tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2287999849939481621.post6414188025187385225..comments2023-10-29T04:03:59.255-07:00Comments on Leftwing Criminologist: Contaminated Water – Yet Again!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2287999849939481621.post-85395258558434751872008-09-03T02:04:00.000-07:002008-09-03T02:04:00.000-07:00i drink an awful lot of water too. - i only got t...i drink an awful lot of water too. - i only got the notice to boil water yesterday, a whole three days late - fortunately i'd heard about it at work.<BR/><BR/>the holding company for welsh water claim them are not for profit but then contract everything out to people who are profit making.<BR/><BR/>apparently before the first outbreak of cryptosporidium occured they just assumed that it would be dilute enough in local water supplies!!!Leftwing Criminologisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12369810078697007763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2287999849939481621.post-91487600789340873432008-09-02T11:43:00.000-07:002008-09-02T11:43:00.000-07:00I was about to post on this today, maybe I'll reji...I was about to post on this today, maybe I'll rejig it. Have you read the history of Welsh Water, it's hilarious (as in horrific) they got privatised then invested to make profits in all sorts, that failed they were bought sold a couple of times and now are chartered to just do water (allegedly) but they are a ghost almost, they contract out loads of work they are more like a commissioning agency. In every possible way they are a model of privatised contracting out monopoly and their complete inability to provide potable water rather shows the abject failure of neoliberal bullshit especially as applied to essential utilities with a captive market. You cannot have hundred of pipes going to each house and the 'client' choosing which water to use based on a choice of suppliers. That they did privatise water shows the absolute insane ideologues who infected us in the 80's. It simply is not practical for essential domestic utilities to be profit focussed private enterprises, even if you accept their dogmas of competition and rational market actors it cannot work with water and some other industries by basic logistical, infrastructure and engineering factors. It is is not even up for political debate, yet they politicised everything right down to the water we drink which along with oxygen makes the essential conditions for life. Make sure you claim every damn penny you deserve in compensation and if anyone you know gets ill, think about a personal injury lawsuit. I'm -so far- out of it because we get water from island reservoirs but it pisses me off as I drink almost nothing but water, several litres a day, i truly like water as my favourite drink, if they can't provide clean water in the 21st century, well thank Cheesus they don't have the brewery/piss up contracts for Wales. Fucking imbeciles.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17111132651663342181noreply@blogger.com