Dear British Public,
Go fuck yourselves.

Love, the government.

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/757426?reveal_response=yes

Petition: Nationalise water companies to make water a non profit publicly owned asset

To make water a non profit making national asset that ensures we have a secure water infrastructure that ensures our water security for future generations.

Petitions - UK Government and Parliament

@gareth

Or, the for-profit owners would make it too costly and painful.

That's why this needs to be a nationwide movement, not only a petition.

#NationaliseWaterCompanies

@TCatInReality
And yet when Thames Water - valued at the time at £24 billion if memory serves - put itself up for sale, it couldn't get £3 billion.

With £20 billion in debt, let it go bust. Let the venture capitalists and profiteers swallow the losses and then nationalise it for nowt.
@gareth

@blingoali @TCatInReality @gareth
There'll be a lot of people in it who make stuff work.
A shadow org ready for them to be paid by would be good.

@Photo55 @blingoali @gareth

The gov has a "special administration" process ready to go. They just need to do it.

The second step is to fire the top management and replace with their Operations people who know how things work (vs how to appease shareholders). It'll save money and speed efficiency improvements.

#NationaliseThamesWaterNow

@TCatInReality @blingoali @gareth
Beware the Peter Principle.
Also, surely the Ops people are quite busy.