rinks wrote:Moggy wrote:rinks wrote:Free market, Steve. Or does he want it to be publicly funded?!
With the price of fish and chips at the moment, all chip shops need to be nationalised.
But then you’d get no investment and no innovation. Where would the next battered halloumi come from?
Moggy wrote:rinks wrote:Moggy wrote:rinks wrote:Free market, Steve. Or does he want it to be publicly funded?!
With the price of fish and chips at the moment, all chip shops need to be nationalised.
But then you’d get no investment and no innovation. Where would the next battered halloumi come from?
I'd also nationalise the investment and innovation industry.
rinks wrote:Moggy wrote:rinks wrote:Moggy wrote:rinks wrote:Free market, Steve. Or does he want it to be publicly funded?!
With the price of fish and chips at the moment, all chip shops need to be nationalised.
But then you’d get no investment and no innovation. Where would the next battered halloumi come from?
I'd also nationalise the investment and innovation industry.
Clever. Then you can privatise it again in a few years and make a killing.
Garth wrote:
rinks wrote:How much do you want to bet he knows (or is) the person who was refused permission?
Rex Kramer wrote:Did Sunak learn absolutely nothing from the Lee Anderson debacle? Seems not given he's just made Jonathan Gullis deputy chair of the Tory party. At what point do we have to take the keys off him as he's clearly too pissed to drive.
Vermilion wrote:https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/mar/27/britain-seems-stuck-in-a-doom-loop-of-poverty-i-have-a-plan-to-raise-billions-to-address-that
An interesting article by former PM Gordon Brown.
You do sometimes wonder how things would have been had he remained as PM for the 2010-15 term of govt.
Rowers taking part in the 2024 Boat Race between Oxford and Cambridge in London are among those that have been told not to enter the Thames after high levels of E. coli were found.
Crews have also been warned to cover blisters, and wear footwear when getting in and out of the boat.
Pressure group River Action said tests indicated the bacteria came from sewage directly discharged into the river.
Thames Water said improving river health was a "key focus" for the firm.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-68674088
Thames Water is in a race to find extra cash after its investors said they would not give the struggling water giant extra cash unless bills rise.
The UK's largest water firm has been pushing for the regulator Ofwat to agree to a substantial increase in water bills over the next five years.
Sources close to Ofwat say it plans to "stick to its guns" and won't raise bills to address shareholder problems.
Fears emerged last year that Thames could collapse due to its huge debts.
The owners' drew up a turnaround plan last summer which asked for a 40% rise in bills over the next five years. But it is now thought that the shareholders may want to see even higher bill rises as a condition of injecting more money.
Investors were due to pump in almost £4bn into the business over the next two years, but have withheld the first payment - due at the end of March - saying its turnaround plan is "uninvestible".
rinks wrote:Thames Water is in a race to find extra cash after its investors said they would not give the struggling water giant extra cash unless bills rise.
The UK's largest water firm has been pushing for the regulator Ofwat to agree to a substantial increase in water bills over the next five years.
Sources close to Ofwat say it plans to "stick to its guns" and won't raise bills to address shareholder problems.
Fears emerged last year that Thames could collapse due to its huge debts.
The owners' drew up a turnaround plan last summer which asked for a 40% rise in bills over the next five years. But it is now thought that the shareholders may want to see even higher bill rises as a condition of injecting more money.
Investors were due to pump in almost £4bn into the business over the next two years, but have withheld the first payment - due at the end of March - saying its turnaround plan is "uninvestible".
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-68682198
Greedy banana splits deserve to have the company collapse. Ofwat had better not give in to their threats.
but the deplorable Ofwat have ruined a glorious future for everyone 