I wonder how many counties in the world have 10 different gas/electric/rail/bus services and water suppliers ?
Nationalize the lot .

Privatisation is a disaster.

Taking water as an example, it appears that water companies borrow huge amounts to forward to shareholders, any input to running the water itself is coincidental, it is just a racket.

In 30 years no new reservoirs have been built, pipes are 19th century, leaks everywhere and they put s**t in it.

All these private concerns, when they want money to actually do what they are supposed to do, run cap in hand to the taxpayer.

People find it hard to believe how bad they are, having been championed by Thatcher and later tory governments.

Most people who want nationalisation are only saying that due to cost.

The unfortunate thing is that they don't really understand just how much energy this country requires compared to how much we have direct access to ourselves.

Energy independence isn't possible in the near to even mid-term future...even if we took expensive stops now.

All that green b0llocks and cowards kicking the can down the road to the next shower who in turn kicked the can....well that stopped us from investing in nuclear.....which takes a long time to build.

People have backed the politicians and their policies that brought us here and now we have to suffer the consequences.

Personally if there are marches over this issue I'd join in on them.

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

Despite asset stripping Thames Water, they now have been allowed to own/run Southern Water

Thames Water is an Australian-led consortium (strewth).

The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority.
The China Investment Corporation.
The Canada pensions Group.
Kuwaiti investment Authority, and so on various others.

Of course they take a direct personal interest in the environment and clean water for British consumers. (satire)

The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority in particular offers expertise in water leakage technology.(?)

In March 2017 a judge imposed a record fine of £20.3m on Thames Water after large leaks of untreated sewage, totalling 1.4bn litres, occurred over a number of years.

Well Margaret's not here, John Major is as quiet as a church mouse, but I think she would do something about it.

As I understand it, that is run like a business by an independent board and is not under the direct control of the government.