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Is it time for public ownership of water?
Majority of Thames Water customers want utility to be nationalised, new polling shows
Customers believe that Ofwat should reject the creditors’ deal and put Thames Water into special administration
leftfootforward.org
January 12, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Is it time for public ownership of water?
🚨Thames Water is on the brink of collapse.
🙋We asked its customers what should happen next.
54% think the water regulator Ofwat should put it into special administration. And over two thirds (68%) believe that Thames Water should be run in the public sector.
Read the full results here.
🙋We asked its customers what should happen next.
54% think the water regulator Ofwat should put it into special administration. And over two thirds (68%) believe that Thames Water should be run in the public sector.
Read the full results here.
New polling: majority of Thames Water customers want Ofwat to reject creditors’ proposal for the utility
New polling has revealed that 54% of Thames Water customers think Ofwat should reject a deal proposed by Thames Water's creditors, and put it into special administration.
weownit.org.uk
January 12, 2026 at 4:20 PM
🚨Thames Water is on the brink of collapse.
🙋We asked its customers what should happen next.
54% think the water regulator Ofwat should put it into special administration. And over two thirds (68%) believe that Thames Water should be run in the public sector.
Read the full results here.
🙋We asked its customers what should happen next.
54% think the water regulator Ofwat should put it into special administration. And over two thirds (68%) believe that Thames Water should be run in the public sector.
Read the full results here.
NEW: our polling shows Thames Water customers want it taken into public hands.
They don't want a debt deal that would give Thames Water licence to pollute our rivers for the next 15 years.
They don't want a third of their bills used to reward overseas investors.
Public ownership for water now!
They don't want a debt deal that would give Thames Water licence to pollute our rivers for the next 15 years.
They don't want a third of their bills used to reward overseas investors.
Public ownership for water now!
Majority of customers want Thames Water to be nationalised, polling finds
Amid soaring water bills and a court battle over a debt bailout for Thames Water, new polling has found its customers want nationalisation.
www.bigissue.com
January 12, 2026 at 9:16 AM
NEW: our polling shows Thames Water customers want it taken into public hands.
They don't want a debt deal that would give Thames Water licence to pollute our rivers for the next 15 years.
They don't want a third of their bills used to reward overseas investors.
Public ownership for water now!
They don't want a debt deal that would give Thames Water licence to pollute our rivers for the next 15 years.
They don't want a third of their bills used to reward overseas investors.
Public ownership for water now!
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The first time Thames Water customers have been asked their opinion!!
Our new polling shows 68% want the company to be nationalised ✊
Save money for taxpayers and households, write off debt, take over this profitable asset
TAKE IT BACK NOW
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/tham...
Our new polling shows 68% want the company to be nationalised ✊
Save money for taxpayers and households, write off debt, take over this profitable asset
TAKE IT BACK NOW
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/tham...
Thames Water customers say service should be nationalised, new poll finds
OVER two thirds of Thames Water customers think the service should be nationalised and run in the public sector, a new poll found.In the first survey Thames Water users, 68 per cent of the 1,000 who r...
morningstaronline.co.uk
January 12, 2026 at 8:28 AM
The first time Thames Water customers have been asked their opinion!!
Our new polling shows 68% want the company to be nationalised ✊
Save money for taxpayers and households, write off debt, take over this profitable asset
TAKE IT BACK NOW
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/tham...
Our new polling shows 68% want the company to be nationalised ✊
Save money for taxpayers and households, write off debt, take over this profitable asset
TAKE IT BACK NOW
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/tham...
At the Autumn Budget, this government decided to approve new private finance in our NHS.
MPs need to have the facts: private finance is a danger to patients and a rip-off for taxpayers.
✍️ Take 2 mins to write to your MP asking them to attend our 'no new PFI in the NHS' parliamentary briefing.
MPs need to have the facts: private finance is a danger to patients and a rip-off for taxpayers.
✍️ Take 2 mins to write to your MP asking them to attend our 'no new PFI in the NHS' parliamentary briefing.
Take action - get your MP to attend our briefing on NHS private finance
Take action - get your MP to attend our briefing on NHS private finance
weownit.org.uk
January 9, 2026 at 12:42 PM
At the Autumn Budget, this government decided to approve new private finance in our NHS.
