Steve Coogan explains the reason we have sewage in our rivers & lakes is because of a 35yr failed experiment with water privatisation, its a broken system & the private companies have extracted over £80bn in that period.
"It should be taken back into public ownership". Spot on!
"It should be taken back into public ownership". Spot on!
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Overall water quality is better in Wales than in England.
92% of Welsh bathing waters are classified as ‘good’ or better, the highest figure of all UK nations.
Only 14% of rivers in England have a good ecological status in Wales 40%.
Still poor but demonstrably better.
I agree that there are obviously more issues at play but I don’t think there is anything particularly complex in understanding that the extra £80bn paid out as dividends would have improved standards.
It's a monopoly.
Your customers aren't going anywhere no matter how awful you are and the regulator is about as useful as a chocolate teapot.
It's a licence to print money…and they have, at the expense of our environment.
True not just of water but most things.
Why is that?