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Nelly Probin

@lillmagill.bsky.social

And again.
The water mafia can always find a way around Labour's half ar$ed regulatory system.
Bonuses = retention payments.

Only #PublicOwnership will stop the corruption.

Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 21d

Thames Water has deferred £2.5m bonus, disguised as retention payments, to execs.

First tranche of £2.5m already paid, millions more promised

Bonus for what - fleecing customers, dumping sewage in ruvers, not investing, boosting profits?

Let customers vote on exec pay/bonuses.

Thames Water defers controversial £2.5m in bonuses to bosses

Heavily indebted utility puts back ‘retention payments’ for 21 executives until new year amid search for rescue deal

www.theguardian.com

December 17, 2025 at 8:42 AM

Ivan Wainewright Author

@ivanwainewright.bsky.social

Thames Water's creditors are locked in talks with Ofwat after asking for permission to pollute illegally until 2035-40. (Really!)
Please can you help stop their illegal pollution plans with a donation to @weownit.org.uk? Thank you
weownit.org.uk/act-now/donate
#thameswater #weownit #publicownership

Donate

Become a public ownership hero!

weownit.org.uk

December 14, 2025 at 10:27 AM

Portsmouth Greens

@pompeygreens.bsky.social

Making the most of the rain by saving water from my dryer or my doormat to water indoor plants or clean cat litter trays. It's a great way to keep the bills down.
Although, they'd be down a lot more if water companies didn't pass on the fines they get for polluting our waterways.

#PublicOwnership

December 9, 2025 at 4:07 AM

Huia Sue

@huiasue.bsky.social

History of Post-Privatisation in NZ-conclusion:It is almost impossible for the Crown to escape liability for failure of systemically significant financial institutions, irrespective of ownership=#PublicOwnership so Public get profits & benefits is sensible
www.treasury.govt.nz/sites/defaul...

www.treasury.govt.nz

November 25, 2025 at 1:35 AM

Sharon Graham

@unitesharon.bsky.social

⚡️ ENERGY PRICE CAP

There is no comfort in today’s announcement for the millions of people struggling to heat their homes this winter.

@unitetheunion.bsky.social has shown that £500 of every energy bill goes straight to energy company profits. #PublicOwnership 1/2 ⤵️

November 21, 2025 at 8:54 AM

We Own It

@weownit.org.uk

Here's Sophie from We Own It presenting your signatures at the DHSC offices today.

That's 17,000 of you telling Rachel Reeves and the government more private finance in our NHS would be a disaster. #NHS #publicownership

November 18, 2025 at 3:55 PM

We Own It

@weownit.org.uk

🤔We asked Dr John Puntis, Co-Chair of Keep Our NHS Public, if using the private sector helped the NHS with its capacity issues. @keepournhspublic.bsky.social.bsky.social

🚨Spoilers: it doesn't. #publicownership #NHS #SOSNHS

November 12, 2025 at 2:40 PM

annekin1.bsky.social

@annekin1.bsky.social

In this #survey, we’ll explain the timeline for bringing #buses under public control and ask about your experiences of #travelling around #SouthYorkshire by bus.

#publictransport
#Southyorkshiretransport
#UKpol
#publicownership
#devolvedgovernment

www.southyorkshire-ca.gov.uk/explore/bus-...

Bus Fleet and Network Services Survey - South Yorkshire MCA

We are bringing buses back under public control. We want to hear from residents across South Yorkshire about how we can design better buses that are accessible for everyone. A public survey asking f...

www.southyorkshire-ca.gov.uk

November 7, 2025 at 12:34 PM

Scotland's No1 Comrade

@scotlandscomrade.bsky.social

Her legacy lives on........

The wonders of Thatcher’s energy privatisation project.
We desperately need #PublicOwnership to put people’s needs at the top of the agenda.
Only the @scottishgreens.org @snp.org will do this for Scotland & for our citizens.
#AreYouYesYet

Via @spottednewsofficial

November 5, 2025 at 10:22 AM

We Own It

@weownit.org.uk

This is so powerful.

Private healthcare has already contaminated our NHS too much. Don't let it go any further.
vist.ly/4cmrj

#NHS #publicownership

I am an American citizen married to an English woman and living in the UK. My admonition to UK citizens is to fight to your very last breath to keep US-style healthcare out of your country, and to defend your NHS as if your life depends on it. Because it will. When my wife was living with me in the US, I couldn't get her to go to a doctor, because she was afraid of how much it would cost. And we HAD health insurance. I have witnessed your NHS treat her for a basal cell carcinoma, via surgery and subsequent radiation therapy. And this year she was diagnosed with mitral valve failure, which was brilliantly repaired by an NHS cardiac surgeon. Her care has been exemplary. And it hasn't cost us a single penny. When I tell my US friends all of this, their jaws drop. They would literally do almost ANYTHING to have such a system available to them. DO NOT let the US healthcare companies get their fingers into your NHS. You will regret it for generations.
(Screenshot from The Guardian)

November 3, 2025 at 11:56 AM

johno

@johno123.bsky.social

Time for #publicownership and #localaccountability.
#yorkshirewater #leaks #fountainsonyourstreet
Should we stop paying for this and the sewage in our rivers?

