Fuck Private Water
@fuckprivatewater.bsky.social
Calling business owners, employees and all residents to stand firm against privatised water.
If we want our water back we must take it back together.
If we want our water back we must take it back together.
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Cochabamba Water War - Wikipedia
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They did it in Cochabamba, we can do it here too!
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England is so insular that I doubt many people realise how much of an outlier they are. England, the only country in the world with a fully privatised water system gets nearly FOUR times as many complaints about water bills talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/01/25/e...
England, the only country in the world with a fully privatised water system gets nearly FOUR times as many complaints about water bills
in England! Thanks to Dottie for alerting me to this: From the Guardian today, the above and: Customer complaints over water bills surge by 50% in England and Wales – Number of households com…
talkingupscotlandtwo.com
January 25, 2026 at 3:49 PM
England is so insular that I doubt many people realise how much of an outlier they are. England, the only country in the world with a fully privatised water system gets nearly FOUR times as many complaints about water bills talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/01/25/e...
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Having experienced a 'do not drink' alert from South East Water and a 'do not travel' alert from the railways, it's easy to see why people might think the public is not being well-severed by the privatised companies.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
South-east England ‘do not travel’ rail alert lifted but disruption continues
Signalling issue and train derailment still affecting Southern, Thameslink and Gatwick Express services
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2026 at 12:52 PM
Having experienced a 'do not drink' alert from South East Water and a 'do not travel' alert from the railways, it's easy to see why people might think the public is not being well-severed by the privatised companies.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Absolutely brilliant work from Layla Moran MP in parliament 👏👏👏
THANK YOU for standing up for billpayers and rivers!! 🤩
Keir Starmer must stop defending the disaster that is privatised Thames Water
Ask your MP to join Layla in saying no to the creditors' deal weownit.org.uk/news/is-your...
THANK YOU for standing up for billpayers and rivers!! 🤩
Keir Starmer must stop defending the disaster that is privatised Thames Water
Ask your MP to join Layla in saying no to the creditors' deal weownit.org.uk/news/is-your...
My residents are sick of being let down by Thames Water. The company is dead in the water.
The PM should deny the £16 billon rescue deal that is about to cross his desk and establish a public benefit company.
I look forward to the opportunity to discuss this further with the Minister.
The PM should deny the £16 billon rescue deal that is about to cross his desk and establish a public benefit company.
I look forward to the opportunity to discuss this further with the Minister.
February 5, 2026 at 11:10 AM
Absolutely brilliant work from Layla Moran MP in parliament 👏👏👏
THANK YOU for standing up for billpayers and rivers!! 🤩
Keir Starmer must stop defending the disaster that is privatised Thames Water
Ask your MP to join Layla in saying no to the creditors' deal weownit.org.uk/news/is-your...
THANK YOU for standing up for billpayers and rivers!! 🤩
Keir Starmer must stop defending the disaster that is privatised Thames Water
Ask your MP to join Layla in saying no to the creditors' deal weownit.org.uk/news/is-your...
Annie is right, we need public ownership. Water should not be a commodity any more than air, we need both to live. No profits should be made from the necessary essentials for life. Water is a right.
Our water system is a failure.
"No other country has copied its extreme privatised model. In Paris, the public water operator is an award-winning example of transparency, accountability & integrity...
The only real route to operating water in the public interest is for it to be in public ownership"
"No other country has copied its extreme privatised model. In Paris, the public water operator is an award-winning example of transparency, accountability & integrity...
The only real route to operating water in the public interest is for it to be in public ownership"
Profits and public protection appear to be incompatible.
February 1, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Annie is right, we need public ownership. Water should not be a commodity any more than air, we need both to live. No profits should be made from the necessary essentials for life. Water is a right.
This government is weak which means we the people with a unified message can make a difference. We may not get another chance like this.
January 30, 2026 at 12:16 PM
This government is weak which means we the people with a unified message can make a difference. We may not get another chance like this.
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Yet ANOTHER water bill increase
It's an insult that we're being asking to pay more while our water system collapses around us
This government has promised to tackle the cost of living crisis.
They should begin by slashing water bills through public ownership of water.
It's an insult that we're being asking to pay more while our water system collapses around us
This government has promised to tackle the cost of living crisis.
They should begin by slashing water bills through public ownership of water.
Households in England and Wales must splash out more as water bills to rise by 5.4%
Average bills to go up again in April, with Ofwat approving record spending plans amid outrage over sewage spills
www.theguardian.com
January 29, 2026 at 1:37 PM
Yet ANOTHER water bill increase
It's an insult that we're being asking to pay more while our water system collapses around us
This government has promised to tackle the cost of living crisis.
