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I’m sorry, but your first point is incorrect. Southern Water is owned by an Australian conglomerate called Macquarie, who have recently recorded record profits and provided a healthy dividend of A$4.50 per share. Macquarie do a lot of things, Southern Water will only be a contributor to the...

It’s too late in the day for me, but I will try to remember to reply in the morning. Goodnight straw man.

I’m sorry, but what you posted was journalistically illiterate. It seemed to ask “how would we pay for it?” Surely the answer is incredibly simple, through our water bills? Our water bill is going to come in anyway, would I rather the money I pay went into improving our sewage treatment, or...

While I agree that it’s possible to have rose-tinted glasses for the good old days of public ownership, I’m not at all convinced that private ownership has proven an improvement. As such, I’d argue that public ownership is the ‘least worst’ option available. If you feel otherwise, please...

I’m sorry, but are you arguing that water companies, who paid dividends to their directors and shareholders were previously unaware of their responsibility to not piss raw sewage into our rivers and seas? Guy Fawkes? A straw man?

River sewage: England's water firms issue apology https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-65626241 Yup, they say sorry but intend to carry on doing it. Then they promise that by 2030 they’ll only pump raw sewage into our rivers and seas 536 times a day. Apology not accepted. There...