MPs need to have the facts: private finance is a danger to patients and a rip-off for taxpayers.
✍️ Take 2 mins to write to your MP asking them to attend our 'no new PFI in the NHS' parliamentary briefing.
MPs need to have the facts: private finance is a danger to patients and a rip-off for taxpayers.
✍️ Take 2 mins to write to your MP asking them to attend our 'no new PFI in the NHS' parliamentary briefing.
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Excellent piece @jontrickett.bsky.social
"Starmer has to explain whether the wider public is ideological in its support for public ownership of water, for example
The truth is that taking such an action is a pragmatic response to the failure of private ownership"
tribunemag.co.uk/2026/01/tax-...
"Starmer has to explain whether the wider public is ideological in its support for public ownership of water, for example
The truth is that taking such an action is a pragmatic response to the failure of private ownership"
tribunemag.co.uk/2026/01/tax-...
Tax the Rich
Trust in the UK’s system of government is at a record low, with most Britons yearning for political change and economic reform. The Left must see through its radical solutions.
tribunemag.co.uk
January 8, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Excellent piece @jontrickett.bsky.social
"Starmer has to explain whether the wider public is ideological in its support for public ownership of water, for example
The truth is that taking such an action is a pragmatic response to the failure of private ownership"
tribunemag.co.uk/2026/01/tax-...
"Starmer has to explain whether the wider public is ideological in its support for public ownership of water, for example
The truth is that taking such an action is a pragmatic response to the failure of private ownership"
tribunemag.co.uk/2026/01/tax-...
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A handful of billionaires want us to fight each other on the internet instead of realising what's happened in the past 40 years
A vast transfer of YOUR assets from public to private ownership
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A vast transfer of YOUR assets from public to private ownership
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weownit.org.uk
January 8, 2026 at 9:01 AM
A handful of billionaires want us to fight each other on the internet instead of realising what's happened in the past 40 years
A vast transfer of YOUR assets from public to private ownership
Join us to fight back ✊ weownit.org.uk/people-not-p...
A vast transfer of YOUR assets from public to private ownership
Join us to fight back ✊ weownit.org.uk/people-not-p...
🤔We asked the DHSC who has ultimate decision-making power to use private finance in new neighbourhood health centres, and whether communities would get a say in decisions to use private finance in their health facilities. 1/3
January 8, 2026 at 8:25 AM
🤔We asked the DHSC who has ultimate decision-making power to use private finance in new neighbourhood health centres, and whether communities would get a say in decisions to use private finance in their health facilities. 1/3
Last month, tens of 1,000s of people in Tunbridge Wells lost their water supply. It wasn't fully restored for 9 days.
Our privatised water system is crumbling before our very eyes. Water Company CEOs are finding it harder justify their eyewatering salaries as they oversee failure after failure. 1/2
Our privatised water system is crumbling before our very eyes. Water Company CEOs are finding it harder justify their eyewatering salaries as they oversee failure after failure. 1/2
'You're not in control'- MPs grill CEO of South East Water over supply outage | ITV News
MPs asked David Hinton about his handling of the crisis, leading to a series of revelations about the outage in Tunbridge Wells. | ITV News Meridian
www.itv.com
January 7, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Last month, tens of 1,000s of people in Tunbridge Wells lost their water supply. It wasn't fully restored for 9 days.
Our privatised water system is crumbling before our very eyes. Water Company CEOs are finding it harder justify their eyewatering salaries as they oversee failure after failure. 1/2
Our privatised water system is crumbling before our very eyes. Water Company CEOs are finding it harder justify their eyewatering salaries as they oversee failure after failure. 1/2
We agree with @laylamoran.bsky.social💯.
Thames Water can't be trusted with our daily water supply, let alone large infrastructure projects. Last October they were ranked the worst water supplier in England by the Environment Agency.
It should be taken into public ownership without delay.
Thames Water can't be trusted with our daily water supply, let alone large infrastructure projects. Last October they were ranked the worst water supplier in England by the Environment Agency.
It should be taken into public ownership without delay.
Thames Water failure predicted as MP questions reservoir plan
Thames Water says a planned £7.5bn reservoir is part of the biggest upgrade of its network in 150 years.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 7, 2026 at 12:29 PM
We agree with @laylamoran.bsky.social💯.
