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Sam Unkim ๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ’™ retweeted
WATCH: Environment Department security tried to stop @Feargal_Sharkey, Baroness Jenny Jones and the Dirty Business campaigners @ashsmith43 and @watervole3 handing in their letter to Environment Secretary Emma Reynolds urging her to tell the truth about public ownership of water
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Sam Unkim ๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ’™ retweeted
Completely agree , itโ€™s all a nonsense , nationalisation and rigorous scrutiny are required , why is the tourist industry putting up with this , they must be losing millions.
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Please sign the petition to hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership. petition.parliament.uk/petitโ€ฆ

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Sam Unkim ๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ’™ retweeted
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. Itโ€™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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Sam Unkim ๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ’™ retweeted
Report shows Tax funding best for #NHS! The case for the NHS : Analysis of healthcare services in 22 countries reveal tax-funded systems cheaper, have lower admin costs โ€“ & no evidence insurance-based models outperform them. Peter Blackburn finds out more thedoctor.bma.org.uk/articleโ€ฆ
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Sam Unkim ๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ’™ retweeted
The public has got too used to being told; 'We just can't afford strong environmental protection and clean waters; we need to cut it even more and call it streamlining.' And doing nothing. While someone, often from another country, walks off with the cash that meant we could. When does the country wake up? This summer?
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Sam Unkim ๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ’™ retweeted
You'll want to be sitting down for this bit. Water companies are currently ยฃ82.7 billion in debt, have paid themselves ยฃ85 billion in dividends, leak over a trillion of litres of water per year, dump sewage for almost 4 million hours per year, have been convicted of over 1,200 criminal acts since 1989 and an average of 35% of your bill goes on nothing but paying more interest and yet more dividends. And not a single company has ever lost their operating licence. ๐Ÿ‘‡
Yorkshire Water and Northumbrian Water have nearly 200 criminal convictions between them. On 6 August 2024, Ofwat fined them ยฃ47m and ยฃ17m for sewage dumping. Fines not paid, will not be paid. Firms claim to have invested. No penalty for abusing laws leftfootforward.org/2026/01/โ€ฆ
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Sam Unkim ๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ’™ retweeted
Replying to @elonmusk @JeffBezos
STFU. Back in the 1950s, when MAGA thought the country was great, CEO pay was on average 21 times the amount of the average workerโ€™s pay. Today, that number is 285 to 1. You are hoarding wealth. Recently, someone died while working at Amazon, and the workers had to keep working around the dead body. Nearly half of Amazon's employees struggle to afford food and are on public assistance. We the people are subsidizing the lavish lifestyles of you asshole billionaires. Itโ€™s hard to avoid using Amazon these days, but letโ€™s not pretend that they provide a service that couldnโ€™t be had elsewhere. Additionally, in the 1950s, the top marginal tax rate exceeded 90%, and the corporate tax rate was 52%. We had a thriving middle class back then, so you can spare me your bullshit. Our tax structure is immoral, and so are you.
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Sam Unkim ๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ’™ retweeted
Replying to @elonmusk @JeffBezos
Elon tell Jeff humans arenโ€™t robots. Let workers use the bathroom.
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Sam Unkim ๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ’™ retweeted
A billionaire Trump mega-donor is set to make millions from Thames Waterโ€™s takeover bid. Overseas hedge fund lenders are demanding more power to pollute our waters, dodge fines and hike bills to service debt. Privatised water is a scam. Bring it back into public hands.
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Sam Unkim ๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ’™ retweeted
Right now, this government has a choice. They can hand over Thames Water to a billionaire Trump mega-donor, so that he can extract millions in profit. OR, they can bring Thames Water into special administration - slash the debts and put households and our environment first. Where does your MP stand? ๐Ÿ‘‡ vist.ly/54t2k
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Sam Unkim ๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ’™ retweeted
Now there's a very, very good question. Thames Water have now admitted that they are not treating (dousing) their sewage for phosphate due to a "supply issue". That by the way has a massive and negative impact on water quality and aquatic life. Funny they didn't mention any of that until they were called out on it. How many other WCs I wonder are having supply issues?
The @RiverChess test the Chess for phosphate levels and surprised to discover levels of up 1.99ppm at the @thameswater Chesham STW. A spokesman said โ€œDue to a supply issue affecting one of the treatment chemicals" they were unable to fully treat effluent. Reported to @EnvAgency
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Sam Unkim ๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ’™ retweeted
"Billionaire Trump donor in line to make millions from Thames Water bid." Meet who is now the de facto owner of Thames Water. It's a tragedy in 3 acts and it does not end well. ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡ theguardian.com/business/202โ€ฆ
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Sam Unkim ๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ’™ retweeted
Now that Privatisation has been shown to be the reason that the water industry has been allowed to rot to extract cash to shareholders, the people who still profit from letting it decay tell us that ending their scam would slow down its recovery. And our own government wants us to believe that, no matter how ridiculous or untrue it is. theguardian.com/business/202โ€ฆ
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Sam Unkim ๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ’™ retweeted
Who's really pulling the strings at Thames Water? Shareholders have walked away. In their place are US hedge fund companies like Elliott Management, whose CEO is a Trump mega-donor. Is that who you want controlling our biggest water company? Read our blog on the debate government doesn't want you to know about. vist.ly/54jpp
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Sam Unkim ๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ’™ retweeted
Claude is asked how it feels being used by the U.S. military.
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Sam Unkim ๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ’™ retweeted
"Thames Water investors say temporary nationalisation would slow its recovery." Thames Water still trying to bully tax payers and bill payers I see. Govt should hang up and tell them to clear off, there is no "market solution" to this mess. theguardian.com/business/202โ€ฆ
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Sam Unkim ๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ’™ retweeted
Wes Streeting had a once in a lifetime chance to reinstate the NHS as a FULLY PUBLIC SERVICE He squandered it, continuing with privatisation ยฃ1.6 billion was wasted on profits in the last 2 years according to @CHPIthinktank - enough to pay for 9,178 doctors or 19,428 nurses
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Sam Unkim ๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ’™ retweeted
Brilliant, brilliant exposรฉ by Alex Thomson @alextomo on @Channel4News last night, blowing the lid of the corrupt, and it is corruption of the @EnvAgency allowing water companies to walk away from criminal charges, jail time, unlimited fines and all for nothing more than a slap on the wrist and some blood money paid to local charities. It's time to put an end to this nonsense, it's time to hold people to account, it's time to send the fat cats to jail. channel4.com/news/the-dirty-โ€ฆ
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