Thames Water infrastructure average age is 79 yrs. 40% of assets are 100+ yrs old.
Water industry average is 56 years.
At current rate, it will take 700+ yrs to renew assets.
Since 1989 industry neglected investment, £88bn+ dividends paid, customers fleeced.
Privatisation isn't the answer.
Corporate capture of the state.
The Post Office with help from Fujitsu, accountants, lawyers illegally convicted postmasters for fraud.
£1.5bn+ compensation paid from public purse. Perpetrators paid ZERO.
No one charged/prosecuted for lying in courts. Fujitsu gets govt contracts.
Who governs?
Keir Starmer actually put this in a briefing to Labour MPs of 'useful questions to ask' today. The PM knew of Mandelson's relationship Epstein when he appointed him.
And yet thinks he can still exploit the grief of the victims. This is why he is not fit to be Prime Minister.
David Lammy. Great to catch up with my friend JD Vance today in DC following his talks in Pakistan. It's vital that the cewsedire continues and we get shipping flowing freely again through the Straits of Hormuz. We continue to work together towards a just and lasting piece in Ukraine.
"My friend."
This is how our government greets those accused of war crimes.
This is not diplomacy. It's debasement.
And have always done this.
Reform activist visited by Farage wrote vile Hitler posts - so we confronted him
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Yougov/sky/times polling intention reform - 24, con - 19, greens - 18, labour - 17, lib Dem - 13
The hard work of the thousands of Green Party members is paying off.
Every conversation we have makes a difference.
Lower Bills. Protect the NHS. Keep us out of US wars.
It's now been 3 hours since our supposed "ally" Donald Trump threatened genocide on a country of 93 million people.
We've had absolutely nothing from the UK government.
This doesn't come in a vacuum either - every day the US & Israel have been murdering innocent people.
Donald Trump talks about plans to commit war crimes by obliterating civilian desalination plants in Iran, and the FTSE 100 celebrates by pushing up share valuations. I always thought there was no logic to stock markets. Now I know that they are places of callous indifference to human suffering.
Trump is threatening war crimes in Iran, and the UK is not stopping him youtu.be/_N_naLsL_s4?...
“The right to trial by jury is an important factor in the delicate balance between the power of the state and the freedom of the individual. The further it’s restricted, the greater the imbalance”
Those were the words of Keir Starmer
Binary thinking in the argument over whether the US or Israel is driving the illegal war on Iran obscures far more than it illuminates. The truth is the dog and the tail are wagging each other.
Read my latest here: jonathancook.substack.com/p/does-the-t...
@gillianmacmsp.bsky.social MSP, said:
“This is a big milestone for our party, and I am grateful to everyone who has joined our movement.
“All over Scotland, there are more and more people demanding bold change, and the Scottish Greens are the only party offering it."
greens.scot/news/scottis...
Far Right UKIP knobs were outnumbered by counter protestors AND the Police in Liverpool today.
They had to hide behind the Police.
How embarrassing.
Nothing Ever Happens Here is published by Usborne and marketed for readers aged 9+. It was included in BookTrust’s 2020 Great Books Guide for 10 to 11-year-olds and was nominated for the Carnegie Medal 2021. BookTrust gives it a reading age of 10+ and an interest age of 11 to 14. Sarah Hagger-Holt, a two-time Little Rebels Award winner, also offers school events featuring this book for Years 6-8. Our recommendation for Year 6 was based on those published age and school-reading indicators, as well as our own editorial judgement. We take age suitability seriously and base recommendations on publisher guidance, reading level, theme and established reviewing standards. We stand by our review and our decision to recommend it for Year 6 readers.
We were asked for an “URGENT: Right of Reply” comment by The Sun newspaper regarding our recommendation of Nothing Ever Happens Here by Sarah Hagger-Holt for Year 6 readers. (schoolreadinglist.co.uk/reading-list...) Below is the exact text of our response sent on 21 March 2026:
Donald Trump has admitted that he bombed Iran “out of habit.”
Our government has given this man permission to use our bases for an illegal, unprovoked and unjustified war of aggression.
End British complicity — and stop bombing Iran.
Loved this conversation - Dr Keon West is a joy to listen & learn from.
This is the science of racism:
youtu.be/F1MA19DsbQs?...
Who’s making money from the NHS waiting lists? 🚨 💰
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/whos-makin...
On top of the previous ones 😞
So it does but with more devastation 😞
We have joined fellow animal rights organisations in supporting Animal Equality’s call for Labour to uphold its promise to ban the importation of foie gras.
Today, representatives are at 10 Downing Street to deliver a petition signed by 315,000 supporters demanding action.
Living standards growth is set to be weak by historical standards for the rest of the Parliament, at just 0.6% a year on average.
This would make it the 2nd worst parliament for living standards growth, better only than the last one
Full analysis here
www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications...
As indeed Israeli controlled u.s has.
Maduro’s capture, eight weeks before Trump declared war on Iran, cleared the way for Shell — and whoever said ‘it’s not about the oil’ …
"We believe that this incident is a deliberate targeting of committed young people who want to make our country a more equitable place."
Britain continues its rapid descent towards fascism.
"Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been for decades trying to drag the U.S. into war with Iran. Senator Van Hollen yesterday said he just hadn’t found a president stupid enough to be dragged into that war."
Media Lens unravel the tapestry of lies the media have helped weave over decades to justify the illegal US-Israeli war on Iran: www.medialens.org/2026/operati...
Another Land Grab? Israel Intensifies Bombardment of Lebanon & Orders Mass Displacement in the South
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