Thames Water can't be trusted with our daily water supply, let alone large infrastructure projects. Last October they were ranked the worst water supplier in England by the Environment Agency.
It should be taken into public ownership without delay.
Thames Water can't be trusted with our daily water supply, let alone large infrastructure projects. Last October they were ranked the worst water supplier in England by the Environment Agency.
It should be taken into public ownership without delay.
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I don't want Keir Starmer to "feel the frustration"
I want him to BRING THAMES WATER INTO PERMANENT PUBLIC OWNERSHIP immediately
Tell Ofwat to say NO to the creditors lobbying to be allowed to release *illegal sewage for 15 years*
Disgraceful response
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I want him to BRING THAMES WATER INTO PERMANENT PUBLIC OWNERSHIP immediately
Tell Ofwat to say NO to the creditors lobbying to be allowed to release *illegal sewage for 15 years*
Disgraceful response
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
January 6, 2026 at 5:18 PM
I don't want Keir Starmer to "feel the frustration"
I want him to BRING THAMES WATER INTO PERMANENT PUBLIC OWNERSHIP immediately
Tell Ofwat to say NO to the creditors lobbying to be allowed to release *illegal sewage for 15 years*
Disgraceful response
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I want him to BRING THAMES WATER INTO PERMANENT PUBLIC OWNERSHIP immediately
Tell Ofwat to say NO to the creditors lobbying to be allowed to release *illegal sewage for 15 years*
Disgraceful response
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Shareholder payouts aren't just 'unfair', Prime Minister...
🤑 A third of our bills goes straight into the pockets of banks & shareholders, doing nothing to reduce bills or improve infrastructure.
We depend on water to live. It should belong to all of us.
🤑 A third of our bills goes straight into the pockets of banks & shareholders, doing nothing to reduce bills or improve infrastructure.
We depend on water to live. It should belong to all of us.
Water firm shareholder payouts unfair, Keir Starmer says
Sir Keir Starmer makes the comments during a visit to a community centre in Reading.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 6, 2026 at 1:13 PM
Shareholder payouts aren't just 'unfair', Prime Minister...
🤑 A third of our bills goes straight into the pockets of banks & shareholders, doing nothing to reduce bills or improve infrastructure.
We depend on water to live. It should belong to all of us.
🤑 A third of our bills goes straight into the pockets of banks & shareholders, doing nothing to reduce bills or improve infrastructure.
We depend on water to live. It should belong to all of us.
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🤩 THANK YOU to the brilliant @graceblakeley.substack.com for explaining so clearly why @ofwat.bsky.social must say NO to Thames Water 🚫
NO to a 35% bill increase
NO to pollution outside legal limits until 2040
NO to a dangerous new precedent for all privatised English water
NO to a 35% bill increase
NO to pollution outside legal limits until 2040
NO to a dangerous new precedent for all privatised English water
We can't let Thames Water get away with this!
Follow @weownit.org.uk for more on how to get involved
Follow @weownit.org.uk for more on how to get involved
January 6, 2026 at 12:26 PM
🤩 THANK YOU to the brilliant @graceblakeley.substack.com for explaining so clearly why @ofwat.bsky.social must say NO to Thames Water 🚫
NO to a 35% bill increase
NO to pollution outside legal limits until 2040
NO to a dangerous new precedent for all privatised English water
NO to a 35% bill increase
NO to pollution outside legal limits until 2040
NO to a dangerous new precedent for all privatised English water
Happy New Year! Here's your regular reminder that public ownership is popular in the UK. ✅
In 2026, join the fight to take back control of our public services and run them for people not profit. 🫡
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In 2026, join the fight to take back control of our public services and run them for people not profit. 🫡
Sign up to our newsletter. 👇
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January 3, 2026 at 11:35 AM
Happy New Year! Here's your regular reminder that public ownership is popular in the UK. ✅
In 2026, join the fight to take back control of our public services and run them for people not profit. 🫡
Sign up to our newsletter. 👇
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In 2026, join the fight to take back control of our public services and run them for people not profit. 🫡
Sign up to our newsletter. 👇
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🚨NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION🗓️
If you're sick and tired of public services being run for profit not people, join us.
