Beaches closed after sewage released into the sea

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  1. A lot of seaside towns are Tory constituencies down south. Let’s hope the locals finally use this as a moment to reflect on what Troy environmental policies have brought them.

  2. Ofwat are to blame, they’ve let the company’s get away with too much for too long.

    They fine them, but the fines don’t even make a dent in their profits.

  3. Private water companies do this because they prioritise short term profit of pumping sewage into the sea over finding a way to properly dispose of it.

    If they had any kind of governance or effective regulation they wouldn’t be allowed to, why is no one in charge telling them to fucking stop pumping raw sewage into our seas and rivers?

    We can only assume the Tories endorse it.

    Its shocking stuff like this gets turned into partisan “profit isn’t greed” debates from people like Truss leading to some people actively debating the pros and cons of pumping raw sewage into our water.

    This should be as simple as > water companies are pumping raw sewage into our water > water companies shouldn’t be pumping raw sewage into our water > a regulator or government tells them to stop > If they don’t stop they face consequences e.g. sufficiently heavy fines, if they ignore this punishment they get nationalised.

    This going on for so long is either corruption or negligence.

  4. Now we are free from the EU, we are free to swim in our own shite.

    That’s what taking back control looks like 💪

  5. And the CEO’s are getting the biggest bonuses they’ve ever had.

    Nationalise the utilities and lock them up.

  6. Didn’t the Tories promise they’d be the “greenest government ever”?

    Quite prescient when you think about it – the colour of toxic sludge is traditionally green.

  7. At this point, I don’t care how conservative people are politically. You can have those views and there’s nothing wrong with that. I do have absolute issue with people that vote for this incarnation of the Conservative Party. They’re the most rotten bunch of pricks in British political history.

    They’re not the Conservative Party that you think they are anymore. They have to face heavy defeat in the next election so they can get themselves out of the rabbit hole they’re going down. For fuck sake, no matter what your views are, do not vote Tory until they fix themselves.

  8. If only there was a way to use that energy dense waste…

    Like fertilizers for fields instead of chemicals,

    Or using the waste products in a biodigester farm and creating methane that could be used in big generators on site which could power the overall progress or make money for the company by putting said electricity/ gas into the network…

    But no flush that valuable commodity down the drain, you can tell no one from a manufacturing background is running these companies, if so every waste product would find a market to make Money.

  9. Why have I not yet seen a juxtaposition of the end of a sewer pipe while it is being used and Mrs Truss’ electoral slogan?

  10. On the James O’Brien show on LBC the other day, a caller told of how swimming in polluted water resulted in fecal matter remaining stuck between interstices of his skin – and the consequent amputation of one of his hands.

  11. Brexit Tory Brits are masochistic gimps. They will happily swim in shit and piss for the sake of their beloved Tory party and Brexit.

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