"Anglian Water will not rule out summer hosepipe ban". If someone would like to nominate a charity I'll donate £100 to it if Anglian Water are not the next water company to announce a hose pipe ban. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

So govt are setting up “innovation squads” to fan out across the country and help “to re-build public services”. Here’s how this works, should you ever find yourself in a meeting and someone uses a phrase anything like “innovation squads”, get up and leave the room instantly,

So exactly how effectively has govt, water industry and regulators been in dealing with pollution, sewage dumping and the despicable state of our rivers and beaches in the last 12 months? "Serious pollution incidents up 60% in 2024 from previous year." It's over. Enough of the

"Sewage crisis: Most serious water pollution incidents up 60%." What you are looking at is the systematic failure of political oversight, regulation and industry. I'm sorry Sir Jon, your 'fixing the current system", your "incremental changes" is not going to fix this. Time

"Serious pollution by water companies rose by 60 per cent last year." Now how's all that banning bonuses thing, all that sending people to jail thing working out for you? What a totally waste of time. Time to put someone serious in charge. thetimes.com/uk/environment…

A little while ago didn't someone say they were demanding the water industry delivered a 40% cut in pollution incidents against a 2016 baseline and all by 2025. So what happened, oh there's been a 32% increase. Step forward the Environment Agency. And we tolerate this nonsense.

So what kind of impact do you think govt's threats and posturing has been having on the water industry? 1. Southern Water serious pollution incidents (SPIs) up 400% since 2016. Don't worry yesterday the CEO had his salary doubled to £1.6m. 2. Thames Water 💧 SPIs up 230% since

Not unreasonable to say there is no control over water company pollution now. Serious pollutions up 60% in a year, an increase of 630 in all pollutions. Increasing failures of highest risk rising mains. Criminal investigation now ongoing for 4 years! gov.uk/government/new…

As if the 60% annual increase in serious pollution incidents wasn't enough damming news for one morning the Public Accounts Committee has just published their report into the political oversight and regulation of the water industry and boy does it makes for desperate reading. "The

The normally ruthlessly dependable Playbook POLITICOEurope are running a fabulously juicy story this morning. Following the launch of Sir Jon Cuncliffe's final report on Monday govt are going to announce that @ofwat is getting canned. If that story's even remotely true can we

How utterly brilliant is Helena Dollimore MP "Is Thames not effectively holding a gun to the government's and the taxpayer's heads". 👏👏👏

Brilliant summary of the eNOG's approach to safeguarding the environment "Hope is not a strategy". And yet that's exactly what they do it time after time, after time......

"The bonfire of the quangos in the [water] industry needs to go further, we need remedial and radical action and we demand it now." Ofwat to be scrapped. And why not the EA? theguardian.com/business/2025/…

Yet more bullsh*t from Defra. Ban bonuses? Just 1 day ago Southern Water announced that CEO was not getting a bonus, they did however double his salary as govt had been warned by of all people the chair of Thames Water. Mentioning TW board discussed in detail exactly how they

I have signed this letter alongside 221 MPs urging the Prime Minister & Foreign Secretary to recognise the State of Palestine.

Can I politely remind your news reader Harrison Cable Greatest Hits Radio Kent that the pronunciation of Folkestone is not Fowlkstone but FOHK-stən. Pronunciation of place names matters.

The opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympics was 13 years ago today in London; what a wonderful time for our city and country that was.

A-level teachers, in case no one says it today: thank you for all your hard work preparing pupils for exams. Few know the pressure, worry & workload it takes and the pupils success is built not just on their effort, but on yours too. You’ve made a real difference.

Interesting to see more politicians prepared to confront the BBC on air over its platforming of Farage and Reform

My wife Bunty is terribly excited. She has at long last found something to scare the cats and keep them out of our garden: