It's a natural monopoly, < Joke > (View Post)

Indeed. I remember all the nonsense that only the private sector could fix this ageing infrastructure. Nationalised industries = old. And then water, and other utility investment fell off a cliff in … (View Post)

As i've said before, I don't think Thatcher is going to go down in history as the great, reviving prime minister many people have liked to believe for a long tome. Too much of what she prom… (View Post)

What an utter, utter indictment. "The government has “no true grasp on the costs” involved in preventing a collapse of Thames Water, with estimates presented to ministers and regulators suggesti… (View Post)

That's what I was thinkiing. If they're not fully nationalised we could still end up paying the 25-40% "sewage" increase, which is partly what I was alluding to. If 10 billion of … (View Post)