Thames Water creditors ask England watchdog to pause fines for sewage dumping, unplugged leaks. They don't want to end profiteering, cash extraction, undeserved exec pay. The industry is financially, morally and environmentally bankrupt. Only public ownership can end the abuses. archive.ph/hxUhA

Thames Water creditors ask watchdog to defer sewage spill fines

Financial institutions want Ofwat to pause penalties for failings on water leaks and spillages for several years while the utility tackles its problems

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I’ve signed this - please sign before the deadline tomorrow 22nd.

We Own It@weownit.org.uk · 2y ago

⏰The Govt have under 2 weeks to block the bailout of Thames Water. 📑25,000 people have signed the petition to take Thames Water into public ownership. #Thames has failed and shouldn't be rewarded with a £3 billion bailout. Agree? Sign our petition tinyurl.com/yxht3p94

I’ve sent this to my Lib Dem MP - please share with yours, particularly in areas where they may not already be aligned to these priorities.

EveryDoctor@everydoctor.org.uk · 2y ago

EMERGENCY - the NHS is in a state of absolute emergency. We are running an emergency meeting for MPs, bringing powerful frontline NHS staff testimony to push them into action to safeguard lives. Please click here to invite yours: everydoctor.eaction.org.uk/emergency-br...

@cartoonralph.bsky.social I saw this posted by someone else, and then searched for you so I could follow. Thanks for the succinct way you point out what's really going on.

Why did Alan Mak, the Shadow Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, accept £20,000 from Yan Huo, co-founder of Capula Investment Management, which has millions of dollars' worth of investments in private healthcare and pharmaceutical companies?

Magnificently (& appropriately) savage from @tompeck.bsky.social on Matt Hancock’s nauseatingly self-serving performance at the Covid Inquiry yesterday. He repeated the lies about the NHS not being overwhelmed (it was) & there being no national shortage of PPE (there was). 2 more hours today 😡

normalize blocking people to protect them from you or you from them normalize that you may never know why people blocked you, and thats ok because we all have our own traumas and we all need to protect ourselves and each other the best we can right now

Thread for those new to BlueSky. First of all, welcome. It feels like a safer space, doesn’t it? But also perhaps a bit disorienting initially? Here’s some tips for getting your bearings.

Livers are overrated, as is autism. Once the autism fad is over, would you rather your child had no liver or no autism? We think we know the answer. thedailytism.com/phew-five-il...

Phew! Five illnesses to give your unvaccinated children that are WAY better than autism

As a parent it’s only natural to be concerned about that one discredited academic paper from 1998 linking vaccines to autism. On the whole, most of us would agree we'd rather have a child with a highe...

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Closing down my account Over There, and it's looking a bit desperate. Interrobangs are not for amateurs.