John Crowther
@john_crowther
Respect nature and biodiversity. Part of the fight to build a fairer, greener, sustainable future. #BuildBackFairer #BuildBackGreener
Another Claire Fox low as she links the Epping Forest demonstrations calling for the closure of a hotel with migrants to wider concerns about "cultural and identity politics." What despicable, reactionary politics from a shameless grifter on #Newsnight
The @EnvAgency up to their old tricks again I see. "Thousands of river pollution tests cancelled because of staff shortages." "With impeccable timing the Environment Agency reminds us all of exactly why they to should be added to Sir Jon Cunliffe's bonfire of the quangos [the…
Lord Sikka reminds parliament that using the same formula that Ofwat had used to calculate the cost of nationalising the water industry "A £10,000 Robin Reliant bought in 1990 by Del Boy would now have a value of over £50,000". Ofwat calculate that @thameswater is currently…
The government fiction of £100bn cost of water public ownership explained as @GreenJennyJones and @premnsikka tag team in Lords. If you measure worth as value minus liabilities, these companies could be bought by the government for next to nothing. @Feargal_Sharkey
Earlier this year, I lost my beloved job at my beloved Observer when the Guardian, in its great wisdom, gave the newspaper away to a podcast company...who promptly sacked me. So, forgive my delight today, in being nominated for FIVE awards in the British Podcast Awards!! 1/
Let’s hope the new Water Regulator proposed comes with a huge injection of cash. Environment Agency monitoring programmes (which are slated to move the a new organisation) are now around half the size they were in 2010 due to relentless budget cuts. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
Hard to think of one image which captures the cowardice, authoritarianism and banality of the Starmer regime, but I think this is a contender
Reform is trolling democracy—and it’s dangerous youtu.be/afhsFOwHyP0?si… Appointing a teenager to run a county council with £2 billion at stake isn’t just poor judgement—it’s a deliberate mockery of democratic government.
Good morning to everyone especially this truth seeker!
Privatisation has turned our essential resource into a cash-cow for profiteers. The Government’s long-awaited reform won’t fix it. If you think everyone should have access to clean, accessible, public water, add your name: actionnetwork.org/forms/water-be…
"We've got to the state where a man is arrested for carrying a joke." Private Eye editor Ian Hislop on the arrest of a man under the Terrorism Act for holding up a cartoon from the magazine during a protest against the ban of the group Palestine Action at the weekend. #BBCPM
Dreadful twisting of facts by Angela Epstein on @SkyNews surely she can’t be allowed to get away with this? Rightly called out by Kevin Maguire @Kevin_Maguire
At @WelshDeeTrust, we believe this is a missed opportunity. The River Dee and other transboundary rivers such as (the Severn an Wye) need catchment-based planning.
The #CunliffeReview dropped today, proposing a major overhaul of water regulation in the UK. But there's a glaring omission. The review recommends new regional water system planning authorities, several in 🏴, one in 🏴. But what about the Dee, which crosses the border? 👇
James Cleverly @JamesCleverly @Conservatives @ConHome @cchq is seriously deluded if he thinks that voters will forget and forgive 14 years of #Tory self-service, catastrophic financial mismanagement and cover-ups 🤔#ToryHypocrisy #ToryLies #ToryIncomptence
First morning back on the Tory front bench and this lying hypocrite turns up on national TV. Platformed by a compliant media to spread his poisonous bile. Conveniently forgetting the 14 years of catastrophic failure he was a major part of. @JamesCleverly @GMB @Conservatives
286,000 people have already signed the very brilliant @SOSWhitstable's petition. They would like to get it to 300,000. You know what you need to do my friends, get cracking.
Had enough of water industry greed? Our petition to return to public ownership has been signed by 286,000+ people. We'd love to get to 300k and then deliver it to @Keir_Starmer. If you could sign and share we would be grateful 🙏🏻 change.org/nationalise-wa…
Dreadful Edwina Curry @TimesRadio this morning, being indulged by @StigAbell as she praises the views of Nigel Farage! Why on earth give a platform to her demented ramblings?
The disaster of water privatisation - a monumental rip-off of the British public, which is why the recommendations of the ‘Independent’ Water Commission and the the proposals from Steve Reed @DefraGovUK are so disappointing. @Feargal_Sharkey @RichardJMurphy
I spent a year at Ofwat back in 2013 working on price controls I’m not remotely surprised it’s being abolished - what I saw astonished me 🧵 theguardian.com/business/2025/…
I thought killing innocent people was wrong. Turns out that saying innocent people are being killed is wrong. Funny old world.
I was asked to take a look into this tweet, cos, well, it’s Andrea Jenkyns!🤷🏼♀️ So first - the substance of the story… 1/20