@fazalmajid@social.vivaldi.net
2026-09-02 08:47 UTC
I subscribe to The Londoner, which has some of the most incisive reporting on London, unlike the propaganda corporate media. This article on the causes of the collapse of Thames Water is enraging and stunning in equal measure. Yesterday PM Andy Burnham lay much of the blame for the UK's current condition on Thatcher. Her successors are also to blame, but leaving critical networks like water or electricity to be looted is government incompetence of the highest order:
https://www.the-londoner.co.uk/why-thames-water-sewage-leaks/
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@fazalmajid@social.vivaldi.net 2026-09-02 08:49
The engineer interviewed lists: * selling off pumping stations to housing developers, which means there isn't capacity during periods of drought * reducing pressure to slow leaks instead of fixing them * hiring freezes means there are no more qualified staff to replace the ones retiring