Here’s why MPs are so keen on private health companies
Did you ever hear of an organisation called EveryDoctor? It’s a group of doctors campaigning to revive the National Health Service in the face of huge political effort – from both main parties – to...
View ArticleThe water companies show us every day why they should be re-nationalised. Why...
Ash Sarkar does it again. Appearing as a panellist on the BBC’s Question Time, she was asked to discuss the way privatised water companies have been allowed to dump raw sewage into the UK’s waterways,...
View ArticleFormer Shadow Chancellor confirms water and energy privatisation are riddled...
It’s always welcome when a senior politician confirms one’s suspicions. In an article yesterday (May 20, 2023), This Writer suggested that greed has overtaken service provision in the boardrooms of...
View ArticleThis MP wanted special treatment on private health donations map – but won’t...
Campaigning group Every Doctor has rejected a demand by Labour’s Stella Creasy to remove her from an interactive map listing every MP who has received a donation from companies involved in the private...
View ArticleKeep track of corporations that break the law with this handy tool
This is another public service announcement: I would like to recommend the free Violation Tracker UK website to everyone. It records misdemeanours of major companies, fines, etc. Check your favourite...
View ArticleWe’ve been told lies about Thames Water’s profits – and the cost of cleaning...
Earlier today, This Site reported that Thames Water – the privatised water firm that is in danger of collapse – has not paid any dividends to shareholders in six years. That was the best information...
View ArticleNHS in danger on 75th anniversary as politicians compete to attack its...
The UK’s National Health Service is 75 years old today (July 5, 2023) – and the anniversary is being used by profiteers to demand that it be hollowed-out and turned into a vehicle for the sickness...
View ArticleThe big Tory lie: new North Sea gas and oil might not even come back to the UK
The 100 new contracts granted by Rishi Sunak for energy companies to drill for gas and oil in the North Sea do not mean those fossil fuels will be used in the UK, as he falsely claimed. The drilling...
View ArticleTriathlon championship contestants fall ill after swimming in polluted water....
This should be self-explanatory: 57 swimmers in the World Triathlon Championship on Sunderland beach fell sick and got diarrhoea last weekend. Sampling showed E Coli levels to be 39 times higher than...
View ArticleSewage dumping continues – does it happen near water SHAREHOLDERS’ homes?
Don’t pay attention to the political message if you don’t want to; the factual message is big enough: Clean water is the basic measurement of a functioning state. 86% of UK water fails to meet the...
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