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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Single fault at Thames Water sewage works could imperil London’s supply, lead to mass evacuations, military on standby. 60-year-old pumping system not replaced. TW ignored statutory duties, Customer bills hiked to boost exec pay and dividends. removepaywalls.com/https://www....
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Single fault at Thames Water works could imperil London’s supply
Coppermills plant, which serves up to 4mn people, underscores scale of the challenge for troubled utility
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Probably the most important but neglected scandal about Mandelson. Epstein was close to Peter Thiel. Thiel had secret meetings with Cummings and Johnson before Palantir’s 100m contract Mandelson’s Global Counsel was pitching Thiel’s Palantir to Starmer. What a carousel of cronyism
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
In the 1970s, UK discovered oil/gas in North Sea. Thatcher onwards, money squandered on tax cuts for corporations/rich. Now ... crisis. Norway heavily taxed oil/gas. Now, $1.9trn sovereign fund. Its income funds national budget. Appeasing rich/corporations costs the future.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Most of Lake Windermere polluted with sewage bacteria. Only 14% of England’s rivers/lakes meet good ecological standards. Water companies major culprits; over 1,135 criminal convictions, United Utilities have 205. No exec prosecuted, no licence to operate cancelled.
theguardian.com
Most of Windermere polluted with sewage bacteria, finds biggest survey of its kind
Exclusive: Concentrations of faecal bacteria in the lake were found to peak in summer but there were high levels throughout year
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
148.9m working days were lost to sickness in UK in 2024, 163.8m in 2023, higher than pre-Covid. 7.36m appointments NHS waiting list. Seeing a GP or a dentist is an ordeal. Austerity, public service cuts have economic costs.
ons.gov.uk
Sickness absence in the UK labour market - Office for National Statistics
Sickness absence rates of workers in the UK labour market, including number of days lost and reasons for absence.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Right wing coup in the UK. The state became guarantor of corporate profits Publicly-owned industries privatised at low prices. Public services outsourced, exorbitant prices. Private finance initiative. Tiny investment, huge returns. Bailouts - banks can't go bust. Licence to misbehave.
leftfootforward.org
How we can fight back against the right-wing coup
For a better future the power of corporations and wealthy elites must be curbed and reversed
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Typical FT headline "Thousands of company directors leave UK after Labour’s tax changes". FT line: mustn't tax the rich, they will leave. But cut real wage of doctors, teachers, engineers, mathematicians, workers and they will stay. It is class war. archive.is/202508060620...
ft.com
Thousands of company directors leave UK after Labour’s tax changes
FT analysis finds jump in departures with UAE the top destination
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Southern Water applies for permission to draw water from rare chalk stream. Macquarie controlled company loses 91m litres of water per day to leaks. No new reservoirs built since 1989. Dumped sewage for 300,000 hours into rivers. Customer bills up 47% this year. End fleecing. Nationalise water.
theguardian.com
Southern Water applies for permission to draw water from rare chalk stream
Environment secretary urged to stop drought order that could damage the ecology of River Test in Hampshire
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Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Real change is coming. Join us at yourparty.uk
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
England's water companies circumvent rules on exec pay. Yorkshire Water boss was paid extra £1.3m via offshore parent firm. UK company law is weak The payment not disclosed in annual accounts. End the circus. Nationalise water.
theguardian.com
Revealed: Yorkshire Water boss was paid extra £1.3m via offshore parent firm
Company says extra payments relating to work for Kelda Holdings were covered by shareholders not billpayers
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David JW Bailey @davidjwbailey.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Start with land taxes, then asset taxes, the. 100% death duties over a modest limit, then corporate transfers to dynasties, then destroy all UK dominion tax havens, then we have a chance at a wealth tax based on global assets
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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Not even a day has passed & ‼️200,000‼️ people have signed up to build something special. From Farage to Starmer, the political establishment smears people of conscience trying to stop a genocide in Gaza as terrorists. We say: not in our name. Join us: yourparty.uk
