drangedarren
Keen member
Water should Never have been privatised. Once it was it was only ever going to be about profit. The infrastructure has not been updated to deal with the amount of people coming into the country. Electricity, same thing, probably gas too... Thankfully at least these essential services don't mean swimming in turds like "water" does
Just imagine... Before privatisation the electricity network, water and gas could have been maintained and paid for via our taxes and we could have had electricity, gas and water free of extortion... Maybe that little girl and her heartbroken dad might still be alive.
After all it was public/taxpayer money that built the original infrastructure, the power station and the distribution network, etc. It would probably be a good idea to get some experienced, credentialed private managers in on salaries that reflect their successes and failures onci in place because one thing's for sure. The public sector will most definitely not be capable enough to run things efficiently... look around
I appreciate that I shouldn't be laughing but life atm is driving me a little bit crazy.
Life in the UK today feels like bills bills and more bills. Privatisation has been shown for what it is. Nothing more than lining the already full pockets of people who will never have enough money even when they have it all. The priorities are making sure share holders get their returns whilst old people and people on low wages freeze and go hungry. "Great Britain" You can take the great out of that lie. It's offensive to me when looking at modern day Britain. This country is disappearing down the toilet and our glorious leaders are helping it along with their detachment and ineptitude. Hard to imagine it's not being done deliberately, course it is
Very little that happens, financial crashes, wars, etc all fit someone's agenda somewhere. Nameless, faceless people who you never see or hear about, They sit back and pull the strings of people like Claire Stoma, Nigel Mirage, Ben Ineedabib, etc. I pity anyone who believes democracy is a thing, that voting makes a difference, wake up There is only one demographic enjoying success at the poles and they are cheating! and getting away with it.
My personal belief is that our country is being wound up just like we are bankrupt which we are by the way. (As of January 2026, the UK's public sector net debt (PSND) excluding public sector banks was £2,867.4 billion, equivalent to 95.6% of GDP. This marks a significant increase from £2.53 trillion in July 2024, with debt rising by over £186 billion in just one year under the current Labour government. Thanks Ai. I dare say the actual figure is much higher but very well hidden) I think I'm right in saying our current leaders recently added an additional 500 million to that amount when they gave it to a former actor, Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Our govt as a whole seems very fond of charity particularly when it is to another country or people coming from another country...
The UK is no longer relevant or competitive on the world stage. We produce nothing anymore. We cannot exist without imports. Self sufficiency should ALWAYS have been a priority. We don't produce all of our own energy, food and many other Important services and materials that are essential to be an independent country. We even allow other countries to make our laws for us. Does this country actually export anything anymore? Once upon a time it was shipbuilding, steel, coal, technology, bovine spongiform encephalopathy etc, etc .... I believe we still export cheese when we're allowed too
I worry about the future, not for myself because I'm old so I won't have to endure it too much longer. But what about our young people. Most of them have no idea about what's waiting for them. What kind of lives they'll be allowed to live assuming they will be allowed to live at all... 15 minute cities, low pollution zones, carbon taxes, being forced to eat insects/bugs as the yanks like to call them. NOTE It's ok to call yanks yanks, poms poms, kiwis kiwis but woe betide ... The population in the UK has been dumbed down and treated like mushrooms. We've been pacified for so long we don't remember the size of the fight we could bring to the table. We have forgotten how to press it when we say "NO" Unity and community no longer exist. You'll hear the word community bandied about but it's a myth these days unless you weren't born here. Certain demographics absolutely know what Unity and community means. Recent local elections demonstrate it perfectly if only we were allowed to notice... If only we had free speech we could talk about it freely without being called names. We do have free speech according to our so called pm and his compadres but reality it turns out would suggest otherwise...
Someone else above said something along the lines "it could be re nationalised" I have no doubt it will be but only once they've rinsed any potential profit out of it and left in a state for the tax payer to remedy.
Bottom line for now. When swimming in the sea try not to swallow any of it. If it looks like a turd or a used rubber or sanitary item... It probably is
Just imagine... Before privatisation the electricity network, water and gas could have been maintained and paid for via our taxes and we could have had electricity, gas and water free of extortion... Maybe that little girl and her heartbroken dad might still be alive.
After all it was public/taxpayer money that built the original infrastructure, the power station and the distribution network, etc. It would probably be a good idea to get some experienced, credentialed private managers in on salaries that reflect their successes and failures onci in place because one thing's for sure. The public sector will most definitely not be capable enough to run things efficiently... look around
I appreciate that I shouldn't be laughing but life atm is driving me a little bit crazy.Life in the UK today feels like bills bills and more bills. Privatisation has been shown for what it is. Nothing more than lining the already full pockets of people who will never have enough money even when they have it all. The priorities are making sure share holders get their returns whilst old people and people on low wages freeze and go hungry. "Great Britain" You can take the great out of that lie. It's offensive to me when looking at modern day Britain. This country is disappearing down the toilet and our glorious leaders are helping it along with their detachment and ineptitude. Hard to imagine it's not being done deliberately, course it is
Very little that happens, financial crashes, wars, etc all fit someone's agenda somewhere. Nameless, faceless people who you never see or hear about, They sit back and pull the strings of people like Claire Stoma, Nigel Mirage, Ben Ineedabib, etc. I pity anyone who believes democracy is a thing, that voting makes a difference, wake up There is only one demographic enjoying success at the poles and they are cheating! and getting away with it. My personal belief is that our country is being wound up just like we are bankrupt which we are by the way. (As of January 2026, the UK's public sector net debt (PSND) excluding public sector banks was £2,867.4 billion, equivalent to 95.6% of GDP. This marks a significant increase from £2.53 trillion in July 2024, with debt rising by over £186 billion in just one year under the current Labour government. Thanks Ai. I dare say the actual figure is much higher but very well hidden) I think I'm right in saying our current leaders recently added an additional 500 million to that amount when they gave it to a former actor, Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Our govt as a whole seems very fond of charity particularly when it is to another country or people coming from another country...
The UK is no longer relevant or competitive on the world stage. We produce nothing anymore. We cannot exist without imports. Self sufficiency should ALWAYS have been a priority. We don't produce all of our own energy, food and many other Important services and materials that are essential to be an independent country. We even allow other countries to make our laws for us. Does this country actually export anything anymore? Once upon a time it was shipbuilding, steel, coal, technology, bovine spongiform encephalopathy etc, etc .... I believe we still export cheese when we're allowed too
I worry about the future, not for myself because I'm old so I won't have to endure it too much longer. But what about our young people. Most of them have no idea about what's waiting for them. What kind of lives they'll be allowed to live assuming they will be allowed to live at all... 15 minute cities, low pollution zones, carbon taxes, being forced to eat insects/bugs as the yanks like to call them. NOTE It's ok to call yanks yanks, poms poms, kiwis kiwis but woe betide ... The population in the UK has been dumbed down and treated like mushrooms. We've been pacified for so long we don't remember the size of the fight we could bring to the table. We have forgotten how to press it when we say "NO" Unity and community no longer exist. You'll hear the word community bandied about but it's a myth these days unless you weren't born here. Certain demographics absolutely know what Unity and community means. Recent local elections demonstrate it perfectly if only we were allowed to notice... If only we had free speech we could talk about it freely without being called names. We do have free speech according to our so called pm and his compadres but reality it turns out would suggest otherwise...
Someone else above said something along the lines "it could be re nationalised" I have no doubt it will be but only once they've rinsed any potential profit out of it and left in a state for the tax payer to remedy.
Bottom line for now. When swimming in the sea try not to swallow any of it. If it looks like a turd or a used rubber or sanitary item... It probably is
