Johnny Wessex #HopeNotHate<p>This fine is nowhere near enough. The water companies consider fines of £3 to £4m as a cost of doing business. At a minimum water companies should be banned from paying shareholder dividends whilst this sort of malpractice continues. My preference would be for all UK Water Companies to be <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Nationalised" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nationalised</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/TorySewageParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TorySewageParty</span></a></p><p><a href="https://news.sky.com/story/thames-water-fined-more-than-1633m-over-sewage-spill-that-turned-rivers-black-near-gatwick-airport-12914604" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.sky.com/story/thames-wate</span><span class="invisible">r-fined-more-than-1633m-over-sewage-spill-that-turned-rivers-black-near-gatwick-airport-12914604</span></a></p>