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If you're sick and tired of public services being run for profit not people, join us.
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January 1, 2026 at 9:19 AM
🚨NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION🗓️
If you're sick and tired of public services being run for profit not people, join us.
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If you're sick and tired of public services being run for profit not people, join us.
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Ofwat must say NO to 15 years of illegal sewage in 2026.
DECEMBER: Thames Water tried to make Charlie Maynard pay legal fees as high as £1400 an hour, in effort to quash any attempts to represent the public interest in legal disputes. 1/2
DECEMBER: Thames Water tried to make Charlie Maynard pay legal fees as high as £1400 an hour, in effort to quash any attempts to represent the public interest in legal disputes. 1/2
December 31, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Ofwat must say NO to 15 years of illegal sewage in 2026.
DECEMBER: Thames Water tried to make Charlie Maynard pay legal fees as high as £1400 an hour, in effort to quash any attempts to represent the public interest in legal disputes. 1/2
DECEMBER: Thames Water tried to make Charlie Maynard pay legal fees as high as £1400 an hour, in effort to quash any attempts to represent the public interest in legal disputes. 1/2
Ofwat must say NO to 15 years of illegal sewage in 2026.
OCTOBER: Thames Water is locked in negotiations with Ofwat on a rescue deal which could see them relieved of fines for past OR future sewage dumping.
#OFWATsayNO
OCTOBER: Thames Water is locked in negotiations with Ofwat on a rescue deal which could see them relieved of fines for past OR future sewage dumping.
#OFWATsayNO
Is the Thames Water bailout plan - which relieves the company from fines for up to fifteen years - lawful?
A group of Thames Water’s senior creditors, London & Valley Water (“L&VW”), has submitted to Ofwat proposals for them to be relieved from fines for past or future sewage dumping for a period of up to fifteen years and to take a very modest haircut to their loans.
www.whatthelawdoes.com
December 31, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Ofwat must say NO to 15 years of illegal sewage in 2026.
OCTOBER: Thames Water is locked in negotiations with Ofwat on a rescue deal which could see them relieved of fines for past OR future sewage dumping.
#OFWATsayNO
OCTOBER: Thames Water is locked in negotiations with Ofwat on a rescue deal which could see them relieved of fines for past OR future sewage dumping.
#OFWATsayNO
A year of reasons why Ofwat must say NO to 15 years of illegal sewage in 2026.
OCTOBER: The enshittification of Thames Water continues...In 2023-24, its serious sewage pollution incidents more than doubled from 14 to 33.
Tell Ofwat to reject Thames Water's new deal.
vist.ly/4k45i
#OFWATsayNO
OCTOBER: The enshittification of Thames Water continues...In 2023-24, its serious sewage pollution incidents more than doubled from 14 to 33.
Tell Ofwat to reject Thames Water's new deal.
vist.ly/4k45i
#OFWATsayNO
December 30, 2025 at 11:35 AM
A year of reasons why Ofwat must say NO to 15 years of illegal sewage in 2026.
OCTOBER: The enshittification of Thames Water continues...In 2023-24, its serious sewage pollution incidents more than doubled from 14 to 33.
Tell Ofwat to reject Thames Water's new deal.
vist.ly/4k45i
#OFWATsayNO
OCTOBER: The enshittification of Thames Water continues...In 2023-24, its serious sewage pollution incidents more than doubled from 14 to 33.
Tell Ofwat to reject Thames Water's new deal.
vist.ly/4k45i
#OFWATsayNO
A year of reasons why Ofwat must say NO to 15 years of illegal sewage.
SEPTEMBER: Despite huge under-investment, Thames Water asks Ofwat if they can do fewer infrastructure projects. Whose interests do they serve??
Tell Ofwat to reject Thames Water's new deal.
vist.ly/4jyjt
#OFWATsayNO
SEPTEMBER: Despite huge under-investment, Thames Water asks Ofwat if they can do fewer infrastructure projects. Whose interests do they serve??
Tell Ofwat to reject Thames Water's new deal.
vist.ly/4jyjt
#OFWATsayNO
December 29, 2025 at 8:25 AM
A year of reasons why Ofwat must say NO to 15 years of illegal sewage.
