Ministers are set to announce plans to scrap water regulator Ofwat next week after its shambolic handling of Thames Water. Guido can reveal Ofwat officials have had their heads in the clouds. Literally…
Between 2023 and 2025, they took 38 flights, according to a TaxPayers’ Alliance FOI seen by Guido. Destinations include Canada, Sweden, Belgium, Denmark, Portugal, and the Netherlands. The domestic water regulator – with zero overseas responsibilities – has been flying staff across the globe at your expense…
The flight bill alone hit £8,110, with £5,025 on hotels. Meanwhile, serious pollution by water companies surged 60% last year, according to the Environment Agency. Time to pull the chain…
Speaking on Times Radio, former Home Secretary David Blunkett spoke about overdiagnosis of mental problems:
“Let’s distinguish those who are really severely mentally ill, diagnosed with things that require prolonged medical and diagnostic treatment. My wife and I talk about this a lot, because she’s a retired GP, about the fact that you can be sad without being ill. You can be momentarily depressed because your boyfriend or girlfriend’s just thrown you and you’re not mentally ill. You can even have mild issues, which can be dealt with with the right kind of support, but it doesn’t make you mentally ill. So we’ve got a real task, I think, to get the psychology, if you like, of this over. But there are things where you definitely need medical intervention, and there are other things where you need good friends, you need good connectivity, and you need a job.”