October 29, 2025 at 1:04 PM

Mike Sivier

@midwalesmike.bsky.social

UK borrowing hits five-year high – there is no alternative: public ownership and wealth taxes are the answer.
#RachelReeves #UKPolitics #Privatisation #PublicOwnership #VoxPolitical #bbcnews #itvnews #PoliticsLive
voxpoliticalonline.com/2025/10/21/h...

Rachel Reeves can beat borrowing pressures – and this time there really is no alternative

Government borrowing hits five-year high. Reeves faces structural costs from privatisation – reclaiming public assets is the only solution.

voxpoliticalonline.com

October 21, 2025 at 12:15 PM

Seema McArdle

@seemamcardle.bsky.social

Clean, affordable water belongs to all of us.
So I’ve told the new Environment Secretary to act on real evidence for public ownership and put people first.

Join me:

actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...

@labourlewis.bsky.social #Water #PublicOwnership

Ask Emma Reynolds to base water policy on facts not water industry fake maths.

Everyone deserves clean, affordable water. Lobbyists say it’ll cost £100bn to bring it back into public hands - but experts disagree. I’ve asked the new Environment Secretary to act on real evidence ...

actionnetwork.org

October 21, 2025 at 7:22 AM

Resúmenes de noticias claros

@alternanoticias.bsky.social

Are Britain’s Nationalised Rail Operators Improving Passenger Services? killbait.com/en/are-brita... #business #railways #publicownership

Are Britain’s Nationalised Rail Operators Improving Passenger Services?

Since 2024, the Labour government in Britain has been working to nationalise the country’s major rail operators, with the aim of making train services more reliable, affordable, and accessible.

killbait.com

October 13, 2025 at 9:55 AM

Clive Swinsco

@cliveswinsco.bsky.social

Fantastic Evening,
Superb performance, and such an important message :
#ThisLandIsOURLand
#PublicOwnership
#ForTheMany NOT the greedy, bloodsports few...
#ReclaimOurMoors
#JustBanShoots
@wildsheffield.bsky.social
@wildjustice.bsky.social
@protectthewild.bsky.social

October 10, 2025 at 5:45 PM

Sheppard Lens Media

@sheppardlensmedia.com

Thames Water’s so-called rescue plan is a bailout for its lenders not for the public. 💧
Decades of profit, pollution and debt, now they want us to pay again.
Renationalisation isn’t radical it’s common sense.

#ThamesWater #PublicOwnership #SheppardLensMedia

October 8, 2025 at 8:01 PM

We Own It

@weownit.org.uk

Labour MP @ianbyrnemp says:

‘PFI was a noose around the NHS’ neck. The government can't repeat the same mistake.'

#Lab25 #publicownership #NHS

September 29, 2025 at 10:39 AM

morchdr.bsky.social

@morchdr.bsky.social

#Clean, #affordable #water belongs to all of us. I’ve told the new #EnvironmentSecretary to act on real #evidence for #publicownership and put #people first. Join me:https://actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-emma-reynolds-to-base-water-policy-on-facts-not-water-industry-fake-maths?source=bluesky&

September 25, 2025 at 8:25 AM

Jerry Foley 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 🇮🇪

@foleyjerry.bsky.social

#ToriesGone447
#NeverTory

Farage would collapse #HealthAndSocialCare
#NeverFarage
#SaveOurNHS
#FarageBoats

Which Political Parties support Public Ownership?

#WeOwnIt have launched a '#PublicOwnership Party Scorecard' RANKING each Political Party on their Policies👇
weownit.org.uk/why-public-o...

Which political parties support public ownership?

We Own It have launched a 'Public Ownership Party Scorecard' - ranking each political party on their policies.

weownit.org.uk

September 24, 2025 at 11:13 PM

Jerry Foley 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 🇮🇪

@foleyjerry.bsky.social

#ToriesGone446
#NeverTory

Farage would collapse #HealthAndSocialCare!
#BrexitBoats
#NeverFarage
#SaveOurNHS

Which Political Parties support #PublicOwnership?

#WeOwnIt have launched a 'PublicOwnership Party Scorecard' RANKING each Political Party on their Policies👇
weownit.org.uk/why-public-o...

Which political parties support public ownership?

We Own It have launched a 'Public Ownership Party Scorecard' - ranking each political party on their policies.

weownit.org.uk

September 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM

Mark Burton

@markhburton.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy

Spoiler: of the existing parties (i.e. not including Your proto-Party), the #greenparty wins by a league.

Which political parties support public ownership? | We Own It
https://weownit.org.uk/why-public-ownership/which-parties-support-public-ownership

#publicownership

We own it scorecard, party X sector. Green party and YP get all ticks.

September 23, 2025 at 7:13 PM

Andrew Northall

@andrewnorthall.bsky.social

In the Morning Star @mstaronline.bsky.social

@greenparty.org.uk #MorningStar #GreenParty #PublicOwnership #PublicSector #Popular #Policies

September 23, 2025 at 12:20 PM

Mark Burton

@markhburton.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy

My comment:

Any fool should have known that this is a lethal think to do. Waste managment in the UK, of course is a multi-million pound business, run for profit. A natural monopoly that should be in #publicownership.

September 12, 2025 at 11:10 AM