They should begin by slashing water bills through public ownership of water.
It's an insult that we're being asking to pay more while our water system collapses around us
This government has promised to tackle the cost of living crisis.
They should begin by slashing water bills through public ownership of water.
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Is Thames Water your water company?
They want permission for *illegal sewage until 2040*
Please tell YOUR MP to say NO
Deadline is tomorrow to sign up to our letter to Ofwat 👇👇👇
weownit.org.uk/act-now/take...
They want permission for *illegal sewage until 2040*
Please tell YOUR MP to say NO
Deadline is tomorrow to sign up to our letter to Ofwat 👇👇👇
weownit.org.uk/act-now/take...
Take action - Thames Water households: get your MP to sign our open letter to Ofwat
weownit.org.uk
January 29, 2026 at 8:21 AM
Is Thames Water your water company?
They want permission for *illegal sewage until 2040*
Please tell YOUR MP to say NO
Deadline is tomorrow to sign up to our letter to Ofwat 👇👇👇
weownit.org.uk/act-now/take...
They want permission for *illegal sewage until 2040*
Please tell YOUR MP to say NO
Deadline is tomorrow to sign up to our letter to Ofwat 👇👇👇
weownit.org.uk/act-now/take...
We are done with paying for the failures we never even voted for!
When we are not given a fair democratic solution, we must resist.
When we are not given a fair democratic solution, we must resist.
"Bill payers, not water companies, are being forced to pick up the tab for decades of failure”. Well said James Wallace of @riveractionuk.bsky.social. @weownit.org.uk @cathobbs.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/money/2026/j...
Households in England and Wales must splash out more as water bills to rise by 5.4%
Average bills to go up again in April, with Ofwat approving record spending plans amid outrage over sewage spills
www.theguardian.com
January 29, 2026 at 8:32 PM
We are done with paying for the failures we never even voted for!
When we are not given a fair democratic solution, we must resist.
When we are not given a fair democratic solution, we must resist.
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Bell Ribeiro-Addy, MP for Clapham and Brixton Hill, has said NO to Thames Water's outrageous deal by signing our open letter to Ofwat and the Environment Secretary. @bellribeiroaddy.bsky.social.bsky.social
❓Is YOUR MP OK with illegal sewage until 2040❓
Find out now by taking action: vist.ly/4pfc3
❓Is YOUR MP OK with illegal sewage until 2040❓
Find out now by taking action: vist.ly/4pfc3
January 28, 2026 at 11:38 AM
Bell Ribeiro-Addy, MP for Clapham and Brixton Hill, has said NO to Thames Water's outrageous deal by signing our open letter to Ofwat and the Environment Secretary. @bellribeiroaddy.bsky.social.bsky.social
❓Is YOUR MP OK with illegal sewage until 2040❓
Find out now by taking action: vist.ly/4pfc3
❓Is YOUR MP OK with illegal sewage until 2040❓
Find out now by taking action: vist.ly/4pfc3
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Freddie van Mierlo, the MP for Henley and Thame, has signed our open letter to Ofwat and the Environment Secretary, telling them to reject Thames Water's outrageous deal. @freddievanmierlomp.bsky.social
❓Is YOUR MP OK with illegal sewage until 2040❓
Take action today: vist.ly/4pgub
❓Is YOUR MP OK with illegal sewage until 2040❓
Take action today: vist.ly/4pgub
January 28, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Freddie van Mierlo, the MP for Henley and Thame, has signed our open letter to Ofwat and the Environment Secretary, telling them to reject Thames Water's outrageous deal. @freddievanmierlomp.bsky.social
❓Is YOUR MP OK with illegal sewage until 2040❓
Take action today: vist.ly/4pgub
❓Is YOUR MP OK with illegal sewage until 2040❓
Take action today: vist.ly/4pgub
Nationalising water is only a “hard choice” because there is one.
Let’s stop making privatised water an option.
Let’s stop making privatised water an option.
January 28, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Nationalising water is only a “hard choice” because there is one.
Let’s stop making privatised water an option.
Let’s stop making privatised water an option.
They did it in Cochabamba, we can do it here too!
Cochabamba Water War - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 28, 2026 at 6:11 PM
They did it in Cochabamba, we can do it here too!
