Zoe Wheeler

[Prem Sikka @premnsikka]

Thames Water diverted millions of pounds pledged for environmental clean-ups to pay bonuses & dividends

187 criminal convictions since 1989, routinely dumps sewage in rivers/seas, neglects investment.

Protected by successive govts, customers fleeced.
https://t.co/arG5aQfh7i

[Good Law Project @GoodLawProject]

“Thames Water intentionally diverted millions of pounds pledged for environmental clean-ups towards other costs including bonuses” 🤯

This is an absolute scandal. Thames Water shouldn’t be let off the hook – they should face criminal consequences.
https://t.co/504GIf5nht

[Peter Stefanovic @PeterStefanovi2]

Appalling. 77-year-old climate protestor, Gaie Delap, has been recalled to prison over Christmas because her wrists are too small for a tag to be fitted.

@GoodLawProject are supporting Gaie to challenge this cruel decision. Here's how you can help👇

https://t.co/KbPKwuscON

[Tim Farron @timfarron]

This is a massive kick in the teeth for customers.

While water companies are polluting our lakes and rivers with gallons of sewage, company executives are stuffing their pockets with bonuses.

Ofwat must finally be replaced with a new regulator to hold water companies to account

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

Brilliant summary from Paul Lewis 👇

Mark this day for it is the day you became angry.

[Cat Hobbs @CatHobbs]

Absolutely disgraceful that Ofwat is allowing Thames Water to raise bills by 33%

Asset stripping
Sewage dumping
Demanding a bailout

Time to WITHDRAW THAMES WATER'S LICENCE and bring it into public ownership

Not make households pay

[Prem Sikka @premnsikka]

Thames Water wins court approval to secure ‘critical’ £3bn loan st 10% interest.

Increasing the debt pile can't solve the crisis.

Customers will pay extra £250 a year.

Sewage dumping, dividends, high exec pay will continue.

End the scam. Nationalise.
https://t.co/Y1NndgkeIm

[Cat Hobbs @CatHobbs]

Extremely disappointing

Thames Water just won court approval to go ahead with bailout request

Who would pay for it? Households of course

We are the security on ALL their loans

We are the revenue stream

We are the captive market

SO WE WILL FIGHT THIS EVERY STEP OF THE WAY

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

"England's sewage scandal took place because successive governments failed to enforce the law for three decades".

And that is everything you need to know in a single sentence.

https://t.co/mz3P5jQ6w7

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

"Government has broken the law on sewage, says watchdog."

Not 1 but 2 courts have told @Ofwat and @EnvAgency they were acting illegally and now the @OfficeforEP has joined that list.

How much long before we do the right thing and abolish both of them?

https://t.co/Gc6dosTyD4

[RiverActionUK @RiverActionUK]

🚨 No fines have been handed to water companies for illegal sewage dumps, despite the @EnvAgency finding nearly 500(‼️) since 2020.

By this ABYSMAL failure to enforce the law, the @EnvAgency are enabling WC's to pollute our rivers with impunity.. ⬇️
https://t.co/ns69MF3uyR

[Peter Stefanovic @PeterStefanovi2]

Reform UK leader @Nigel_Farage says

“We need to leave the ECHR so we can deport people that come illegally & take back control of our borders & that’s what the public wants”

RT if you disagree with his populist boll**** the UK should join Russia & Belarus outside the ECHR

[SOS Whitstable @SOSWhitstable]

One of our great traditions, the Boxing Day dip, has been cancelled in Deal because of a no swim warning due to high E. Coli levels.

The swim is a charity event which usually raises £7,000 for good causes.

Will you be donating this money instead @SouthernWater?

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

Meanwhile if you're thinking about booking a holiday on the Norfolk Broads next year.

"Sewage spills into Norfolk river for nine days."

https://t.co/ghAB1cS8CP

[Zoe Wheeler @zewheeler]

RT @Feargal_Sharkey: The River Wyley is a chalk stream one of the rarest rivers on earth. It is also a Special Area of Conservation one of…

[We Own It @We_OwnIt]

Green MP @carla_denyer saying what we’re all thinking - why is the so called independent water commission exploring everything BUT public ownership as a solution. 🤯

Water is broken in this country. Public ownership is the ONLY solution.
#water #publicownership #greens

[Cat Hobbs @CatHobbs]

Revealed today: Thames Water has a potential new buyer

3 things you need to know...

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

So far this year @thameswater has spent 2,678 hours dumping sh*t into the River Ver, a chalk stream in Hertfordshire. 2,678 hours, this year alone.

Not to worry there's still 888 hours of 2024 left.

[Peter Stefanovic @PeterStefanovi2]

“We are at a heat the human not the home stage for many”

@MartinSLewis tells #Newsnight the situation facing pensioners who’ve lost the winter fuel payment and cost of living payment is "devastating"
with the energy price cap also rising in January

[Jenny Jones @GreenJennyJones]

We have treated water companies quite differently from, say, someone cheating on benefits.
Why is that @10DowningStreet ?