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Mark<p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> Farmers’ fury over <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ban" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ban</span></a> on watering crops during heatwave</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Farmers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Farmers</span></a> have been banned from <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/watering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>watering</span></a> their <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/crops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crops</span></a> during the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/heatwave" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>heatwave</span></a>.</p><p>Growers in East <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Anglia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Anglia</span></a> are facing an ‘abstraction ban’, which prevents them from irrigating crops despite no other water restrictions being imposed in the area.</p><p><a href="https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/farmers-fury-over-ban-on-watering-crops-during-heatwave/ar-AA1ItNhe" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/farm</span><span class="invisible">ers-fury-over-ban-on-watering-crops-during-heatwave/ar-AA1ItNhe</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Food</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Farming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Farming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>water</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/PrivatisationFail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrivatisationFail</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/privatisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privatisation</span></a></p>
Mark<p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/IsleOfWight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IsleOfWight</span></a> councillor: Military Road’s Cliff Waring System failed over decade ago</p><p>She was prompted to act after noticing the flashing cliff warning lights along Military Road have not been operational for years</p><p>She was told that the early warning system installed in 1997 became failed sometime before 2013</p><p>These were never reinstated under the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Highways" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Highways</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/PFI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PFI</span></a> contract, it has been revealed.</p><p><a href="https://www.islandecho.co.uk/councillor-reveals-military-roads-cliff-warning-system-failed-over-a-decade-ago/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">islandecho.co.uk/councillor-re</span><span class="invisible">veals-military-roads-cliff-warning-system-failed-over-a-decade-ago/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/CutsKill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CutsKill</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/IOW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IOW</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ToryScum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ToryScum</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/roads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>roads</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/RoadSafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RoadSafety</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/PrivatisationFail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrivatisationFail</span></a></p>
Mojo ♻️<p>Same driver, 26 years apart in China. <br>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.</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/publictransport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>publictransport</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/railfail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>railfail</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/privatisationfail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privatisationfail</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/corporategreed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corporategreed</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>australia</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/usa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>usa</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/infrastructuredecay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>infrastructuredecay</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/trainsmatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trainsmatter</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/lobbying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lobbying</span></a></p>
Mark<p>Key lessons of Covid are being forgotten UK scientists warn</p><p>The government promised to learn from the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/pandemic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pandemic</span></a> but appears to be suffering from <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Covid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Covid</span></a> amnesia, forgetting devastating cost of an underfunded <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> service &amp; public services cut to the bone</p><p>There's no evidence the health service would be any better prepared today should another <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/lethal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lethal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/virus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>virus</span></a> appear in the near future, scientists said.</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/23/key-lessons-of-covid-are-being-forgotten-uk-scientists-warn" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/world/2025/mar</span><span class="invisible">/23/key-lessons-of-covid-are-being-forgotten-uk-scientists-warn</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/NHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NHS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/SaveOurNHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SaveOurNHS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/PrivatisationFail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrivatisationFail</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/PeopleNotProfits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PeopleNotProfits</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/HealthCare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HealthCare</span></a></p>
Mark<p>Two <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/posties" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>posties</span></a> deployed to Harray amid delivery disruption - The <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Orcadian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Orcadian</span></a> Online</p><p>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.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/RoyalMail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RoyalMail</span></a> shared this update with The Orcadian today (Tuesday), amid serious concerns around a lack of <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/deliveries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deliveries</span></a> — and communication regarding the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/disruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disruption</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://orcadian.co.uk/two-posties-deployed-to-harray-amid-delivery-disruption/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">orcadian.co.uk/two-posties-dep</span><span class="invisible">loyed-to-harray-amid-delivery-disruption/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/PrivatisationFail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrivatisationFail</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Orkney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Orkney</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/mail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mail</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/postal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>postal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/post" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>post</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scotland</span></a></p>
