Save Merrow Downs

A local group working to protect the beauty and wildlife of this area of the Surrey Hills from the threat of development - please RT and follow

[Save Merrow Downs @Merrowdarkskies]

Please show your support for our campaign against floodlights over Merrow Down's dark skies by following this page. We'll keep you updated . . .

[We Own It @We_OwnIt]

Andy Burnham is talking about taking water into public ownership over 10 years

Thames Water is a complete mess. It needs to come into public hands NOW.

Others also have abysmal records of sewage and dividends.

So 10 years of sewage? 10 years of dividends? 10 years of water cuts? NOT GOOD ENOUGH

[Trussell @TrussellUK]

In the last 5 years...

- Energy bills have shot up by 54%
- Food prices are up by 39%

But wages? Just 36%.
And Universal Credit has risen by only 31%.

Costs are rising so much faster than incomes. THIS is why people are struggling to survive right now. 💔

[Channel 4 News @Channel4News]

A committee of MPs has warned against the involvement of US tech company Palantir in public services.

The Commons Science Committee said Palantir's role in the NHS and other departments is an "unacceptable point of weakness".

[Green Party: Cambridge & South Cambs @CambridgeGreens]

The Greater Cambridge Development Corporation is a Labour power grab.

Cllr Jean Glasberg: "To ride roughshod over all objections and force though unsustainable growth at any cost is not just undemocratic, it is a reckless refusal to face inconvenient truths and could lead to irreparable harm to our environment."

[Rachel Millward @rachelmillward]

An equal and habitable world is possible! "The key was to address inequality and planetary habitability together." Tax billionaires, reduce working hours, increase spending on education and health. So much hope in this report.

https://t.co/9E2Gu3phsC

[Save Merrow Downs @Merrowdarkskies]

@labourlewis 'Not for profit' model will not address the loss of profit to pay inflated interest to the oversees owners of debt loaded onto the companies, thereby evading any tax into the bargain.

[Save Merrow Downs @Merrowdarkskies]

@labourlewis 'Not for profit' model will not address the loss of profit to pay inflated interest to the oversees owners of debt loaded onto the companies, thereby evading any tax into the bargain.

[Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis]

South East Water left thousands of homes in Kent without access to water on the hottest days of the year so far. Yet another shocking example of the failure of privatisation.

Given the scale of the crisis in the water sector, a purely regulatory approach is like putting a complaints box on the Titanic.

Public ownership is the only real solution, as I told the Water Minister in parliament yesterday.

[Chris Hinchliff MP @CHinchliffMP]

Politics must serve the public.

That’s why I’m calling to ban housing developer donations - their influence works against public good.

I also back Neil’s push to break the link between donors & public contracts.

Government must prioritise living standards over vested power.

[Prem Sikka @premnsikka]

In first, California city overwhelmingly votes to permanently ban datacenters.

Concerns about negative environmental effects, public health, increasing utility prices, proximity to homes.

Data centres don't generate many jobs.

Will Britons follow suit?
https://t.co/oMV7dZfVhk

[Cat Hobbs @CatHobbs]

We ALREADY HAVE public control of water and energy

Control = regulation
Government sets the rules, bills, service level

Ownership = profits reinvested, accountability

@NilsPratley is right, Burnham should be clear
"Go all-in" on public ownership

https://t.co/jXgyM7n0bZ

[Save Merrow Downs @Merrowdarkskies]

If you're one of the 16 million Thames Water customers read this! Everything anyone needs to know about how and why it should be in public ownership

[We Own It @We_OwnIt]

Last month Keir Starmer spoke about “public ownership in the public interest” for British Steel. But he is ignoring another piece of critical national infrastructure that supports the economy – the water company that stopped meeting its licence conditions in July 2024.

Read our latest piece on Thames Water: https://t.co/jXZwh48IDc

[Geoffrey Lean @GeoffreyLean]

Wanting growth. Go green! CBI report shows Britain’s green economy growing by ten per cent a year, as are green jobs, now totalling over a million, paying better and more productive than others. Scrapping net zero would be economic madness.

https://t.co/31rbt1Cixn

[Windrush WASP @WindrushWasp]

@SaulStaniforth Please sign and share https://t.co/p7dZoNJONr

[Windrush WASP @WindrushWasp]

What sort of government has off-the-record meetings with bosses of water companies that they know are breaking the law on an industrial scale.

First, the regulators and now the government, embroiled in the dirty business.

What did you talk about with the Thames Water Chairman who diverted over £1billion of customers' money out of investment to reduce pollution to the benefit of him and the owners instead, Environment Secretary @EmmaforWycombe ?

https://t.co/CIYWBaWGCy

[Cat Hobbs @CatHobbs]

South West Water's criminal offence made hundreds of people sick

Shareholders' NET EXTRACTION £5 BILLION from 1990-2023

A £1.85m fine is irrelevant, pocket change

Make them put lack of investment on balance sheet as a liability

Then PUBLIC OWNERSHIP

https://t.co/raoj30ycHO

[Cat Hobbs @CatHobbs]

Shocking 👇 the government's decision to say no to public ownership of water MUST be revisited

Mandelson co-founded Global Counsel which lobbied for privatised water

Both Environment Secretaries Steve Reed and Emma Reynolds were clearly close to him

https://t.co/ivPGBO9gSH

[Ian Sinclair @IanJSinclair]

"This government has received serious scientific, intelligence and policy advice that it should take significant action on food security, but it keeps signalling all is OK. It’s not" - Prof. Tim Lang https://t.co/IKsR0ornsf @GreenRupertRead

[Chris Hinchliff MP @CHinchliffMP]

The level of failure in our housing system is getting absurd.

Continuing to rely on overpriced new builds with rip-off service fees is going to bring the whole pack of cards crashing down.

We need homes for those who can't afford them, not assets for the super rich.

[Adrian Ramsay MP @AdrianRamsay]

The Joint Intelligence Committee report describes ecological collapse as posing catastrophic & irreversible risks to the UK.

I asked what steps the Ministry of Defence is taking to coordinate action across Govt.

Parliament must be allowed to scrutinise these findings and the Govt response.