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Re:How can England possibly be running out of water? by ahartmetz on Tuesday September 09, 2025 @10:08AM (#45182173)
Maybe they are now (I doubt it), but they surely weren't under Thatcher.
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Re:How can England possibly be running out of water? by qcnguy on Tuesday September 09, 2025 @10:27AM (#45182398)
Correct. But by "decades" I meant in the 40 years since Thatcher.
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Re:How can England possibly be running out of water? by cma on Tuesday September 09, 2025 @11:31AM (#45183388)
Water was privatized in the 90s after Thatcher.
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Re:How can England possibly be running out of water? by happymellon on Tuesday September 09, 2025 @05:44PM (#45189667)
The pipes that "are Victorian and should have been replaced before privatisation" were around before then.

They have had plenty of time to replace them.

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Re:How can England possibly be running out of water? by overfeed on Tuesday September 09, 2025 @05:59PM (#45189861)
The Tories decided to flank Farage from the right during the last elections. Calling them "centre-left" is a joke.
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