SEPTEMBER: Despite huge under-investment, Thames Water asks Ofwat if they can do fewer infrastructure projects. Whose interests do they serve??
Tell Ofwat to reject Thames Water's new deal.
vist.ly/4jyjt
#OFWATsayNO
SEPTEMBER: Despite huge under-investment, Thames Water asks Ofwat if they can do fewer infrastructure projects. Whose interests do they serve??
Tell Ofwat to reject Thames Water's new deal.
vist.ly/4jyjt
#OFWATsayNO
December 28, 2025 at 11:36 AM
A year of reasons why Ofwat should just say NO to Thames Water's outrageous deal: a licence to pollute our water until 2040.
JULY: TW pays more in fees to get £3bn bailout than it paid in fines for the 💩in our rivers.
Tell Ofwat to reject the Thames Water deal. #OFWATsayNO
vist.ly/4jwt4
JULY: TW pays more in fees to get £3bn bailout than it paid in fines for the 💩in our rivers.
Tell Ofwat to reject the Thames Water deal. #OFWATsayNO
vist.ly/4jwt4
December 28, 2025 at 11:35 AM
A year of reasons why Ofwat should just say NO to Thames Water's outrageous deal: a licence to pollute our water until 2040.
JULY: TW pays more in fees to get £3bn bailout than it paid in fines for the 💩in our rivers.
Tell Ofwat to reject the Thames Water deal. #OFWATsayNO
vist.ly/4jwt4
JULY: TW pays more in fees to get £3bn bailout than it paid in fines for the 💩in our rivers.
Tell Ofwat to reject the Thames Water deal. #OFWATsayNO
vist.ly/4jwt4
A year of reasons why Ofwat should just say NO to Thames Water's outrageous deal: a licence to pollute our water until 2040.
JULY: half of Thames Water's treatment plants can't handle demand. This is where lack of investment leads.
Tell Ofwat to reject the deal. #OFWATsayNO
vist.ly/4jved
JULY: half of Thames Water's treatment plants can't handle demand. This is where lack of investment leads.
Tell Ofwat to reject the deal. #OFWATsayNO
vist.ly/4jved
December 27, 2025 at 4:30 PM
A year of reasons why Ofwat should just say NO to Thames Water's outrageous deal: a licence to pollute our water until 2040.
JULY: half of Thames Water's treatment plants can't handle demand. This is where lack of investment leads.
Tell Ofwat to reject the deal. #OFWATsayNO
vist.ly/4jved
JULY: half of Thames Water's treatment plants can't handle demand. This is where lack of investment leads.
Tell Ofwat to reject the deal. #OFWATsayNO
vist.ly/4jved
A year of reasons why Ofwat should just say NO to Thames Water's outrageous deal: a licence to pollute our water for the next 15 years.
JULY: Thames Water gives £2.5m in fat cat payouts despite Ofwat's bonus ban.
Tell Ofwat to reject the Thames Water deal. #OFWATsayNO
vist.ly/4jur7
JULY: Thames Water gives £2.5m in fat cat payouts despite Ofwat's bonus ban.
Tell Ofwat to reject the Thames Water deal. #OFWATsayNO
vist.ly/4jur7
December 27, 2025 at 9:21 AM
A year of reasons why Ofwat should just say NO to Thames Water's outrageous deal: a licence to pollute our water for the next 15 years.
JULY: Thames Water gives £2.5m in fat cat payouts despite Ofwat's bonus ban.
Tell Ofwat to reject the Thames Water deal. #OFWATsayNO
vist.ly/4jur7
JULY: Thames Water gives £2.5m in fat cat payouts despite Ofwat's bonus ban.
Tell Ofwat to reject the Thames Water deal. #OFWATsayNO
vist.ly/4jur7
The gift we want for Christmas - not 15 years of illegal sewage courtesy of Thames Water.
Have a good one - and here's to less 💩 in 2026!
Have a good one - and here's to less 💩 in 2026!
December 24, 2025 at 9:46 PM
The gift we want for Christmas - not 15 years of illegal sewage courtesy of Thames Water.
Have a good one - and here's to less 💩 in 2026!
Have a good one - and here's to less 💩 in 2026!