Take Back Water
@takebackwater.bsky.social
It’s time to turn the tide on 40 years of privatisation and failure.
We’re building a movement to take back water.
https://takebackwater.uk/
We’re building a movement to take back water.
https://takebackwater.uk/
TODAY: What if we refused to pay?
Join us and an incredible line up of experts from think tanks, trade unions and local anti-sewage pollution campaigns to discuss how we take back water from the profiteers and polluters 👇
Join us and an incredible line up of experts from think tanks, trade unions and local anti-sewage pollution campaigns to discuss how we take back water from the profiteers and polluters 👇
July 19, 2025 at 7:47 AM
TODAY: What if we refused to pay?
Join us and an incredible line up of experts from think tanks, trade unions and local anti-sewage pollution campaigns to discuss how we take back water from the profiteers and polluters 👇
Join us and an incredible line up of experts from think tanks, trade unions and local anti-sewage pollution campaigns to discuss how we take back water from the profiteers and polluters 👇
Abolish private ownership of water next.
July 18, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Abolish private ownership of water next.
Speaker line-up | Common ownership
For our first session on Saturday, we're excited to be joined by a series of excellent speakers from the water and common ownership movements.
Check it out 👇
For our first session on Saturday, we're excited to be joined by a series of excellent speakers from the water and common ownership movements.
Check it out 👇
July 16, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Speaker line-up | Common ownership
For our first session on Saturday, we're excited to be joined by a series of excellent speakers from the water and common ownership movements.
Check it out 👇
For our first session on Saturday, we're excited to be joined by a series of excellent speakers from the water and common ownership movements.
Check it out 👇
What will it take to end the failure of private ownership of water?
On Saturday 19 July, we're inviting you to join us and an incredible line up of experts from think tanks, trade unions and local anti-sewage pollution campaigns to discuss this question👇
On Saturday 19 July, we're inviting you to join us and an incredible line up of experts from think tanks, trade unions and local anti-sewage pollution campaigns to discuss this question👇
July 13, 2025 at 2:48 PM
What will it take to end the failure of private ownership of water?
On Saturday 19 July, we're inviting you to join us and an incredible line up of experts from think tanks, trade unions and local anti-sewage pollution campaigns to discuss this question👇
On Saturday 19 July, we're inviting you to join us and an incredible line up of experts from think tanks, trade unions and local anti-sewage pollution campaigns to discuss this question👇
🎳 What if we refused to pay? 🎳
✉ From the Poll Tax to Don’t Pay, mass refusal has a powerful history in the UK.
Millions have come together to oppose unjust taxes and soaring bills through the act of refusing to pay.
✉ From the Poll Tax to Don’t Pay, mass refusal has a powerful history in the UK.
Millions have come together to oppose unjust taxes and soaring bills through the act of refusing to pay.
July 4, 2025 at 8:36 AM
🎳 What if we refused to pay? 🎳
✉ From the Poll Tax to Don’t Pay, mass refusal has a powerful history in the UK.
Millions have come together to oppose unjust taxes and soaring bills through the act of refusing to pay.
✉ From the Poll Tax to Don’t Pay, mass refusal has a powerful history in the UK.
Millions have come together to oppose unjust taxes and soaring bills through the act of refusing to pay.
Keir Starmer could've taken Thames Water back into public hands months ago.
Now he's being blackmailed by the only remaining bidder willing to rescue the utility before it runs out of cash at the end of the month.
Their terms: don't prosecute our crimes.
Now he's being blackmailed by the only remaining bidder willing to rescue the utility before it runs out of cash at the end of the month.
Their terms: don't prosecute our crimes.
June 7, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Keir Starmer could've taken Thames Water back into public hands months ago.
Now he's being blackmailed by the only remaining bidder willing to rescue the utility before it runs out of cash at the end of the month.
Their terms: don't prosecute our crimes.
Now he's being blackmailed by the only remaining bidder willing to rescue the utility before it runs out of cash at the end of the month.
Their terms: don't prosecute our crimes.
Water firms have already said they'll increase bosses' salaries to get around any ban on bonuses.
The only way to end the profiteering is to take water out of private hands.
The only way to end the profiteering is to take water out of private hands.
June 6, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Water firms have already said they'll increase bosses' salaries to get around any ban on bonuses.
The only way to end the profiteering is to take water out of private hands.
The only way to end the profiteering is to take water out of private hands.
The government bent over backward to hand Thames Water over to KKR.
Now they've pulled out and Thames only has cash to operate until the end of the month.
Water for 16 million people is now at risk all over a £27,000 donation?