Graphic says: 200,000 SIGNED UP
JOIN US: yourparty.uk
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Water companies sidestep Govt’s bonus ban. Ministers were repeatedly told that the law was weak but didn't listen. Law bypassed - water companies hike exec pay, rename bonuses, give execs multiple directorships, shares, perks. Govt refused to empower customers to vote on exec pay.
theguardian.com
‘Outwitted’: have water companies managed to sidestep Labour’s bonus ban?
Concerns loophole in 2025 act allows payouts at firms that repeatedly pollute England’s waterways with sewage
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 19/07/2025
If you still think privatised water works, you're probably either a water company shareholder or a government minister! The public, campaigners, academics and trade unions all want public ownership. It's time for The People's Plan for Water! Sign up 👇
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Water Belongs to All of Us - Back the People's Plan for Water!
Privatisation has broken our water system. Evidence shows public ownership can bring fairer, cleaner and cheaper water. That’s why I'm backing the People’s Plan for Water. Join me:
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Mannie Quinn & The Mighty Hornets @manniequinn.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
Posts like these are pointless. The entire US political class is rotten to the core. If she was in power, she'd not only be facilitating the same genocide as Trump, she'd have fast-tracked WW3 against Russia and China. You're not going to vote your way out of this shit, whichever way you turn.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
Thames Water paid lawyers/advisers £136m to secure £3bn emergency funding at 9.75% interest. It has a debt pile of over £20bn, debt at privatisation was ZERO. More debt inevitable. 28% - 35% of customer bills pays interest. Sewage dumped in rivers, leaks unplugged, people fleeced.
theguardian.com
Thames Water spent £136m on securing emergency funding, leaked document suggests
‘Atypical expenditure’ document suggests utility’s costs over 12 months outstripped the £130m it paid in fines
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
England’s reservoirs at lowest level for a decade, experts call for hosepipe bans. No new reservoirs built since 1989. Over a trillion litres of water a year lost to leaks. Water companies paid out £85bn in dividends. No regulator/Govt had a national plan. Crisis created by privatisation.
theguardian.com
England’s reservoirs at lowest level for a decade as experts call for hosepipe bans
Levels even lower than in severe drought year of 2022, data shows, with water firms urged to ‘be proactive’
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
UK Govt inheriting poor value assets due to bad handling of PFI contracts. PFI is part of corporate welfare. For every £1 of private investment govt repays more than £6 + more for services. Cheaper for govt to borrow. Yet govt is entering new PFI deals lasting to 2052-53.
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Government inheriting poor value assets due to bad handling of PFI contracts, watchdog says
Public accounts committee warns UK infrastructure risked becoming ‘stony ground’ for investors without major overhaul
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
If the billionaires are afraid of their Assets and profits being damaged in a war they can pay for defence. No one else should, what the hell does the Government even own to defend?
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
I thought there was a shortage of money.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Why the hell are they owned by Americans, Canadians, Australians, Chinese, Qatar, UAE and Saudi Arabia. If power and water are so vital and security risks?
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
UK more corrupt than Uruguay, Estonia, Seychelles, Iceland, Hong Kong. Honours, crony contracts for party donors. Bribes secure the laws you want. Dirty money, no problem, City thrives on it. Rule of law, tell that to Grenfell fire victims. Can't arrest decline without ending political corruption
transparency.org
Corruption Perceptions Index 2024
The Corruption Perceptions Index 2024 ranks 180 countries by their perceived levels of public sector corruption. Find out the scores and read our analysis.
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Cat Hobbs @cathobbs.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Brazen and outrageous demand from Thames Water’s creditors They want protection from ever being taken to court by environmental campaigners! Steve Reed must say NO and protect the public interest - PUBLIC OWNERSHIP NOW www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Thames Water lenders demand government blocks campaigners from legal action
Creditors owed £13bn say ministers should prioritise ‘environmental betterment over punitive enforcement’
