On the weekend I attended Take Back Water: What if we refuse to pay💧🌊 My notes from the event include: We must shift our thinking away from the consumer narrative - WE ARE ENTITLED TO WATER - it makes up over 60% of our bodies💙 Continued below🩵

TODAY: What if we refused to pay? Join us and an incredible line up of experts from think tanks, trade unions and local anti-sewage pollution campaigns to discuss how we take back water from the profiteers and polluters 👇

Abolish private ownership of water next.

Last chance – register now! Join our event tomorrow: What if we refused to pay? buytickets.at/takebackwate...

Tired of reading about Water Boss’ Bonuses? Reading about Fine’s that do fuck all? Seeing Sewage increasing? What if we refused to pay our water bills? Join Take Back Water tomorrow for the first event of many on politics of refusal and common ownership.

Take Back Water@takebackwater.bsky.social · last yr.

Speaker line-up | Common ownership For our first session on Saturday, we're excited to be joined by a series of excellent speakers from the water and common ownership movements. Check it out 👇

What will it take to end the failure of private ownership of water? This Saturday, join us and an incredible line up of experts from think tanks, trade unions and local anti-sewage pollution campaigns to discuss this question👇 buytickets.at/takebackwate...

Speaker line-up | Common ownership For our first session on Saturday, we're excited to be joined by a series of excellent speakers from the water and common ownership movements. Check it out 👇

Three days to go! Join us on Saturday to discuss what it'll take to end the scandal of private ownership of water with experts from think tanks, trade unions and local anti-sewage pollution campaigns. Register for event now 👇 buytickets.at/takebackwate...

What will it take to end the failure of private ownership of water? On Saturday 19 July, we're inviting you to join us and an incredible line up of experts from think tanks, trade unions and local anti-sewage pollution campaigns to discuss this question👇

🎳 What if we refused to pay? Join us and an incredible line-up of experts from think tanks, trade unions and local anti-sewage pollution campaigns for our event on Saturday 19 July! Secure your spot now 👇 www.tickettailor.com/events/takeb...

🎳 What if we refused to pay? 🎳 ✉ From the Poll Tax to Don’t Pay, mass refusal has a powerful history in the UK. Millions have come together to oppose unjust taxes and soaring bills through the act of refusing to pay.

Thames Water might soon be brought into a Special Administration Regime, but public ownership alone won’t fix a system rigged for private profit. Without real social control, we risk repeating the same mistakes.

The Government said it’d cost £99bn to publicly own our water. But this drew on calculations by — drumroll — water company lobbyists. The true cost is closer to zero. Here’s why. 🧵

It’s always the same - privatise the profits, socialise the losses. They spend decades siphoning wealth off-shore and then everyone else has to bail them out so they don’t run any risk.

Take Back Water@takebackwater.bsky.social · last yr.

Keir Starmer could've taken Thames Water back into public hands months ago. Now he's being blackmailed by the only remaining bidder willing to rescue the utility before it runs out of cash at the end of the month. Their terms: don't prosecute our crimes.

Like only they can do, Labour and Starmer have made an already bad situation a lot worse 👏🏼

Take Back Water@takebackwater.bsky.social · last yr.

Keir Starmer could've taken Thames Water back into public hands months ago. Now he's being blackmailed by the only remaining bidder willing to rescue the utility before it runs out of cash at the end of the month. Their terms: don't prosecute our crimes.

What other industry could so brazenly demand immunity from the crimes they commit? If Keir Starmer won't stand up to this blackmail, it's up to us to act. Join the pledge to strike and help put the criminal Thames Water out of business for good 👉 takebackwater.uk

The Guardian@theguardian.com · last yr.

Bidders demand Thames Water granted immunity over environmental crimes

Keir Starmer could've taken Thames Water back into public hands months ago. Now he's being blackmailed by the only remaining bidder willing to rescue the utility before it runs out of cash at the end of the month. Their terms: don't prosecute our crimes.

Water firms have already said they'll increase bosses' salaries to get around any ban on bonuses. The only way to end the profiteering is to take water out of private hands.

it will never not astound me how little you can buy a labour politician for

Take Back Water@takebackwater.bsky.social · last yr.

The government bent over backward to hand Thames Water over to KKR. Now they've pulled out and Thames only has cash to operate until the end of the month. Water for 16 million people is now at risk all over a £27,000 donation?

politicians prefer private companies because nationalised ones don’t ‘donate’ to them

Take Back Water@takebackwater.bsky.social · last yr.

The government bent over backward to hand Thames Water over to KKR. Now they've pulled out and Thames only has cash to operate until the end of the month. Water for 16 million people is now at risk all over a £27,000 donation?

I'm about to do my mandatory "don't do corruption" training at work and I'll be interested once again to see how many of the things I'm explicitly told will lead to me being sacked the government openly does.

Take Back Water@takebackwater.bsky.social · last yr.

The government bent over backward to hand Thames Water over to KKR. Now they've pulled out and Thames only has cash to operate until the end of the month. Water for 16 million people is now at risk all over a £27,000 donation?

Imagine working for years to get into politics just to sell out a whole integral bit of infrastructure for £27k.

Take Back Water@takebackwater.bsky.social · last yr.

The government bent over backward to hand Thames Water over to KKR. Now they've pulled out and Thames only has cash to operate until the end of the month. Water for 16 million people is now at risk all over a £27,000 donation?

£27k is nothing to those 'donating'. Labour aren't even good at bribery. Cheap.

Take Back Water@takebackwater.bsky.social · last yr.

The government bent over backward to hand Thames Water over to KKR. Now they've pulled out and Thames only has cash to operate until the end of the month. Water for 16 million people is now at risk all over a £27,000 donation?

Can we please call this what it actually is? It's CORRUPTION!

Take Back Water@takebackwater.bsky.social · last yr.

The government bent over backward to hand Thames Water over to KKR. Now they've pulled out and Thames only has cash to operate until the end of the month. Water for 16 million people is now at risk all over a £27,000 donation?

£27,000 *bribe*

Take Back Water@takebackwater.bsky.social · last yr.

The government bent over backward to hand Thames Water over to KKR. Now they've pulled out and Thames only has cash to operate until the end of the month. Water for 16 million people is now at risk all over a £27,000 donation?

The government bent over backward to hand Thames Water over to KKR. Now they've pulled out and Thames only has cash to operate until the end of the month. Water for 16 million people is now at risk all over a £27,000 donation?

Nobody will buy a UK water company. The current owners have syphoned off money by borrowing against assets, sold all the assets they can, degraded all the assets that remain .. and polluted all the waterways with sewerage dumping. Nobody will buy a UK water company.