Now they've pulled out and Thames only has cash to operate until the end of the month.
Water for 16 million people is now at risk all over a £27,000 donation?
June 4, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The government bent over backward to hand Thames Water over to KKR.
Now they've pulled out and Thames only has cash to operate until the end of the month.
Water for 16 million people is now at risk all over a £27,000 donation?
Now they've pulled out and Thames only has cash to operate until the end of the month.
Water for 16 million people is now at risk all over a £27,000 donation?
Thames Water secured a £3 billion emergency loan three months ago.
June 3, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Thames Water secured a £3 billion emergency loan three months ago.
Thames Water is a monopoly with 16 million trapped customers. Yet KKR – a predatory private equity firm – doesn't even want to own it.
If public ownership isn't the answer and private investors won't invest, then maybe Steve Reed has no idea what he's doing.
If public ownership isn't the answer and private investors won't invest, then maybe Steve Reed has no idea what he's doing.
June 3, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Thames Water is a monopoly with 16 million trapped customers. Yet KKR – a predatory private equity firm – doesn't even want to own it.
If public ownership isn't the answer and private investors won't invest, then maybe Steve Reed has no idea what he's doing.
If public ownership isn't the answer and private investors won't invest, then maybe Steve Reed has no idea what he's doing.
“Sources close to the situation told the BBC that the politicisation of the water industry was a major disincentive for investors to put money into the sector.”
Customers are scaring multi-billion pound private equity firms off from investing in water.
Let's keep it going 👉 takebackwater.uk
Customers are scaring multi-billion pound private equity firms off from investing in water.
Let's keep it going 👉 takebackwater.uk
June 3, 2025 at 8:44 AM
“Sources close to the situation told the BBC that the politicisation of the water industry was a major disincentive for investors to put money into the sector.”
Customers are scaring multi-billion pound private equity firms off from investing in water.
Let's keep it going 👉 takebackwater.uk
Customers are scaring multi-billion pound private equity firms off from investing in water.
Let's keep it going 👉 takebackwater.uk
KKR drops out of plan to rescue Thames Water.
Not even the most predatory private equity firms are interested in this failed utility.
Time to take Thames back into public hands.
Not even the most predatory private equity firms are interested in this failed utility.
Time to take Thames back into public hands.
June 3, 2025 at 7:28 AM
KKR drops out of plan to rescue Thames Water.
Not even the most predatory private equity firms are interested in this failed utility.
Time to take Thames back into public hands.
Not even the most predatory private equity firms are interested in this failed utility.
Time to take Thames back into public hands.
👀 Have you spotted a Take Back Water sticker in your community?
We've sent out thousands across the country to help spread the word about our plan to end private ownership of water.
Get a stack for yourself here 👉 take-back-water.myshopify.com
We've sent out thousands across the country to help spread the word about our plan to end private ownership of water.
Get a stack for yourself here 👉 take-back-water.myshopify.com
June 1, 2025 at 4:54 PM
👀 Have you spotted a Take Back Water sticker in your community?
We've sent out thousands across the country to help spread the word about our plan to end private ownership of water.
Get a stack for yourself here 👉 take-back-water.myshopify.com
We've sent out thousands across the country to help spread the word about our plan to end private ownership of water.
Get a stack for yourself here 👉 take-back-water.myshopify.com
Ofwat could fine Thames Water enough to put it out of business or revoke its operating licence.
These costs will just be passed on to the customer to pay.
These costs will just be passed on to the customer to pay.
May 28, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Ofwat could fine Thames Water enough to put it out of business or revoke its operating licence.
These costs will just be passed on to the customer to pay.
These costs will just be passed on to the customer to pay.
We refuse to pay anymore and continue to bail water companies out.
Join us in building a mass non-payment campagin to takebackwater.uk and bring water into public hands.
Join us in building a mass non-payment campagin to takebackwater.uk and bring water into public hands.
May 28, 2025 at 8:51 AM
We refuse to pay anymore and continue to bail water companies out.
Join us in building a mass non-payment campagin to takebackwater.uk and bring water into public hands.
Join us in building a mass non-payment campagin to takebackwater.uk and bring water into public hands.
Keir Starmer three days ago: "Bonuses for failure? We won’t stand for it."
Today: Thames Water bosses may have received £100,000s in bonuses funded by bailout cash weeks ago.
Today: Thames Water bosses may have received £100,000s in bonuses funded by bailout cash weeks ago.
May 23, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Keir Starmer three days ago: "Bonuses for failure? We won’t stand for it."