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Singapore - “a dystopian vision of the emerging future, where wealth is extracted into luxury offshore havens, protected externally by violent borders, and internally, by growing authoritarianism.” Is this what SEZs will give us? @europeanpowell.bsky.social - www.declassifieduk.org/inside-singa...
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Inside Singapore: From British colony to global finance nerve centre
Protected by British gunboats and Gurkhas, Singapore plays an outsized role in the world’s banking and oil system.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
14 years of Tory austerity. Labour doubling down. It's time for different choices. #BackZack
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Which makes government’s refusal to even consider it all the more reckless @weownit.org.uk👇
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Public ownership of England’s water companies could cost close to zero, says thinktank
Exclusive: Common Wealth report argues debt, pollution and underinvestment justify process known as special administration
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Despite damning evidence the govt clinging on to private ownership of water in England; people fleeced for 36 years. Prospect is sewage dumping, health hazards, lack of investment, higher domestic/business costs, tax dodges, asset-stripping. Public ownership is the only way out.
leftfootforward.org
Nationalisation is the only way to fix the crisis in the water industry
Despite the damning evidence the government is clinging on to private ownership of water, which has fleeced customers for 36 years.
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Patriotic Millionaires UK @patmillsuk.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
We want to make sure Rachel Reeves MP sees some important % and ££s: 🇬🇧 80% of UK millionaires support a 2% tax on wealth over £10m 🇬🇧 81% think it’s patriotic to pay their fair share We’re proud to pay and here to stay #taxthesuperrich #taxwealthnotwork
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
UK Govt AI copyright plan suffers fifth Lords defeat, 221 to 116 votes. Copyright enables many to earn a living. It is being ripped off by tech companies. All they need to do is to inform people, get a licence to use and pay. Govt says change might come in the future. I voted against the govt.
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Left Foot Forward @left-foot-forward.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Your regular reminder 👇 🏥 81% want publicly owned NHS 🏫 78% want publicly owned schools 💧 73% want publicly owned water 🚂 70% want publicly owned rail ✉️ 70% want publicly owned mail 🚍 67% want publicly owned buses 💡 65% want publicly owned energy
leftfootforward.org
EXCLUSIVE: Poll shows huge support for nationalisation of key industries and utilities
Privatisation has failed.
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Jan Coombs @jancoombs.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Every single word. youtu.be/X1p7uBkeZkA?...
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Robert Jenrick is WRONG about the social contract
YouTube video by No Justice
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Dr Steve Taylor @drstevetaylor.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
The UK is a relatively low tax economy This means the revenue raised by Government as a proportion of GDP has been low historically Less funding raised for infrastructure/healthcare/education etc A thread 🧵
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
HMRC admits not collecting £40bn tax last yr. Others say over £100bn. Big accounting/law firms, banks mastermind tax dodges. Rarely prosecuted. No big accounting firm prosecuted; get govt contracts. Fewer than FIVE criminal cases brought in 2023-2024, 16 in 2018-2019. Govts chase little people.
leftfootforward.org
Why the UK is a two-tier society where money wields power
Laws and policies are crafted to give the appearance of sternness and fairness, but are rarely fully enforced on corporations and the rich.
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EuropeanPowell @europeanpowell.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
My latest article on Substack is free to read. It dives into Rachel Reeves fiscal illiteracy, exposing it as a betrayal of the social contract. Please read and share. Where possible please subscribe or donate to my online Ko-Fi tip jar. ko-fi.com/europeanpowell ❤️✊🏻 open.substack.com/pub/european...
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Rachel Reeves’ Fiscal Flip-Flop: From £20 Billion Black Hole to £113 Billion Corporate Handout in a Privatised UK Dystopia
BlackRock is the ringleader of this corporate takeover, embedding itself in the UK’s public sector through Reeves’ £113 billion infrastructure plan
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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Kneecap @kneecapceol.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
KNEECAP STATEMENT

