Tag Archives: water companies

Capitalism is the extraordinary belief that the nastiest of men for the nastiest of motives will somehow work for the benefit of all It is – or it should be – a truth universally acknowledged that the yard-sale of government owned utilities has not been an unmitigated success. Far from …

Once more upon the waters, yet once more! It’s been a while since I last dived into this topic (sorry), but I thought it was about time to revisit the wretched question: how the heck do we sort out the mess our water sector has found itself in? I’m not …

Water, water, every where Nor ‘eer a drop to drink It’s another rant about the water industry I’m afraid. Stop me (actually don’t) if you’ve heard this all before (and I’ve definitely used the quote before), but bear with me, I will get to it. We’re very used, in this …

There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn’t true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true. Like any right-minded middle-class girl, I went to the sea-side on my holidays. Shame it was the weekend where the south coast was beset with 45 …

But thrown upon this filthy modern tide And by its formless spawning fury wrecked Pop quiz, hot-shots. What lasted for 1 million hours in 2022? And has carried on during 2023? I warn you, the answer’s not for the faint hearted, or sensitive of stomach. If you’re reading this over …