Regulation: corporate law-breaking
May 18, 2026 3:29 am Post a CommentIt doesn’t hurt every now and again to step back from the bigger picture and look at some of the... View Article
Water
Water: where we are
December 20, 2024 3:04 am Post a CommentRecently, we had a brief look at local government and the Redcliffe-Maude report which spawned the Local Government Act 1972... View Article
Water: picking up the bill
June 29, 2023 3:13 am Post a CommentIt takes a special kind of genius to take a monopoly business like Thames Water, with a captive customer base... View Article
Water: masking the problem
May 19, 2023 3:38 am Post a CommentTo judge from the self-congratulatory coverage of the latest announcement by the water companies, who have pledged £10 billion “to... View Article
Water: affordable discharge
August 22, 2022 2:11 am Post a CommentThe papers have been full of news of the recent sewage spills, with the Telegraph telling us that sewage “now... View Article
Media: the sleb culture
August 21, 2022 3:07 am Post a Comment“The lack of interest in technical solutions to the water crisis in some ways typifies the trivialisation of issues in... View Article
Water: the monstruous regiment
August 18, 2022 12:27 am Post a CommentIt is instructive to see the Telegraph run a piece on Geoffrey Boycott complaining about a “guy from cycling reforming... View Article
Water: defending the indefensible
August 17, 2022 2:22 am Post a CommentOn 7 April, Yorkshire Water announced that its current CEO, the vastly overpaid Liz Barber, was retiring on 6 May,... View Article
Politics: the role of policy
August 16, 2022 2:49 am Post a CommentAmid all the worries and woes besetting this nation, at least we have a little bit of good news to... View Article
