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John Kay

@positively

Communications at We Own It @weownit.org.uk, advocating for public ownership. Singing Bass with @commotio-choir.bsky.social. Tall, bald, semi-retired, occasionally grumpy. Trans ally. Enjoying theatre, art, music, travel, Roman remains, all the food.

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[Insert ‘Princess Bride’ meme here]

09.03.2026 16:51 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Tomorrow Wes Streeting will remove trans minors ability to access, and doctors to prescribe, cross-sex hormones.

Try as it might Labour will never eradicate trans people. They cannot, and should not, change who they are. All Labour will do is make trans lives harder - with more harm and more death.

08.03.2026 19:23 👍 2317 🔁 574 💬 56 📌 66

“Screaming in Uncle”

06.03.2026 17:24 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Pumped-up poo protest in High Wycombe over water pollution A sewage campaign, with inflatable reminders of what waste water contains, goes to Buckinghamshire.

Pumped-up poo protest over water pollution

#Bedfordshire #BedsBucksHerts

🔗: https://www.bbc.com/news/arti...

06.03.2026 15:11 👍 19 🔁 10 💬 0 📌 1
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What we see here is Donald Trump, acting as he always does, as a global chaos generator.

The further we stand away from that, the better off we will be.

Well said @georgemonbiot.bsky.social 👏

#bbcqt #IranWar

05.03.2026 23:16 👍 1501 🔁 396 💬 35 📌 39
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✨Yesterday was incredible ✨

100 people and 💩 14 giant inflatable poos 💩right in the heart of Environment Secretary Emma Reynolds' constituency

Ofwat and the Environment Secretary must say NO to 14 years of illegal Thames Water sewage pollution

Take 2 mins to email Ofwat now: vist.ly/4ttyp

05.03.2026 13:26 👍 33 🔁 15 💬 0 📌 0
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a man in a suit and tie is talking into a microphone in front of a soccer field that says ideal heating on it ALT: a man in a suit and tie is talking into a microphone in front of a soccer field that says ideal heating on it

Gondor calls.

05.03.2026 21:16 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Picture of Hugh Grant, with a quote of his from X: "Dirty Business on Channel 4. Brilliantly made, devastating. Water must be nationalised now. The owners of the private water companies jailed."

Picture of Hugh Grant, with a quote of his from X: "Dirty Business on Channel 4. Brilliantly made, devastating. Water must be nationalised now. The owners of the private water companies jailed."

Hang it in the The Louvre! *

Hugh Grant is right - the privatisation of water is a scam, and it's a Very English Scandal that no-one has been brought to justice for the destruction of our rivers and seas.

We need public ownership, and oversight, now.


* (with extra security)

04.03.2026 09:21 👍 116 🔁 61 💬 3 📌 0

As a friend of mine put it, “it’s another bold move towards total customer alienation”.

03.03.2026 14:09 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

We are indeed living through the golden age of bliddy pointless surveys

03.03.2026 14:03 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I think ‘Bin’ is the right answer.

And in the section asking “based on your experience, would you recommend Evri to your friends on a scale of 1-10” I always put 0, as I value my friends.

03.03.2026 13:57 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Keep calm and carry on - poster from WW2

Keep calm and carry on - poster from WW2

Time to dig this out.

02.03.2026 07:54 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Well, the reason’s obvious: that’s a RH drive car which would be very confusing for UK customers.

01.03.2026 16:37 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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What could Thames Water look like in public ownership? 1) A supervisory governing board with representatives from households, workers, communities, environmental groups, local councils and water experts.

Dirty Business has made it crystal clear - it's just UNACCEPTABLE for our water to be run for profit for shareholders and creditors

In public ownership, Thames Water could be accountable to households, workers, anti sewage groups, local councillors 👇

weownit.org.uk/blog/what-co...

27.02.2026 17:25 👍 43 🔁 25 💬 0 📌 0
Mock Allister Heath headline: “If The Green plumber lady is allowed to triumph, the British dream is officially dead”

Mock Allister Heath headline: “If The Green plumber lady is allowed to triumph, the British dream is officially dead”

27.02.2026 07:35 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

We now go live to a picture of Matt Goodwin sending a WhatsApp message to his dog.

