#Otd 1895: Oscar Wilde convicted in Old Bailey of gross indecency. Sentenced to 2 years hard labour (until 18 May 1897). Many hours of walking treadmill & picking oakum (separating the fibres in scraps of old navy ropes). Allowed to read only the Bible & The Pilgrim's Progress.

How long before the ‘boil water’ advisory is posted?

London's drinking water may not be safe to drink because the Conservatives have broken Britain's water industry.

It's time for change.
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Helena Horton Sick of water privatisation, sick of profiteering, sick of what it has done to the country?
It doesn't have to be like this.

EDF has refused to answer our questions about the impact of Hinkley Point C on migrating fish.

We don't think anyone is above UK law, so we've referred them to the ICO - Information Commissioner's Office

Read more...bit.ly/3R18I1o

World Fish Migration Day #WFMD2024
World Fish Migration Foundation Angling Trust

“Thames Water tests for vomiting bug contamination as families fall sick

Exclusive: after cryptosporidium outbreak in Devon, residents in south-east London report stomach cramps and diarrhoea.”

How long, in God’s name how long can this go on? 🤬

theguardian.com/environment/ar…

Genius. 👇😂👏👏👏

It is a huge honour to be President of Labour's Environment Campaign - SERA Labour's Environment Campaign and the time really is now.

The moment SERA members have been waiting for has finally arrived.

See you at the ballot box.

'Thames Water price warning as Ofwat postpones bill cost review due to General Election.'

Tick tock, tick tock, tick tock.

express.co.uk/finance/person…

'This guy brilliantly nailed the water companies’ scandal in 45 seconds flat on Question Time and had everyone applauding.' 😎

thepoke.com/2024/05/24/wat…

'Thames Water lender races to offload £600m of loans amid election uncertainty.'

I'll give you 65p for the lot of it. Oh all right then, 75p, but that's my last and final offer.

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40,000 hours of sewage dumped on government’s new ‘wild swimming’ sites in 2023.

OOPS!

inews.co.uk/news/sewage-sp…

20 of the 33 Blue Flag beaches had sewage dumped on them at least 30 times last year.

9 of them more than 100 times.

inews.co.uk/news/environme…

📢 ANNOUNCEMENT: ⬇️

A judge has ruled that farming practices will have to change in response to a legal challenge by RiverActionUK over the Environment Agency's alleged failure to enforce regulations to protect the River Wye from pollution. 1/3 🧵

👉 bit.ly/RiverWyeLegalA…

Illegal abstraction triggering illegal sewage dumping.

And the @Envagency? Too busy burying Freedom of Information requests incase they prove too embarrassing.

Welcome to the modern world of regulation.

“If there’s ever a point in history that water was on the top of the political agenda it is now” — Feargal Sharkey

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And answer from Anglian Water came there none.

'Jeremy Hunt says he’s ‘very cross’ at Thames water asking for bill payers to ‘bail them out’ with bill rises.'

I suspect Jeremy Hunt is not the only one ‘very cross’ with their local water company.

lbc.co.uk/news/jeremy-hu…

Oh look, in the last 24 hours United Utilities has been dumping sewage into Englands largest lake.

Why is this happening ? Because water companies are prioritising dividend return over environmental protection.

savewindermere.com

So, what are the political parties’

'UK government's 'vague' proposals', to deal with the River Wye criticised.

'Vague'. I would have thought that's been pretty generous.

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