grey' PM.
Now touring the US promoting her '10 years to save the West' opus.
"Truss did not seem that bothered by the poor turnout. Then she seldom does. Possibly she is used to it."
Now touring the US promoting her '10 years to save the West' opus.
"Truss did not seem that bothered by the poor turnout. Then she seldom does. Possibly she is used to it."
Liz Truss is apparently too mad even for a rightwing US audience | John Crace
Liz Truss is apparently too mad even for a rightwing US audience | John Crace
Former PM’s speech to the Heritage Foundation declares just about everyone alive be part of a communist conspiracy
It was a sight for sore eyes. At least for any speaker who has turned up to an event to discover the organisers easily outnumber the…
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2024 at 7:56 PM
Remember Liz Truss? A Norfolk MP & our 'Lady Jane Grey' PM.
Now touring the US promoting her '10 years to save the West' opus.
"Truss did not seem that bothered by the poor turnout. Then she seldom does. Possibly she is used to it."
Now touring the US promoting her '10 years to save the West' opus.
"Truss did not seem that bothered by the poor turnout. Then she seldom does. Possibly she is used to it."
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With @trusselluk.bsky.social reporting shocking statistics of those in need of food and #foodbanks this Advent, we revisit the consequences of food #poverty on health & longevity.
“Children with teeth falling out, children with bow legs, in current society – this isn’t the Victorian era”
“Children with teeth falling out, children with bow legs, in current society – this isn’t the Victorian era”
Who can afford longevity in a cost-of-living crisis?
We all need a healthy diet. So why are politicians normalising food banks and allowing malnutrition and associated illnesses to rise?
eastangliabylines.co.uk
December 3, 2024 at 9:46 AM
With @trusselluk.bsky.social reporting shocking statistics of those in need of food and #foodbanks this Advent, we revisit the consequences of food #poverty on health & longevity.
“Children with teeth falling out, children with bow legs, in current society – this isn’t the Victorian era”
“Children with teeth falling out, children with bow legs, in current society – this isn’t the Victorian era”
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There's a new craze in bookshops around the UK...
...namely placing Boris Johnson's new memoir next to other books on lying and/or Brexit damage - or even alongside toilet paper and cat litter...
Enjoy the pics! 👇
...namely placing Boris Johnson's new memoir next to other books on lying and/or Brexit damage - or even alongside toilet paper and cat litter...
Enjoy the pics! 👇
A great British bookshelf revolt buries Johnson’s Unleashed
A new craze is sweeping the nation’s bookshops up and down the country in a peaceful protest about a certain disgraced ex-PM’s book Unleashed
centralbylines.co.uk
December 2, 2024 at 8:21 PM
There's a new craze in bookshops around the UK...
...namely placing Boris Johnson's new memoir next to other books on lying and/or Brexit damage - or even alongside toilet paper and cat litter...
Enjoy the pics! 👇
...namely placing Boris Johnson's new memoir next to other books on lying and/or Brexit damage - or even alongside toilet paper and cat litter...
Enjoy the pics! 👇
Interesting article:
December 3, 2024 at 10:16 AM
Interesting article:
November 15, 2024 at 8:35 PM