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Despite rapidly declining health and a brain that’s a bit Swiss cheese-ish my Nanna only went and smashed this year’s Christmas cake. The theme is Swallows & Amazons.
December 25, 2024 at 5:56 PM
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Brilliant
I love how Denmark isn’t taking any shit from Donald Trump. 🇩🇰 🤣
December 25, 2024 at 6:54 PM
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Good morning Blue Sky, and Happy Tuesday!
Sound up!😂🤣😅😆
December 10, 2024 at 9:28 AM
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#SevernTrentWater
Fiddling the books and where was #OFTWAT...?

In bed with the lights out, eye mask on and ear plugs inserted...
Severn Trent Water used accounting tricks to boost investment by £1.68bn.

OFWAT uses investment to decide customer charges.

Such tricks enabled company to pay higher dividends.

Financial engineering rife at all water companies. OFWAT does nothing to curb it.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Major water company uses accounting trick to inflate balance sheet by £1.68bn
A substantial Severn Trent Water investment is based on IOU notes - BBC Panorama finds.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 10, 2024 at 11:25 AM
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Appalling. 🤬

Gloucestershire County Council unanimously called for the CEO of Thames Water to come to a special meeting and answer questions about pollution and sky rocketing water bills.

That meeting happened in Nov. The CEO didn’t show - sent representatives instead. No apology was issued.
The stench of privatisation in our water companies
Sewage spills in Gloucestershire’s rivers, and huge dividends paid while Thames Water are in debt, make reform of the water industry urgent Sewage spills in Gloucestershire’s rivers, and huge dividend...
westenglandbylines.co.uk
December 10, 2024 at 9:21 AM
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The UK now has none of these testing labs, an essential part of the process for cleaning water.

If we were in the EU then we could just use theirs. But...
‘Brexit problem’: UK tap water safety at risk after testing labs shut down
Exclusive: EU countries will share laboratory capacity but UK rules mean products cannot be tested abroad
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2024 at 9:56 AM
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Cheap ‘sub-standard’ food, free from EU regulations.
Food that rich men like Farage wouldn’t dream of consuming. That’s only for the gullible masses people like him have made poorer.
December 7, 2024 at 10:12 AM
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The Brexit Curse:

UK tap water safety at risk as testing labs shut down, water companies are unable to use products to clean it.

EU countries will share laboratories, UK products cannot be tested abroad; must be tested in in certified UK labs, there are none.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
‘Brexit problem’: UK tap water safety at risk after testing labs shut down
Exclusive: EU countries will share laboratory capacity but UK rules mean products cannot be tested abroad
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2024 at 2:13 PM
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WORLD’S RICHEST MAN BUYING OUR DEMOCRACY! Elon Musk is set to pump £78m into Nigel Farage’s party—a sum that would allow Reform to flood our politics with targeted ads. Maybe other countries allow billionaires to buy elections, but not here!
December 3, 2024 at 3:38 PM