Nick Turnbull

In early retirement. Volunteer Adviser with Citizens Advice. Enjoy the outdoors: hiking, cycling and running.

[Alethea Bernard @Tush27J]

Thames Water have absolutely no f*cking shame. £1 million payment given to Finance Chief Steve Buck.

Piss taking does not cover this outrageous act of corruption.

The water industry is a crime syndicate.

Disgusting.

#BBCBreakfast #r4today #SkyNews

https://t.co/uhXSfnuv8v

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

Too busy giving their new finance director a £1,000,000 signing on bonus.

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

And why do I care about the River Test?

Because right now I’m standing on the banks and this is the view. Get your hands off it Southern Water…

[Nick Turnbull @tumblesturkey]

Petition to stop the early release from jail of PC Andrew Harper's killers https://t.co/kteCKYLH3P via @UKChange

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

This is what corporate corruption looks like in real life, a company that leaks about 100 million litres of water per day, cuts off the water supply to its customers, shareholders bled the company dry, massive lack of investment, incompetent management, sweating the assets…. and in and on…

Govt should put an end to customers misery and seize control, today..

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

Enough of the bullshit, enough of the rhetoric, enough of the fiddling around the edges, enough of rearranging the deckchairs, enough of pointless commissions and even more pointless reports, enough of the lying, enough of the deceit, enough of the gaslighting, enough of the masquerade, enough of the pretending it's time for govt to get a grip, to show leadership, to show determination, to do the right thing, to act.

It's time to put the water industry back into public ownership and the time to do that is now.

But have they got the balls?!

[Clean Up Britain @cleanupbritain]

Sadly, this is true.

[Clean Up Britain @cleanupbritain]

We must stop making excuses for failing Councils. There were 20+ roads like this one - seriously flooded - in a 9 sq mile area. There are 1000s of blocked drains all over Britain. This is what you see in a Third World country. ⁦@newman_andrea⁩

[Simon Calder @SimonCalder]

10 days to the EU entry-exit system: all you need to know about facial biometrics and fingerprinting at borders.
No need to organise anything in advance.
This is just an extra layer of red tape. Manual passport checking/stamping will continue for 6 months.
https://t.co/bAiWxlr8Y6

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

"Ofwat chief executive David Black to step down."

I actually like David but he should never have been made chief executive which calls into question the judgement of @Ofwat's board who appointed him which in turn calls into question the judgement of the Secretary of State for the Environment who appointed them for that my friends, that is where the buck stops, right there.

https://t.co/rJromZJEv2

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

I'm posting this again 👇 to remind you all of exactly how much @Defra are tying to misled you. 👇

[Farrukh @implausibleblog]

Krishnan Guru-Murthy, "Water companies say they're putting billions in"

Feargal Sharkey, "They took £84 billion in dividends and created £74 billion of debt.. We've been cheated"

"There is no pollution control in this country anyone, the companies are out of control"

"These companies are treating their customers and the environment with contempt"

Krishnan Guru-Murthy, "Renationalisation is hugely expensive"

Feargal Sharkey, "It's not.. Thames Water is fundamentally bankrupt, the government should force them into special administration and renationalise it"

"We need to remove the profitability element from these companies"

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

I'm going to try a little experiment. It's just gone 9:00am, London and parts of southern England are under an "Amber" weather warning, let's how long it takes for the sewage dumping to start and how it progresses over the next few hours.

Oh look, it's only been raining for a few hours and the dumping's started already. Well done to @SouthernWater, @thameswater, @AnglianWater.

[Scotland’s Story @80_mcswan]

If you want Michelle Mone removed from the House of Lords and repay the £136,000,000 owed to taxpayers, please RT!

[Nick Turnbull @tumblesturkey]

We must shout even louder until we get meaningful action.
So far the response of government and regulators has been pathetically weak.

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

Government acted quickly enough over British Steel, why not the water industry?

It’s time for driven, focused, ambitious leadership. It’s time to get real.

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

Government acted quickly enough over British Steel, why not the water industry?

It’s time for driven, focused, ambitious leadership. It’s time to get real.

[Nick Turnbull @tumblesturkey]

@MWCravenUK @CapitalCrime1 Enjoy

[Nick Turnbull @tumblesturkey]

@elonmusk No.
The damage was to Trump and Vance. We need statesmen. Not showmen!

[Nick Turnbull @tumblesturkey]

@Rob7Burrow Started reading this book today. It’s so real. So genuine. A heartfelt account of courage, dedication and love. There’s sadness but no self pity. Excellent.

[Chris Packham @ChrisGPackham]

On behalf of newts and bats we shall fight them in the countryside , we shall fight them in the ponds and marshes , we shall fight in the belfry’s , we shall fight them in the caves . We will never surrender our wildlife . . .
(Channeling my inner @JonathanPieNews !)