Great Purge of Misconduct in Public Office is needed

 I've just watched Channel 4's excellent real-life drama Dirty Business.  It's about the sheer scale of law breaking in the privatised water industry and more importantly the complicit regulator. The volumes of raw sewage  dumped into OUR rivers is astronomical.  The water companies seem to think they own the rivers....  

The sheer scale of unethical behaviour exposed in the documentary is staggering.  People have died and the powers-that-be have deflected guilt and blame elsewhere. As the show highlights - the fines are less than fixing the problems.  There's a denial culture that the pollution even exists.

This is the Post Office Scandal all over again. 

Ash Smith and Peter Hammond deserve knighthoods whereas serious questions about whether Sir James Bevan is guilty of  misconduct in public office need to be asked. 

It seems we need a great purge.  With the current state of duffers in position in power - it does beg the question who isnt guilty of misconduct in public office ? Can we clean them all out? 

Paula Vennells, the Post Office CEO at the centre of the scandal,  lost her CBE but hasnt been prosecuted. 

Sir James Bevan joined Glas Cymru Board (Welsh Water)  on 12th Feb 25.  As the show highlights - the regulator employees join the water companies or are even working for them when they are working for the regulator - severe conflict of interest.....surely that must be misconduct in public office?



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