When and why did Thames Water acquire a parent company?

And did Ofwat only review the purchase (when Thames Water sold itself to a company which had been registered just a few months before?) *after* it had taken place?

#r4today @bbcr4today

'The sounds of coral reefs' are played on @bbcr4today about once every two years.

#r4today

Careful Ms Kearney, you're taking a position here.

#r4today

Are we not givign credence to reports of 'explosions' in Iraq and Syria?

#r4today

The government rejects an agreement with the EU for young people's mobility and prefers its 'current approach of bilateral agreements with individual EU countries'?

Are there any such agreements? Isn't the problem that such things are done at the EU level?

#r4today

The mechanics of collapsing [a] Scottish government are – at least theoretically – straightforward. If the First Minister resigns... the Scottish Parliament collectively has to elect a replacement within 28 days or call an election.

thenational.scot/politics/23199…

#r4today

Mark Menzies: Police reviewing allegations against suspended Tory MP

bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi…

#bbcpm #c4news

... the 130 or so hostages still unaccounted for...

How many of them do you think are still alive?

#bbcpm @bbcnews

'A vote to convict under these circumstances will require not just impartiality, but a hefty dose of courage as well.'

Anonymizing Trump's Jurors
[US] courts are badly unprepared for a 21st century mass-media trial

juliansanchez.substack.com/p/anonymizing-…

#bbcpm

The Infected Blood Inquiry was aware of the desperate need for compensation and established a study on the subject which reported two years ago. Government still held back from doing anything until next month's final report.

infectedbloodinquiry.org.uk/reports/infect…

#bbcpm

I can't remember when I first read about the use by the NHS of blood products manufactured in the USA from blood taken from prisoners, but it was a very long time ago.

How soon after 1973?

theguardian.com/society/2018/m…

#bbcpm

What's happening in Gaza under the cover of Iranian distractions?

#bbcpm

A moral mission™

'Hard work is a long-standing British value, and we want to encourage and support people to find the meaning and dignity it can bring. That’s why we’re announcing a new plan to put work at the heart of welfare.'

pm-priorities.campaign.gov.uk/how-were-refor…

#bbcpm

Has anybody on @bbcnews reported on Croatia's parliamentary election on Wednesday?

bbc.co.uk/news/world-eur…

#bbcpm

The Prime Minister and Home Secretary have announced a new plan to cut net migration and stop the abuse of our immigration system

Abuse?

People using your governments' policies, being required by your policies to undercut other people's wages

pm-priorities.campaign.gov.uk/explained-our-…

#wato

#wato #bbcpm

Sunak: my patience has 'run thin' over Rwanda and on Monday parliament will 'sit there and vote until it’s done'
theguardian.com/politics/live/…

I want the Home Secretary to be prevented by law from deciding that Rwanda is no longer safe.
hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2024-04-…

#wato

I hadn't spotted this before - a prime ministerial campaign site which doesn't seem to obey the normal rules for gov.uk.

pm-priorities.campaign.gov.uk

#wato

That's #r4today and #wato who're interviewing the candidates for Mayor of London.

If only a national programme could look at the candidates for a non-London mayoral campaign, perhaps the new East Midlands position.

Too late now, for yet another cycle.

#wato

Today's government media management initiative is. . .

[drum roll]

. . . finding 'work and health professionals' to adjudicate on 'fit notes'. . .

. . . in Sunak's post-election dreams.

#wato