Interesting Links for 02-07-2020
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andrewducker- Water firms discharged raw sewage into England's rivers 200,000 times in 2019
- (tags:UK rivers pollution water )
- England's privatised water firms paid £57bn in dividends since 1991 (Scottish Water is, of course, publicly owned)
- (tags:UK water capitalism )
- Lego joins hundreds of companies and pulls ads on Facebook over hate speech
- (tags:abuse advertising Facebook )
- The government's "rough sex" law doesn't actually change anything
- https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1278411380836708353.html
(tags:law sex murder bdsm uk ) - Sweeping climate-crisis plan would bring US to zero emissions in 30 years
- (tags:USA globalwarming thefuture politics )
- A Former BNP Councillor to Become Mayor of Stoke on Trent
- (tags:racism UK politics OhForFucksSake bnp )
- Finland′s air force logo drops swastika
- (tags:logo Finland Nazis history )
Re: Privatised water firms
Date: 2020-07-03 12:26 pm (UTC)In comparison, the highest paid director of publicly owned Scottish Water earned £366,000."
And
"Scottish Water, which is publicly owned, has invested nearly 35% more per household in infrastructure since 2002 than the privatised English water companies, according to the analysis. It charges users 14% less and does not pay dividends."
(Both from the article)