We are the #IsleOfShite
"Yorkshire Water was privatised in 1989 under the Water Act, launched debt-free and promoted as the start of a new, efficient era.
What followed was anything but. Today, the company carries almost £7bn in debt. Our rivers are polluted, our bills keep rising, and we’re told to pay still more..."
What followed was anything but. Today, the company carries almost £7bn in debt. Our rivers are polluted, our bills keep rising, and we’re told to pay still more..."
Yorkshire Water: it’s time to end the rip-off
Handing the company back to local people would return both control and value to those who need it most
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 5:20 PM
We are the #IsleOfShite
If Thatcher Major et al have privatised our air, they would have
40 years of selling off all our national assets and defunding regulators is now paying dividends to foreign investors and poisoning the very essence of life itself
We are the
#IsleOfShite
Nationalise water now
#ownourshite
40 years of selling off all our national assets and defunding regulators is now paying dividends to foreign investors and poisoning the very essence of life itself
We are the
#IsleOfShite
Nationalise water now
#ownourshite
Raw sewage. Off-the-scale pollutants – while water companies blame regulators, and regulators blame water companies. This is happening across England.
Read how one councillor has started testing river the water himself ⤵️
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
Read how one councillor has started testing river the water himself ⤵️
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
A river is now in crisis
One or two dry summers away from disaster, the River Cam is choking on sewage and neglect
eastangliabylines.co.uk
July 29, 2025 at 6:54 PM
If Thatcher Major et al have privatised our air, they would have
40 years of selling off all our national assets and defunding regulators is now paying dividends to foreign investors and poisoning the very essence of life itself
We are the
#IsleOfShite
Nationalise water now
#ownourshite
40 years of selling off all our national assets and defunding regulators is now paying dividends to foreign investors and poisoning the very essence of life itself
We are the
#IsleOfShite
Nationalise water now
#ownourshite
Its time we stopped being the #IsleOfShite
We need to #ownourshite and stop polluting our amazing rivers streams beaches and seas.
Public services should be owned by the public
Thatcher is dead
Privatization should follow.
We need to #ownourshite and stop polluting our amazing rivers streams beaches and seas.
Public services should be owned by the public
Thatcher is dead
Privatization should follow.
Water companies have been paying out £billions to shareholders while Britain's rivers and waterways have been riddled with pollution.
And to rub it in, our bills have been hiked at the same time.
It's time to tax these polluters to clean up their mess.
And to rub it in, our bills have been hiked at the same time.
It's time to tax these polluters to clean up their mess.
November 13, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Its time we stopped being the #IsleOfShite
We need to #ownourshite and stop polluting our amazing rivers streams beaches and seas.
Public services should be owned by the public
Thatcher is dead
Privatization should follow.
We need to #ownourshite and stop polluting our amazing rivers streams beaches and seas.
Public services should be owned by the public
Thatcher is dead
Privatization should follow.
In my lifetime the Uk public have gone from owning virtually every thing our ancestors built to selling them off to a private sector that with few exceptions has burdened them with leveraged debt, gives worse service & treats us as income stream & expects public money when they fail #IsleofShite
November 11, 2025 at 8:27 PM
In my lifetime the Uk public have gone from owning virtually every thing our ancestors built to selling them off to a private sector that with few exceptions has burdened them with leveraged debt, gives worse service & treats us as income stream & expects public money when they fail #IsleofShite
Love it 😂 #IsleOfShite
The team who dramatised partygate did a very entertaining job. Look forward to watching this one.
Channel 4 has commissioned a sewage dumping drama from the Partygate team. Working title - “Isle of Sh*te”
rts.org.uk/article/channel-4-commissions-sewage-dumping-drama-partygate-team
rts.org.uk/article/channel-4-commissions-sewage-dumping-drama-partygate-team
November 13, 2024 at 6:29 PM
Love it 😂 #IsleOfShite
Water company United Utilities enjoys 131% rise in profits after bills go up £112.
UU has 205+ criminal convictions.
Loses over 175bn litres of water to leaks. In 2024 dumped sewage 450,778 hours in rivers//akes. No exec prosecuted/fined
Rewarded with higher price and profit.
archive.ph/7aP8O
UU has 205+ criminal convictions.
Loses over 175bn litres of water to leaks. In 2024 dumped sewage 450,778 hours in rivers//akes. No exec prosecuted/fined
Rewarded with higher price and profit.
archive.ph/7aP8O
Water company enjoys 131% rise in profits after bills go up £112
United Utilities, whose executives are barred from receiving bonuses because of pollution record, will pay out most of the increase in dividends
www.thetimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:59 AM