But even if we use the lower figure, the question is still: do you want to give £11.5bn to water company shareholders, so that the state can carry on doing pretty much exactly what the water companie… (View Post)

That's a question of regulation. Ofwat has been captured by the water companies. If you link caps on dividends and executive bonuses and salaries to pollution levels then you'd almost certainly see t… (View Post)

That was cancelled because: 1. Stupidly high costs coming from a gold-plated scheme, political demands for unnecessary tunnels and the general expensiveness of land. 2. Political choices over how to … (View Post)

We do though. The market gets spooked when governments borrow for current spending without any consideration for servicing or paying it back; just unjustified assertions as the tax cuts paying for th… (View Post)

Truss had no political antennae either. And both May's and Johnson's were warped, in different ways. Plus, Johnson was completely incapable at the managerial and administrative side of the job, while… (View Post)