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Reform politicians keep calling for more Thatcherism
The truth is Thatcher's privatisation of our essential assets was
anti patriotic
anti enterprise
NOT supported by voters, including Reform voters today - who want public ownership!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7k1...
The truth is Thatcher's privatisation of our essential assets was
anti patriotic
anti enterprise
NOT supported by voters, including Reform voters today - who want public ownership!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7k1...
3 reasons why praising Thatcher is a mistake
YouTube video by We Own It
www.youtube.com
January 28, 2026 at 10:14 AM
Reform politicians keep calling for more Thatcherism
The truth is Thatcher's privatisation of our essential assets was
anti patriotic
anti enterprise
NOT supported by voters, including Reform voters today - who want public ownership!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7k1...
The truth is Thatcher's privatisation of our essential assets was
anti patriotic
anti enterprise
NOT supported by voters, including Reform voters today - who want public ownership!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7k1...
Andrew is right, the problem is here at home in England. No one else is coming to save us and so we must take it upon ourselves to pressure this weak government into nationalising the whole network.
It’s possible, it’s happened before.
It’s possible, it’s happened before.
Sorry, but can you please stop confusing UK and England. The problems in England's water industry are NOT UK industry problems. Scotland does not have a privatised water industry.
January 28, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Andrew is right, the problem is here at home in England. No one else is coming to save us and so we must take it upon ourselves to pressure this weak government into nationalising the whole network.
It’s possible, it’s happened before.
It’s possible, it’s happened before.
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People swimming in excrements or getting flooded because privatised water management companies refuse to invest in the sewage system is a better indicator of how human dignity is sacrificed for greed and profit. Thanks to Thatcher. www.wateronline.com/doc/how-wate...
January 28, 2026 at 8:15 AM
People swimming in excrements or getting flooded because privatised water management companies refuse to invest in the sewage system is a better indicator of how human dignity is sacrificed for greed and profit. Thanks to Thatcher. www.wateronline.com/doc/how-wate...
It doesn’t matter if you’re green or blue.
We all say… Fuck Private Water
We all say… Fuck Private Water
How to fix the UK's broken water system
Tired of water companies siphoning off huge profits and leaving us with creaky infrastructure? Professor Karel Williams knows how to stop it.
www.bigissue.com
January 28, 2026 at 12:04 AM
It doesn’t matter if you’re green or blue.
We all say… Fuck Private Water
We all say… Fuck Private Water
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The Government wants new water laws that lock us into decades of rip-off privatisation - without asking the public.
82% of Brits support public ownership. You won’t get a say.
Stop the stitch-up. Demand a real public consultation: actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...
82% of Brits support public ownership. You won’t get a say.
Stop the stitch-up. Demand a real public consultation: actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...
January 23, 2026 at 10:21 AM
The Government wants new water laws that lock us into decades of rip-off privatisation - without asking the public.
82% of Brits support public ownership. You won’t get a say.
Stop the stitch-up. Demand a real public consultation: actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...
82% of Brits support public ownership. You won’t get a say.
Stop the stitch-up. Demand a real public consultation: actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...
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"... government's white paper on water has failed to bring water back into public ownership
Regulations have failed, and shareholders have extracted enormous profits while water bills have rocketed
We need real change, not half measures
Public ownership is the only solution"
via Fire Brigades Union
Regulations have failed, and shareholders have extracted enormous profits while water bills have rocketed
We need real change, not half measures
Public ownership is the only solution"
via Fire Brigades Union
January 26, 2026 at 8:52 AM
"... government's white paper on water has failed to bring water back into public ownership
Regulations have failed, and shareholders have extracted enormous profits while water bills have rocketed
We need real change, not half measures
Public ownership is the only solution"
via Fire Brigades Union
Regulations have failed, and shareholders have extracted enormous profits while water bills have rocketed
We need real change, not half measures
Public ownership is the only solution"
via Fire Brigades Union
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totally avoidable, the result of years of profit-taking and underinvestment by greedy water companies. nationalise them all, without compensation, and start again.
What happens when the taps run dry? England is about to find out | Aditya Chakrabortty
What happens when the taps run dry? England is about to find out | Aditya Chakrabortty
It’s not just Tunbridge Wells – a country famous around the world for its rain is in danger of self-imposed drought, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2026 at 8:08 AM
totally avoidable, the result of years of profit-taking and underinvestment by greedy water companies. nationalise them all, without compensation, and start again.
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Wales just switched to a not for profit model decades ago. You don’t even have to nationalise - there’s the Glas Cymru/National Rail model of escaping the hell of privatised water.