Today: Thames Water bosses may have received £100,000s in bonuses funded by bailout cash weeks ago.
Today: Thames Water bosses may have received £100,000s in bonuses funded by bailout cash weeks ago.
Correction: Thames Water halts ONE bosses' bonus scheme.
CEO Chris Weston won't get three additional bonuses funded from Thames' emergency £3 billion loan.
But he's still in line to make millions from his regular salary and bonus – which we're paying for through our bills.
CEO Chris Weston won't get three additional bonuses funded from Thames' emergency £3 billion loan.
But he's still in line to make millions from his regular salary and bonus – which we're paying for through our bills.
May 23, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Correction: Thames Water halts ONE bosses' bonus scheme.
CEO Chris Weston won't get three additional bonuses funded from Thames' emergency £3 billion loan.
But he's still in line to make millions from his regular salary and bonus – which we're paying for through our bills.
CEO Chris Weston won't get three additional bonuses funded from Thames' emergency £3 billion loan.
But he's still in line to make millions from his regular salary and bonus – which we're paying for through our bills.
We all already know water firms are routinely dumping sewage illegally.
Fine them out of existence.
Fine them out of existence.
May 21, 2025 at 9:45 AM
We all already know water firms are routinely dumping sewage illegally.
Fine them out of existence.
Fine them out of existence.
Thames Water boss Chris Weston was paid a £195,000 bonus for 3 months work last year and is expected to make £2+ million from his regular salary and bonuses this year.
Government ministers think this makes them look tough, but private water bosses are still laughing all the way to the bank.
Government ministers think this makes them look tough, but private water bosses are still laughing all the way to the bank.
May 20, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Thames Water boss Chris Weston was paid a £195,000 bonus for 3 months work last year and is expected to make £2+ million from his regular salary and bonuses this year.
Government ministers think this makes them look tough, but private water bosses are still laughing all the way to the bank.
Government ministers think this makes them look tough, but private water bosses are still laughing all the way to the bank.
Thames Water: a water firm spending £200 million on lawyers to stop the government putting it into administration.
Our bills are funding this – all so they can keep ripping us off.
It's long past time for the government to step in and put Thames Water out of its misery.
Our bills are funding this – all so they can keep ripping us off.
It's long past time for the government to step in and put Thames Water out of its misery.
May 19, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Thames Water: a water firm spending £200 million on lawyers to stop the government putting it into administration.
Our bills are funding this – all so they can keep ripping us off.
It's long past time for the government to step in and put Thames Water out of its misery.
Our bills are funding this – all so they can keep ripping us off.
It's long past time for the government to step in and put Thames Water out of its misery.
Joe, a Take Back Water spokesperson, was on LBC Radio this week discussing the plans from Thames Water bosses to pay themselves mega-bonuses out of emergency funding.
Even the presenter agrees: this is private ownership working exactly as intended.
Even the presenter agrees: this is private ownership working exactly as intended.
May 18, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Joe, a Take Back Water spokesperson, was on LBC Radio this week discussing the plans from Thames Water bosses to pay themselves mega-bonuses out of emergency funding.
Even the presenter agrees: this is private ownership working exactly as intended.
Even the presenter agrees: this is private ownership working exactly as intended.
🤮 "We have created incentives to try to retain our most precious resource, which is our senior management team."
This is the chair of Thames Water, a firm literally in control of our most precious resource, trying to justify multi-million pound bonuses for its failing bosses.
This is the chair of Thames Water, a firm literally in control of our most precious resource, trying to justify multi-million pound bonuses for its failing bosses.
May 16, 2025 at 11:55 AM
🤮 "We have created incentives to try to retain our most precious resource, which is our senior management team."
This is the chair of Thames Water, a firm literally in control of our most precious resource, trying to justify multi-million pound bonuses for its failing bosses.
This is the chair of Thames Water, a firm literally in control of our most precious resource, trying to justify multi-million pound bonuses for its failing bosses.
Please don't fine us, we've got bonuses to pay.
May 14, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Please don't fine us, we've got bonuses to pay.
Thames Water is on the brink of collapse – and will use emergency cash to pay out huge sums in executive bonuses.
Water company bosses are making off with what they can before the whole thing comes crumbling down!
Water company bosses are making off with what they can before the whole thing comes crumbling down!
May 13, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Thames Water is on the brink of collapse – and will use emergency cash to pay out huge sums in executive bonuses.
Water company bosses are making off with what they can before the whole thing comes crumbling down!
Water company bosses are making off with what they can before the whole thing comes crumbling down!