Russ
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Last week I wrote about yet another of the disastrous outcomes of privatisation. If there's one thing almost everyone in England wants, it's renationalisation of water. But no, we can't have nice things. Just more shit. Literally in this case.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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High water bills, filthy rivers – and now drought. This is England's great artificial water crisis of 2025 | George Monbiot
In its refusal to nationalise water, it’s clear the government operates in the interests of private capital and not of the country, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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July 20, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Last week I wrote about yet another of the disastrous outcomes of privatisation. If there's one thing almost everyone in England wants, it's renationalisation of water. But no, we can't have nice things. Just more shit. Literally in this case.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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So, by government diktat, it's a deckchair-rearranging exercise, avoiding the one measure that would make a decisive difference. A measure which would cost far less than sustaining the current system. This is not about the public good. It's about protecting the worst excesses of capital.
July 20, 2025 at 8:05 AM
So, by government diktat, it's a deckchair-rearranging exercise, avoiding the one measure that would make a decisive difference. A measure which would cost far less than sustaining the current system. This is not about the public good. It's about protecting the worst excesses of capital.
Bloke who obviously needs libraries, the NHS, and the welfare state, rabidly supports party that is dead set against them. Twenty-three stones of irony sat right there.
May 1, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Bloke who obviously needs libraries, the NHS, and the welfare state, rabidly supports party that is dead set against them. Twenty-three stones of irony sat right there.