England's ideological privatisation IS the first problem to solve
THEN we can build on best practice from around the world
"With public ownership, we could have households and anti-sewage groups on the boards of water companies to make them truly accountable"
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
THEN we can build on best practice from around the world
"With public ownership, we could have households and anti-sewage groups on the boards of water companies to make them truly accountable"
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Privatisation not the problem for England’s water, says author of review
Architect of government’s water plan says nationalisation might not fix everything and the current system can work
www.theguardian.com
January 24, 2026 at 10:19 AM
Wales just switched to a not for profit model decades ago. You don’t even have to nationalise - there’s the Glas Cymru/National Rail model of escaping the hell of privatised water.
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Re-nationalise our water supply- the shareholders have extracted more than enough wealth from our water system, time to take water back into public ownership!!
"... government's white paper on water has failed to bring water back into public ownership
Regulations have failed, and shareholders have extracted enormous profits while water bills have rocketed
We need real change, not half measures
Public ownership is the only solution"
via Fire Brigades Union
Regulations have failed, and shareholders have extracted enormous profits while water bills have rocketed
We need real change, not half measures
Public ownership is the only solution"
via Fire Brigades Union
January 26, 2026 at 9:57 AM
Re-nationalise our water supply- the shareholders have extracted more than enough wealth from our water system, time to take water back into public ownership!!
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Nationalise the water industry, prosecute the bosses. Water is a basic human need, nobody's supply of it should be dependant on a profit seeking private company
January 20, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Nationalise the water industry, prosecute the bosses. Water is a basic human need, nobody's supply of it should be dependant on a profit seeking private company
We can make a stand against privatised water, this letter from @labourlewis.bsky.social is just one step.
We need residents and businesses to stand together and say we will not stand for this‼️
Already too many people have seen what could be a future for all of us.
We have to act now.
We need residents and businesses to stand together and say we will not stand for this‼️
Already too many people have seen what could be a future for all of us.
We have to act now.
🤩Brilliant from @labourlewis.bsky.social.bsky.social on Thames Water.
⁉️ Is your MP OK with sewage until 2040 ⁉️
✉️ We've written an open letter to Ofwat and the Environment Secretary, urging them to reject the Thames Water creditors' deal
✍️ Make sure your MP's name is on it.
vist.ly/4paja
⁉️ Is your MP OK with sewage until 2040 ⁉️
✉️ We've written an open letter to Ofwat and the Environment Secretary, urging them to reject the Thames Water creditors' deal
✍️ Make sure your MP's name is on it.
vist.ly/4paja
January 27, 2026 at 5:56 PM
We can make a stand against privatised water, this letter from @labourlewis.bsky.social is just one step.
We need residents and businesses to stand together and say we will not stand for this‼️
Already too many people have seen what could be a future for all of us.
We have to act now.
We need residents and businesses to stand together and say we will not stand for this‼️
Already too many people have seen what could be a future for all of us.
We have to act now.
Let’s MAKE it happen.
We live in a democracy let’s vote with our feet and get out on the streets against private water.
Businesses don’t need to shut down like they did in Tunbridge Wells this month.
Let’s prove our strength against this weak, crumbling structure.
A little push is all it takes.
We live in a democracy let’s vote with our feet and get out on the streets against private water.
Businesses don’t need to shut down like they did in Tunbridge Wells this month.
Let’s prove our strength against this weak, crumbling structure.
A little push is all it takes.
The privatised water companies want the government to hurry up and abolish Ofwat
How is that going to help?
The government should hurry up and REMOVE their licences, starting with Thames Water *which wants to pollute outside of legal limits until 2040*
www.ft.com/content/b9e5...
How is that going to help?
The government should hurry up and REMOVE their licences, starting with Thames Water *which wants to pollute outside of legal limits until 2040*
www.ft.com/content/b9e5...
Water companies press for faster abolition of regulator
Slow pace of reforms means Ofwat is likely to be influencing household bills and infrastructure for another decade
www.ft.com
January 27, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Let’s MAKE it happen.
We live in a democracy let’s vote with our feet and get out on the streets against private water.
Businesses don’t need to shut down like they did in Tunbridge Wells this month.
Let’s prove our strength against this weak, crumbling structure.
A little push is all it takes.
We live in a democracy let’s vote with our feet and get out on the streets against private water.
Businesses don’t need to shut down like they did in Tunbridge Wells this month.
Let’s prove our strength against this weak, crumbling structure.
A little push is all it takes.