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Absolutely fantastic protest with Feargal Sharkey, Ash Smith and Peter Hammond @windrushwasp.bsky.social the Dirty Business campaigners 🤩 Government must regulate water companies until they're unprofitable, then PUBLIC OWNERSHIP Otherwise privatisation will waste £44 BILLION in next 10 years

Public ownership of water is hugely popular. In a democracy this should count for something. But the government continues to protect private water profiteers. Baroness Jenny Jones helped deliver a letter to the Environment Secretary, asking her to tell the truth about water public ownership.

Absolutely disgraceful, we owe Palantir NOTHING Well done @mayoroflondon.bsky.social standing up for the public ✊✊✊ As @labourlewis.bsky.social says "democracies are sovereign", France and Germany have "stayed well away" from Palantir www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

90% of countries in the world can own their water but not us. People in England want their water back. But the government is protecting private water profiteers. It’s time to give the public a say. Feargal Sharkey wants you stand up and be counted. Sign the petition: vist.ly/576py

The revelations about Samantha Jones’ private interests are astonishing. ☹️ adviser to Carnall Farrar, a healthcare consultancy that is part of a consortium with sinister US tech giant Palantir ☹️shareholder at a private equity-owned children’s care home business. 1/2

This is wonderful news🎊🎉 Thames shareholders have Taken out £10 billions in dividends Loaded up the company with £14.7 billion in debt Dumped almost 300,000 hours of sewage in 2024 And they’re financially insolvent. Taking them into public ownership is not just “an option”. It’s a necessity.

The Railways Bill Report Stage was postponed from the 3rd of June to the Wednesday 10th June. So you still have 24 hours to email your MP to ask them to back key amendments so that our railway works for passengers not private profiteers.

Rail fares are a cost-of-living issue. We have the highest rail fares in Europe. The Railways Bill is coming back to parliament this Wednesday. @chrishinchliff.bsky.social.bsky.social's amendment can help cut fares. Take 2 mins now to email your MP to stand up for passengers: vist.ly/56vnq

On Wednesday MPs will debate the Railways Bill They have a big chance to make sure the government delivers on the promise of putting passengers at the heart of our railway Take 2 mins to send our letter to your MP, demanding they back key amendments: vist.ly/56tw3

US spy-tech company to challenge London mayor’s intervention after he raised concerns over breach of procurement rules

Fantastic, clearer message from Andy Burnham 🔥 But if the Labour government is awake it should nationalise Thames Water BEFORE THE BY-ELECTION Shareholders have walked away Debt can be slashed 100+ MPs saying no to Thames Water's dodgy deal weownit.org.uk/act-now/mps-...

OFWAT is on the verge of agreeing a deal with Thames Water that would essentially allow them to dump sewage freely until 2030.

🚨The Railways Bill comes back to parliament on 3rd June This bill was supposed to "put people at the heart of our railway" - but it does not We've worked with MPs on amendments to ensure the bill puts passengers before profit Ask your MP to back these key amendments: vist.ly/55wyg

Exclusive: Labour’s Makerfield byelection candidate advocates public ownership of water companies as he prepares for potential leadership bid Thames Water should be nationalised, Andy Burnham has said, revealing public ownership of water companies would “absolutely be an option” under his potential leadership of the Labour party. Burnham, Labour’s candidate in the Makerfield byelection, has previously called for “greater public control” over the companies. In an interview with the Guardian, he has confirmed this could mean nationalisation. Continue reading...