27.02.2026 06:09 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Alligator Heath: the public are finally waking up to the monstrous reality of Surrey

Alligator Heath: the public are finally waking up to the monstrous reality of Surrey

Oh yes.

26.02.2026 21:53 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Email Ofwat - the public have said NO to illegal sewage until 2040

No more Dirty Business ! The public, MPs and Environmental Groups have said NO to 14 years of illegal Thames Water sewage pollution. Email Ofwat now, so that they can't ignore us @weownit.org.uk weownit.org.uk/act-now/emai...

26.02.2026 15:54 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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Petition: Nationalise water companies to make water a non profit publicly owned asset To make water a non profit making national asset that ensures we have a secure water infrastructure that ensures our water security for future generations.

There's now a UK parliament petition to sign too...

#DirtyWater #DirtyBusiness

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/75...

25.02.2026 16:28 👍 28 🔁 29 💬 0 📌 6
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Email Ofwat - the public have said NO to illegal sewage until 2040 Email Ofwat - the public have said NO to illegal sewage until 2040

🤮 Channel 4's 'Dirty Business' exposed how filthy and corrupt privatised water is.

🤯 Yet Ofwat still hasn't rejected the Thames Water creditors' request to pollute illegally until 2040 ?!?!

✍️ Take 2mins now to send our latest email to Ofwat and tell them how FURIOUS you are about this deal.

26.02.2026 15:47 👍 79 🔁 95 💬 8 📌 4
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Email Ofwat - the public have said NO to illegal sewage until 2040

No more Dirty Business ! The public, MPs and Environmental Groups have said NO to 14 years of illegal Thames Water sewage pollution. Email Ofwat now, so that they can't ignore us @weownit.org.uk weownit.org.uk/act-now/emai...

26.02.2026 20:25 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The public are finally waking up to the monstrous reality of Surrey

The public are finally waking up to the monstrous reality of Surrey

26.02.2026 12:14 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Reform UK downgraded in our political scorecard Last year, as the various political parties were heading off for their annual conferences, we launched our political party scorecard.

Last September we launched our political party scorecard: an at-a-glance guide to the most prominent parties' position on public ownership.

We've just updated the scorecard - and have downgraded Reform's rating.

Find out why:

26.02.2026 09:21 👍 31 🔁 18 💬 2 📌 1
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On Wednesday 4th March, we're saying NO to 14 years of illegal sewage - join us Protest in Emma Reynolds' constituency against Thames Water Ofwat deal, which would sign off on 14 years of illegal sewage pollution

If you're outraged about sewage pollution, channel it #DirtyBusiness

Tell Ofwat to say no to 14 years of illegal sewage that would set a NEW PRECEDENT for the whole of England
weownit.org.uk/act-now/ofwa...

Join us next Wednesday 4th weownit.org.uk/news/on-wedn...

25.02.2026 21:14 👍 28 🔁 26 💬 1 📌 0

Have a look at our website www.weownit.org.uk

25.02.2026 20:17 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Sewage sleuths: the men who revealed the slow, dirty death of Welsh and English rivers The long read: A tide of effluent, broken laws and ruthless cuts is devastating the nations’ waterways. An academic and a detective have dredged up the truth of how it was allowed to happen – but will...

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

24.02.2026 22:55 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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Channel 4’s Dirty Business is a clarion call to nationalise the water industry As the drama shows, private firms no longer able to pollute the coast of England of Wales just switched to rivers instead

Channel 4’s Dirty Business is a clarion call to nationalise the water industry

24.02.2026 00:31 👍 216 🔁 79 💬 10 📌 19

Just seen the final episode of #dirtybusiness on C4 streaming. If you’re watching it live at 9 be warned. It will make you incandescent with rage. And with my @weownit.org.uk hat on, I urge you to check our website for details of the gobsmacking corruption of the water industry exposed in the show.

25.02.2026 20:13 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

My office at The Barbican used to look a bit like that. But that was the 90s, so smaller and more scuzzy.

25.02.2026 15:39 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

You may have just revealed the quintessence of what recording an album in a studio is like. Time is reduced to the interval between takes and the hours sat on low faux-leather sofas, accompanied by the lingering aroma of rapidly cooling pizzas.

25.02.2026 14:26 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0