It seems to be an infallible rule that new prime ministers disappoint those who supported them. Margaret Thatcher may have said: “You turn, the lady’s not for turning”, but even she was forced by reality into U-turns on things like the poll tax. Nowadays, governments have so circumscribed their freedom of action by neoliberal policies, their cherished ambitions hardly seem […]
It’s time for a national water grid
Thanks to much of England and Wales suffering from yet another hot and dry year, planning and control of water and wastewater has rapidly emerged as a key issue. Despite this, however, there’s a moaning and groaning sound emerging from Whitehall – the noise HM Treasury makes as it resists the now inevitable renationalization of the water industry. And despite […]