Mark<p>Private Equity <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Fire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fire</span></a> Truck firm worsens LA Fires</p><p>Increasing prices caused by <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/private" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>private</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/equity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>equity</span></a> firm American Industrial Partners consolidating fire truck industry. forcing up prices</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/AIP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AIP</span></a> bought multiple <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/FireRruck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FireRruck</span></a> manufacturers &amp; rolled them up into conglomerate called <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/REV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>REV</span></a> Group</p><p>AIP made show of allowing these manufacturers to continue operating independently, in fact it quickly moved to operate them as a single firm</p><p>Not competitive</p><p><a href="https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/did-a-private-equity-fire-truck-roll" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thebignewsletter.com/p/did-a-p</span><span class="invisible">rivate-equity-fire-truck-roll</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/PrivatisationFail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrivatisationFail</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/firefighters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>firefighters</span></a></p>
Mark<p>I can't believe the government are letting our <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>water</span></a> bills go up by as much as £220 a year</p><p>I've just emailed my MP asking them to intervene. It only too about 30 seconds.</p><p>Use this link:</p><p><a href="https://weownit.org.uk/act-now/stop-the-bill-hikes" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">weownit.org.uk/act-now/stop-th</span><span class="invisible">e-bill-hikes</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/WaterBills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaterBills</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/PrivatisationFail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrivatisationFail</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/PublicOwnership" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicOwnership</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/WeOwnIt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeOwnIt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/PeopleNotProfits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PeopleNotProfits</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/CorporateGreed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateGreed</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a></p>
Mark<p>NHS email accounts hijacked for phishing campaign</p><p>Over 130 NHS email accounts were hijacked for a credential harvesting phishing</p><p>The phishing campaign started in October 2021 &amp; escalated in March 2022</p><p>All of <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/phishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>phishing</span></a> emails passed email authentication for nhs.net, &amp; 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</p><p><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252516702/NHS-email-accounts-hijacked-for-phishing-campaign" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">computerweekly.com/news/252516</span><span class="invisible">702/NHS-email-accounts-hijacked-for-phishing-campaign</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/cyberattack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cyberattack</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/NHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NHS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/PrivatisationFail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrivatisationFail</span></a></p>
Mark<p>Jeremy <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Corbyn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Corbyn</span></a> warns against return of Labour’s expensive PFIs</p><p>It’s like doing a bad deal with a pawnbroker &amp; never getting out of it</p><p>It might give us a shiny new hospital, but will give us debt that goes on forever</p><p>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 <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/PFI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PFI</span></a> would cost us all a lot of money in the long run</p><p><a href="https://www.thenational.scot/news/24484096.jeremy-corbyn-warns-return-labours-controversial-pfis/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thenational.scot/news/24484096</span><span class="invisible">.jeremy-corbyn-warns-return-labours-controversial-pfis/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/scams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scams</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Labour</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/PrivatisationFail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrivatisationFail</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/funding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>funding</span></a></p>
Mark<p>Buy back British Gas</p><p>Under <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Labour</span></a> plans, <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/GreatBritishEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GreatBritishEnergy</span></a> won’t sell direct to UK households - this is a missed opportunity</p><p>Please buy back British Gas as the retail wing of the new company, so it can give us cheaper bills.</p><p>63% of the population want to buy back <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/BritishGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BritishGas</span></a>. It is normal for households to be able to buy energy directly from a publicly owned company in other countries like France and Sweden.</p><p><a href="https://weownit.org.uk/act-now/buy-back-british-gas" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">weownit.org.uk/act-now/buy-bac</span><span class="invisible">k-british-gas</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/PrivatisationFail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrivatisationFail</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>energy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/benefits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>benefits</span></a></p>
East Anglia Bylines<p>Privatisation promised savings and better services. Instead, we got higher costs and crumbling infrastructure. 🚆💧</p><p> By Kate Moore</p><p>Time to take back control? 💥 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PrivatisationFail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrivatisationFail</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RenationaliseNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RenationaliseNow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UKPolitics</span></a></p><p><a href="https://eastangliabylines.co.uk/business/finance/privatisation-promised-prosperity-but-delivered-decline/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">eastangliabylines.co.uk/busine</span><span class="invisible">ss/finance/privatisation-promised-prosperity-but-delivered-decline/</span></a></p>
Mark<p>How much does your water company profit from pollution?</p><p>This is a scandal. Every day, private English <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>water</span></a> companies are dumping huge amounts of disgusting raw sewage into our rivers and seas. <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Privatisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Privatisation</span></a> has been failing since 1989.</p><p>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.</p><p>Stop <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/sewage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sewage</span></a></p><p>Sign <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/petition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>petition</span></a></p><p><a href="https://weownit.org.uk/privatisation-profits-from-pollution/home" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">weownit.org.uk/privatisation-p</span><span class="invisible">rofits-from-pollution/home</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/PrivatisationFail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrivatisationFail</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ToryCorruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ToryCorruption</span></a></p>
