• @[email protected]
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    52 days ago

    Shit your entire civilsation requires to continue functioning should not be in the hands of self-centred, greedy, sociopathic “private interests”.

    Simple as that.

  • Mr Poletski
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    102 days ago

    “Thames Water’s survival as a private company depends on the industry regulator Ofwat being lenient over fines and penalties, its boss Chris Weston has said.”

    BINGO, now cough up, asshole.

  • Echo Dot
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    They don’t deal with leaks anyway so I don’t see the reason not to fine them. Perhaps we should require them to show the calculations they conducted to come to this conclusion, that should be funny.

  • @[email protected]
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    173 days ago

    The fine should be taken the form of shares transferred to the government.

    They can buy them back once they show competency or they get fined later and give more shares up until the government gets a controlling interest.

    • Mr Poletski
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      32 days ago

      That’s actually a pretty nice idea. Thing is they’d have to forcibly buy shares off the shareholders to sell to the government, might get messy. In principle however, sounds great.

    • @[email protected]
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      63 days ago

      How many shares dose the company own?

      It is not normal for a ltd company to own it’s own shares. It happens but it’s not common.

      It is more likely public and leadership own them. At that point if you have the evidence to forcibly remove property from individuals.

      Prison is a better option. Or hanging.

  • albert180
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    193 days ago

    Fine them the maximum amount allowed by law so you can renationalise it as cheap as possible.

    That would be real Labour Policy

    • @[email protected]
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      52 days ago

      Well hang on now, maybe Starmer or his wife want a Jag. Let’s not deny them the possibility

  • GreatAlbatrossM
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    173 days ago

    Sounds like an unviable business that is throwing worse loans after bad, and needs nationalising a decade ago.
    But what do I know: I’m just a schmuck who’s water bill just went up by a third.