14,000 babies are about to die of starvation in Gaza, with food sent by the world sitting on the other side of a wall, and once again the British establishment is focused on us.

We deny this ‘offence’ and will vehemently defend ourselves.

This is political policing.

This is a carnival of distraction.

We are not the story. Genocide is.

As they profit from genocide, they use an ‘anti-terror law’ against us for displaying a flag thrown on stage.

A charge not serious enough to even warrant their ‘crown court’, instead a court that doesn’t have a jury. What’s the objective?To restrict our ability to travel.

To prevent us speaking to young people across the world.

To silence voices of compassion.

To prosecute artists who dare speak out.

Instead of defending innocent people, or the principles of international law they claim to uphold, the powerful in Britain have abetted slaughter and famine in Gaza, just as they did in Ireland for centuries. Then, like now, they claim justification.

The IDF units they arm and fly spy plane missions for are the real terrorists, the whole world can see it.WE STAND PROUDLY WITH THE PEOPLE.

YOU STAND COMPLICIT WITH THE WAR CRIMINALS.

WE ARE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY.

YOU ARE NOT.

WE WILL FIGHT YOU IN YOUR COURT.

WE WILL WIN.

FREE PALESTINE
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Keir Starmer U-turns on winter fuel payment cut. Will change threshold, make more pensioners eligible. Welcome but won't reduce admin costs. Restore universality. Adjust taxes at the top end to ensure the rich won't benefit. Must abandon two-child benefit cap, disability benefit cuts too.
theguardian.com
Keir Starmer confirms U-turn on winter fuel payment cuts
Government to loosen eligibility rules for pensioners in face of backlash against decision to means test benefit
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Jan Coombs @jancoombs.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Do they grow these things in a lab or on a field?
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
350 richest people and families in the UK have wealth of £772.8bn. Free to pollute, create bubbles in housing/security markets; buy political parties, legislators, shape laws; power to control our lives. 16m live in poverty. 128,000 a year die in fuel poverty. archive.ph/xNvPk
thetimes.com
The Sunday Times Rich List 2025 revealed
Fewer billionaires, more AI millionaires and Hollywood stars: who’s up, who’s down — and who’s new
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Keir Starmer immitates Reform in his divisive speech. Accuses immigrants of causing “incalculable damage”, making the UK “an island of strangers”. Rightly faces backlash from unions, employers, MPs. Silence on class war, inequalities, profiteering, lack of public services, fuelling frustrations.
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Despair at Starmer’s ‘divisive’ language as he clamps down on immigration
Backbench Labour MPs, unions and charities criticise the PM, who is urged to apologise for his ‘dangerous’ comments
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David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
The problem with social care is private equity fat cats ripping old people off for £8000 a month. Not minimum wage immigrant workers. Tell me I'm wrong.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
United Utilities in use 'less water' warning as reservoir levels drop. UU has 205 criminal convictions. It loses 175bn litres to leaky pipes, built no new reservoirs, paid excessive dividends, neglected Investment. Wants people to pay more for less. No national plan for water security.
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United Utilities in 'use less water' warning as reservoir levels drop
United Utilities says reservoirs at 69% of capacity, compared to more than 90% this time last year.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
After asset stripping England water companies warn of rationing. 35 reservoirs sold for £26m profit. Southern Water plan to decommission 43 of 93 reservoirs, build one. 1 trillion litres lost through leaky pipes. Companies have 1,135 criminal convictions. End the privatisation scam.
thecanary.co
Water boss tells public to 'ration water' after selling off reservoirs for millions
In just five years, water companies like Southern Water sold off 35 reservoirs for £26 million. Now they are blaming the public.
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Jan Coombs @jancoombs.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Awesome thread.
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 01/05/2025
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Thames Water is the poster-child of predatory capitalism. Its road to ruin began with private equity. Current shareholders want to sell to another private equity group. More problems inevitable. How will the govt protect people? Watch the Minister's reply. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mosP...
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House of Lords Thames Water 28 April 2025
YouTube video by Prem Sikka
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Dr Julia Grace Patterson @jujuliagrace.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Why’s no one talking about these terrible ideas from Reform?
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Take Back Water @takebackwater.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
It's no wonder. Our rivers and seas are full of sewage. Bills are soaring. And water company bosses are paying shareholders billions. Let's come together and put private water out of business 👉 takebackwater.uk
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