Bob Jamieson<p>Fresh crisis for Thames Water as investors pull plug on £500m of funding</p><p>Decision raises concerns about financial future of UK’s biggest water firm and increases prospect of nationalisation</p><p>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.</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/mar/28/fresh-crisis-for-thames-water-as-investors-pull-plug-on-500m-of-funding" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/business/2024/</span><span class="invisible">mar/28/fresh-crisis-for-thames-water-as-investors-pull-plug-on-500m-of-funding</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/PrivatisationFail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrivatisationFail</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ToryFail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ToryFail</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>water</span></a></p>
Tiggy<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/@Knitronomicon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Knitronomicon</span></a></span> I am so sorry. This turned out to be much more effort than expected. You are a star.<br><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/LowCarbBiscuits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LowCarbBiscuits</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/PrivatisationFail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrivatisationFail</span></a></p>
Yont<p>Watching a fantastic <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Channel4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Channel4</span></a> doc on the <a href="https://aus.social/tags/privatisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privatisation</span></a> of the railways. So good that the problems with this plan are being highlighted by a national broadcaster, more people need to see this. <a href="https://aus.social/tags/BritishRail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BritishRail</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/PrivatisationFail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrivatisationFail</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Railways" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Railways</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHjPeC1dGv4&amp;t=2179" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=ZHjPeC1dGv</span><span class="invisible">4&amp;t=2179</span></a></p>
EndemicEarthling<p>‘The entire <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Sydney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sydney</span></a> 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).</p><p>I've seen comments online from someone claiming to work at <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/SydneyRail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SydneyRail</span></a> that responsibility for DTRS has recently been privatised by the <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Coalition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Coalition</span></a> NSW state government under Premier <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Perrottet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Perrottet</span></a>.</p><p>Can anyone clarify?</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/mar/08/sydney-train-network-trains-down-rail-delays-halt-communications-fault-update" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/australia-news</span><span class="invisible">/2023/mar/08/sydney-train-network-trains-down-rail-delays-halt-communications-fault-update</span></a></p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/NSWpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NSWpol</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/PublicTransport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicTransport</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/PrivatisationFail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrivatisationFail</span></a></p>
Mark<p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/SaveOurNHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SaveOurNHS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/NHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NHS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Helthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Helthcare</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/PublicHealthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealthcare</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/PrivatisationFail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrivatisationFail</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/CapitalismFail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CapitalismFail</span></a></p>
Mark<p>82-year-old <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Luccombe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Luccombe</span></a> resident refuses to leave home despite five-foot drop caused by landslide</p><p>He’d repeatedly complained to <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/SouthernWater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SouthernWater</span></a> about a water leak in his garage over 2 years ago, which he eventually fixed with a friend.</p><p>However, a burst water main in 2022, he says, coincided with new large cracks appearing on his home.</p><p>(video) <a href="https://onthewight.com/82-year-old-luccombe-resident-refuses-to-leave-home-despite-five-foot-drop-caused-by-landslide/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">onthewight.com/82-year-old-luc</span><span class="invisible">combe-resident-refuses-to-leave-home-despite-five-foot-drop-caused-by-landslide/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ToryCorruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ToryCorruption</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/IsleOfWight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IsleOfWight</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/PrivatisationFail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrivatisationFail</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/CapitalismFail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CapitalismFail</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/homes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>homes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ToryFascistDictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ToryFascistDictatorship</span></a></p>
Voices of Wentworth<p>“FIRB approved the $4bn takeover and the Northern Beaches Hospital was bound for control in a tax haven from that moment.”</p><p>Time to review the effectiveness of the Foreign Investments Review Board in protecting the national interest? </p><p><a href="https://toot.community/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/FIRB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FIRB</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/privatisationfail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privatisationfail</span></a> <br><a href="https://michaelwest.com.au/the-nsw-government-the-feds-the-caymans-and-australias-worst-privatisation-unveiled/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">michaelwest.com.au/the-nsw-gov</span><span class="invisible">ernment-the-feds-the-caymans-and-australias-worst-privatisation-unveiled/</span></a></p>
Paul Briley 🇪🇺<p>Here we go <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/privatisationfail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privatisationfail</span></a> before it even happens. <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/CONbrexatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CONbrexatives</span></a> clearly creating conditions for privatisation of NHS medicine supply. No more prescription charges but full price instead!</p><p>You've been warned!</p><p>UK pharmacists report sharp rise in prices for strep A antibiotics<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/dec/13/uk-pharmacists-report-sharp-rise-in-prices-for-strep-a-antibiotics?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/society/2022/d</span><span class="invisible">ec/13/uk-pharmacists-report-sharp-rise-in-prices-for-strep-a-antibiotics?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other</span></a></p>