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The government is not only failing to fix the crisis in the water sector. They are lying about the only real solution to that crisis, public ownership. WATCH @ashsmith43 of @WindrushWasp DEBUNK the lies about water nationalisation. Sign the petition here: vist.ly/57mue
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This is difficult to watch, it's embarrassing, it's enraging, it's shameful. Emma Reynolds the Secretary of State for the Environment and David Hill the head of water at Defra appeared before MPs on Tuesday where they repeated the same old lie, that water company shareholders invest their money in the companies and we, the bill payers, pay them back over 10, 15, 20, 30 years. Even Ofwat have owned up, that's a lie the £104 billion "private sector investment" is coming directly out of your pockets, your bank account. For God sake just tell the truth. Barry Gardiner, you're a star. 👏👏👏
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Since privatisation water companies have taken more than £85billion in dividend and piled up more than £60billion of debt. Yet all capital and operational costs are covered by bill payers. So why keep a privatised structure for a natural monopoly like water?
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Will Stone - MP for Swindon North - on the Thames Water creditors' request to break the rules on pollution: "This request by Thames Water, if accepted, could undermine the entire industry" THANK YOU @WStone4SN for standing up for your constituents and bill payers across the country, and saying NO to a whole new low on sewage. Will Stone MP has signed our open letter calling for special administration of Thames Water - has your MP signed? 👇 swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news…
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"The industry is broken. Introducing regulations, penalties and blocking bonuses clearly is not working" Well said @EmmaLewell 🙌 More regulation is simply rearranging the deckchairs, while our pockets empty and our rivers fill with sewage. Public ownership NOW, beginning with the collapsing Thames Water. Emma Lewell MP has signed our open letter to Ofwat urging them to take Thames Water into special administration. Has your MP signed? weownit.org.uk/mps-open-lett…
Over a decade of campaigning 😔 Still no promised plan from Northumbrian Water 😡 Only nationalisation will fix our water industry 🌊 @We_OwnIt
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The Paris solution to housing being unaffordable and in short supply bit.ly/4uDMgfS buy up buildings and convert them to social housing at genuinely affordable rents
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It’s #GreatBigGreenWeek, so we’re thinking about how our green spaces shape how we live, breathe, and connect with the countryside around us. At CPRE Surrey, we’re proud to stand up for the landscapes that make Surrey unique. #Surrey #ProtectTheCountryside #CPRE
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The Government keeps claiming that taking water into public ownership would cost too much. Yesterday we, along with our fab supporters Feargal Sharkey WASP, the campaigners behind Channel 4's Dirty Business, delivered a message loud and clear to them. Their figures are nonsense. If you want MPs to have a serious debate about water, sign the petition: vist.ly/579yw
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AI data centres pose major risks to electricity prices, communities and the environment — people in Scotland are fighting hard against them By @cjmbaillie thecanary.co/uk/2026/06/10/a…
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The brilliant @Feargal_Sharkey sums it up "The whole industry’s got to go. Absolutely, without exception" Time to end the privatisation rip off diverting 1/3 OF YOUR WATER BILL into shareholder dividends and debt Are you listening @DefraGovUK ? mirror.co.uk/news/feargal-sh…
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This is sick. Remember when Steve Reed campaigned on a platform to save nature and the countryside? Now he is bulldozing local democracy for data centres no one asked for. No one voted for this. We should be protesting in the streets like Albania is.
New: Steve Reed has just overruled Slough Council to approve the UK's largest data centre site near Heathrow. The council had initially blocked it because of concerns about the Green Belt, so MHCLG called it in. The site has been designated as critical national infrastructure. assets.publishing.service.go…
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"Andy Burnham boost as pop legend and water campaigner Feargal Sharkey backs him for PM." I see Defra are still telling that utterly debunked lie about it costing £100 billion to nationalise the water industry. Just one of the reason they'll lost all credibility. express.co.uk/news/politics/…
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Public ownership of water is hugely popular. In a democracy this should count for something. But the government continues to undemocratically protect private water profiteers. Baroness Jenny Jones helped deliver a letter to the Environment Secretary, asking her to tell the truth about water public ownership.
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Something happened yesterday and the petition that will change your future is flying again petition.parliament.uk/petit… Sign and share - get the numbers and this will make a difference - you don't have to be a victim, as many of you already worked out.
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We don’t need to depend so heavily on synthetic fertilizers. Our Global Senior Campaigns Manager Antoine Mackay Tifine explains how agroecology helps farmers build resilience by working with nature. Read more: reut.rs/4xalf67
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The multinational Danone wanted to destroy community woodland for factory expansion. The Council refused. Why did it take 9 years, Dame Judi Dench, XR Red Rebels and a crowdfunded judicial review threat to stop one planning application? What a broken system. extinctionrebellion.uk/2026/…
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Let's stop Rosebank for good. I've tabled an Early Day Motion urging the Government to reject Rosebank once and for all - and commit to a just transition that delivers clean energy, good jobs, and energy independence. Ask your MP to sign it: actionnetwork.org/letters/as… @StopCambo
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90% of countries in the world can own their water but not us. People in England want their water back. But the government is protecting private water profiteers. It’s time to give the public a say. @Feargal_Sharkey wants you stand up and be counted. Sign the petition: vist.ly/576px
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Food security is national security, exactly the kind of strategic truth Sir Alex understood. We must restore the 1947 Agriculture Act principles and rebuild real resilience. Rest in peace, Sir Alex. Your clarity is sorely missed. #FoodSecurityNow
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