A turd in the hand is worth… billions in profits! As OFWAT allows massive bill rises to reward Thames Water 💧’s continued failure, here’s what my experience of standing in a river full of shit has taught me about the sewage crisis, it’s origins & what we must do to fix it 🧵

If a CSO should have been fixed decades ago, then the cost of fixing it now must be borne by water company shareholders, & never current bill payers. Once extent of problem is ascertained, further reports should be on the specifics of fixing CSO’s & the solutions required

Cut urban speed limits to uniform 20mph. Actually ban the 15k+ drivers with 12+ points. And actually police dangerous driving and antisocial parking by passing a law making it mandatory for police and local authorities to act on submitted video footage. Sorted.

Oh golly gosh. Liz Truss saying Kamala Harris has proved she’s not up to the job as VP. My ironymeter has just exploded into a million tiny pieces

British rioter who punches a policeman in the face gets 3 years in jail. Just Stop Oil environmentalists, including Roger Hallam, gets 4-5 years in prison-for organising a peaceful protest on zoom. Let that sink in.

Are some of your household products killing insects and wildlife? theguardian.com/environment/ar…

The same Jim Ratcliffe who in 2020 changed his tax residence from Hampshire to Monaco in a move estimated to have starved public services of £4 billion is now complaining that Britain's cities are unsafe because of a "failure by authorities to provide basic public services"...🤔

Sharks devouring cocaine flung overboard during raids, fish populations crashing as exposure to the levels of oestrogenic chemicals found at sewage outlets feminises male fish, Prof Alex Ford on the flood of pharmaceuticals engulfing aquatic creatures.🧵 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/coc…

Any chance the pensioners' fuel payment gets substituted with a mass insulation programme??? The Labour Party #InsulateBritain

GeekySloth The Labour Party Even easier by cancelling the last govt’s atrocious £22 Billion traffic inducing new roads programme Rachel Reeves Ed Miliband Louise Haigh 🚸 #CarsHaveHadTheirDay 💀

It doesn't matter if the driver nearly killed you, they'll think that you touching their car is worse irishcycle.com/2024/09/17/it-…

FRIDAY: British Airways privately offers staff cut-price fights on private jets, the most polluting way to fly MONDAY: BA boasts publicly of new CO2 removal deal TODAY: Ditches private jets scheme after Times gets in touch, calls it “oversight” Story 👇 thetimes.com/uk/environment…

Is the Lower Thames Crossing the world’s most expensive sticking plaster? greenallianceblog.org.uk/2024/10/03/is-…

Elon hit 200 million followers so it’s a good time to remind you that when his followers were audited -72% had fewer than 10 followers -42% had 0 -41% had never tweeted -25% joined after he became owner -13% only follow him He’s artificially inflating his follower count.

This running joke continues, as November 2024 will almost certainly be warmer than any November in observed history before 2023. Which would make it the 18th month with more heat in the Earth system than any month before that in well over 100,000 years.

This is a critical point about the climate crisis that is too often overlooked. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

The incredible Chris Packham has stepped up, urging a ban on fossil fuel advertising and sponsorship. 🌍🔥 ✍️ Add your voice and sign the petition—help us push this issue into Parliament! 👉 petition.parliament.uk/petitions/7000…

Love the swimming pool analogy

‘My jaw dropped’: Bat loss linked to death of human infants | Science | AAAS Beware of destroying bat habitats in the name of growth The Labour Party Rachel Reeves science.org/content/articl…