Reg6h ago
Jonathan Schofield

So far, only about 1% of the British electorate has registered an interest in having a vote on channeling water management away from dumping effluent for profit and instead into public ownership for health.

Perhaps we can bump the numbers a bit, at least to the point where how not to enshittify what we drink and cook with might be debated by MPs?

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/762640

Petition: Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership

Hold a binding national referendum on whether the water industry should be returned to public ownership. Water is a basic human necessity; we believe our privatised system has failed, so the public should decide who owns and controls it.

Petitions - UK Government and Parliament
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Show threadAlan Buxey5h ago
@urlyman this petition is specifically calling for the re-nationalisation of the industry - there are other ways - eg moving to not-for-profit (any/all profits reinvested into the infrastructure) companies, away from shareholder profit driven private equity asset management holders etc
Show threadRoger BW 😷2h ago
@urlyman A referendum that will just go to the highest bidder, like the ones about voting reform and Brexit?
Show threadJonathan Schofield2h ago
@RogerBW yes probs. But just getting Parliament to focus on it would be good