#IsleOfWight councillor: Military Road’s Cliff Waring System failed over decade ago
She was prompted to act after noticing the flashing cliff warning lights along Military Road have not been operational for years
She was told that the early warning system installed in 1997 became failed sometime before 2013
These were never reinstated under the #Highways #PFI contract, it has been revealed.
#CutsKill #IOW #ToryScum #roads #RoadSafety #PrivatisationFail
Why Privatisation Keeps Failing Us: Healthscope’s Collapse
#HealthscopeCollapse, #MonetarySovereignty, #PrivatisationFail, #PublicServices
Healthscope’s downfall reveals the full cost of privatisation in Australia. Discover how public services are suffering and what we can do to reclaim them.
https://socialjusticeaustralia.com.au/why-privatisation-keeps-failing-us/
Same driver, 26 years apart in China.
Meanwhile, countries like Australia and the USA are in the same boat when it comes to trains. Rail doesn’t suit the interests of private trucking companies, airlines, and bus operators — so it’s been left to decay. When nations let big corporations call the shots on public infrastructure, everything starts to fall apart.
#publictransport #railfail #privatisationfail #corporategreed #australia #usa #infrastructuredecay #trainsmatter #lobbying
Key lessons of Covid are being forgotten UK scientists warn
The government promised to learn from the #pandemic but appears to be suffering from #Covid amnesia, forgetting devastating cost of an underfunded #health service & public services cut to the bone
There's no evidence the health service would be any better prepared today should another #lethal #virus appear in the near future, scientists said.
#NHS #SaveOurNHS #PrivatisationFail #PeopleNotProfits #HealthCare
Two #posties deployed to Harray amid delivery disruption - The #Orcadian Online
Two postal workers have been deployed to Harray to “return deliveries to normal” after some residents reported not receiving any letters or parcels for over ten days.
#RoyalMail shared this update with The Orcadian today (Tuesday), amid serious concerns around a lack of #deliveries — and communication regarding the #disruption.
https://orcadian.co.uk/two-posties-deployed-to-harray-amid-delivery-disruption/
Private Equity #Fire Truck firm worsens LA Fires
Increasing prices caused by #private #equity firm American Industrial Partners consolidating fire truck industry. forcing up prices
#AIP bought multiple #FireRruck manufacturers & rolled them up into conglomerate called #REV Group
AIP made show of allowing these manufacturers to continue operating independently, in fact it quickly moved to operate them as a single firm
Not competitive
https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/did-a-private-equity-fire-truck-roll
I can't believe the government are letting our #water bills go up by as much as £220 a year
I've just emailed my MP asking them to intervene. It only too about 30 seconds.
Use this link:
https://weownit.org.uk/act-now/stop-the-bill-hikes
#WaterBills #PrivatisationFail #PublicOwnership #WeOwnIt #PeopleNotProfits #CorporateGreed #corruption
NHS email accounts hijacked for phishing campaign
Over 130 NHS email accounts were hijacked for a credential harvesting phishing
The phishing campaign started in October 2021 & escalated in March 2022
All of #phishing emails passed email authentication for nhs.net, & were sent from 2 IP addresses used by the NHS, which confirmed that the 2 addresses were relays within the mail system used for a large number of accounts
https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252516702/NHS-email-accounts-hijacked-for-phishing-campaign
Jeremy #Corbyn warns against return of Labour’s expensive PFIs
It’s like doing a bad deal with a pawnbroker & never getting out of it
It might give us a shiny new hospital, but will give us debt that goes on forever
When PFI was first proposed in 1994 or 1995 as Labour policy, there is a bit of TV footage of me standing outside my house explaining to TV journalist that #PFI would cost us all a lot of money in the long run
https://www.thenational.scot/news/24484096.jeremy-corbyn-warns-return-labours-controversial-pfis/
Buy back British Gas
Under #Labour plans, #GreatBritishEnergy won’t sell direct to UK households - this is a missed opportunity
Please buy back British Gas as the retail wing of the new company, so it can give us cheaper bills.
63% of the population want to buy back #BritishGas. It is normal for households to be able to buy energy directly from a publicly owned company in other countries like France and Sweden.
Privatisation promised savings and better services. Instead, we got higher costs and crumbling infrastructure. 🚆💧
By Kate Moore
Time to take back control? 💥 #PrivatisationFail #RenationaliseNow #UKPolitics
How much does your water company profit from pollution?
This is a scandal. Every day, private English #water companies are dumping huge amounts of disgusting raw sewage into our rivers and seas. #Privatisation has been failing since 1989.
The shareholders receive £1.6 billion a year on average - that money could be invested in water infrastructure to stop sewage. 69% of us support public ownership.
Stop #sewage
Sign #petition
https://weownit.org.uk/privatisation-profits-from-pollution/home
Fresh crisis for Thames Water as investors pull plug on £500m of funding
Decision raises concerns about financial future of UK’s biggest water firm and increases prospect of nationalisation
The beleaguered utilities company announced this morning that its shareholders had refused to provide the first tranche of £750m funding set to secure its short-term cashflow, after the company had failed to meet certain conditions.
@Knitronomicon I am so sorry. This turned out to be much more effort than expected. You are a star.
#LowCarbBiscuits
#PrivatisationFail
Watching a fantastic #Channel4 doc on the #privatisation of the railways. So good that the problems with this plan are being highlighted by a national broadcaster, more people need to see this. #BritishRail #PrivatisationFail #Railways
‘The entire #Sydney rail network went down this afternoon, causing transport chaos for millions. The cause was the failure of a digital communications system (the Digital Train Radio System).
I've seen comments online from someone claiming to work at #SydneyRail that responsibility for DTRS has recently been privatised by the #Coalition NSW state government under Premier #Perrottet.
Can anyone clarify?
82-year-old #Luccombe resident refuses to leave home despite five-foot drop caused by landslide
He’d repeatedly complained to #SouthernWater about a water leak in his garage over 2 years ago, which he eventually fixed with a friend.
However, a burst water main in 2022, he says, coincided with new large cracks appearing on his home.
#ToryCorruption #IsleOfWight #PrivatisationFail #CapitalismFail #homes #ToryFascistDictatorship
“FIRB approved the $4bn takeover and the Northern Beaches Hospital was bound for control in a tax haven from that moment.”
Time to review the effectiveness of the Foreign Investments Review Board in protecting the national interest?
#auspol #FIRB #privatisationfail
https://michaelwest.com.au/the-nsw-government-the-feds-the-caymans-and-australias-worst-privatisation-unveiled/
Here we go #privatisationfail before it even happens. #CONbrexatives clearly creating conditions for privatisation of NHS medicine supply. No more prescription charges but full price instead!
You've been warned!
UK pharmacists report sharp rise in prices for strep A antibiotics
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/dec/13/uk-pharmacists-report-sharp-rise-in-prices-for-strep-a-antibiotics?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
