@ashsmith43

Founder of Windrush Against Sewage Pollution and views are my own.

 Oxfordshire
windrushwasp.org
Joined August 2011
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Ashley Smith retweeted
SOS Whitstable
@SOSWhitstableSep 10
Who is joining us to protest? 🪧 Where? Leysdown, Sheppey, Kent When? Sunday 20th September, 11am Who? @MrDDyer, @Dani_MasDyer, @BeckyHill, @ashsmith43, @CliffordRo1435 Why? We've had enough and want public ownership of water. Full event details ⤵️ soswhitstable.com/updates/pr…

Stop the Sewage: Join Our Protest for Public Ownership of Water — SOS Whitstable

Join SOS Whitstable on Sunday 20 September 2026 to demand an end to sewage pollution and a water industry that puts profit before people and the environment.

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Windrush WASP
@WindrushWaspSep 13
14th!! Sept not 24th (typo - thanks for spotting) 14th! Tomorrow - Mail your MP to be there! committees.parliament.uk/com…

MPs will debate a petition relating to a referendum on public ownership of the water sector -...

On Monday 14 September, MPs will debate a petition relating to a referendum on public ownership of the water sector.

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Windrush WASP
@WindrushWaspSep 13
The shocking cost of government's ongoing dithering, incompetence and complicity in the Thames Water scam emerges - The captive billpayers are being fleeced in plain sight. Thames Water hit by £2bn bill for finance costs and advisers’ fees ft.com/content/527d760c-3159… via @ft

Thames Water hit by £2bn bill for finance costs and advisers’ fees

Embattled UK utility faces mounting costs as government debates moving ahead with temporary nationalisation

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Windrush WASP
@WindrushWaspSep 1
The proposed Water Industry referendum will be debated in Parliament on 14 Sept. Your MPs have been invited to it and a briefing on 7 Sept. Please email YOUR MP and ask them to attend and represent your constituency - or even go see them. This website will tell you how bad sewage is in your home constituency and click to an easy link to message them. You can also sign the petition while you are there top-of-the-poops.org/constit…

Top of the Poops | Constituencies

Find how much sewage was dumped in your constituency in 2025

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Ashley Smith retweeted
Windrush WASP
@WindrushWaspSep 2
The 'O' word is back - 'OWNERSHIP and control' - after pointing at the water scam at 1:32 on the clip. Increase the pressure now. Please sign, share and get your MP to debate the water referendum on 14 September. Be part of fixing this. petition.parliament.uk/petit…

Petition: Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership

Hold a binding national referendum on whether the water industry should be returned to public ownership. Water is a basic human necessity; we believe our privatised system has failed, so the public...

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Feargal Sharkey
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Vision, determination, ambition = leadership.
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Ashley Smith retweeted
Windrush WASP
@WindrushWaspAug 31
14 September! The petition secured a Parliamentary debate on the referendum to bring water into public ownership. petition.parliament.uk/petit… KEEP SIGNING please to show support and wake up your MP. The coloured constituencies are those providing the most support right now. Can you or your groups turn some more lights on, please? North looks surprisingly grey so far. Happy with pollution and being ripped off up there? Massive thanks to all that signed and helped, approaching 200K now. A month to run.
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Just to add to Henry’s ire the £1.8 million a year CEO of Anglian Water, is Mark Thurston former CEO of, wait for it, wait for it, HS2. I’ll just leave that thought there shall I.
Henry Riley@HenryRiley1Aug 30
Replying to @Feargal_Sharkey @LBC
@Feargal_Sharkey @LBC

'What does he do, card tricks?'

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The supposed saviour of Thames Water the "Hapless", Sir Adrian Montague is out and Mike McTighe chairman of Openreach is in along with a bunch of failed, carpet bagger, opportunistic executives from the likes of Yorkshire Water and HS2. What could possibly go wrong. thetimes.com/business/compan…

Thames Water plan fails to convince

The troubled utility’s proposed new leadership team brings plenty of infrastructure experience — but also some awkward baggage

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Oh good a referendum petition, was thinking a Referendum is just what we need! Signing now
Windrush WASP
@WindrushWaspAug 26
The brilliant Paul Whitehouse promoting the water referendum petition - this one - please sign and share petition.parliament.uk/petit…
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Mark Seddon
@MarkSeddon1962Aug 26
Please consider signing!
Windrush WASP
@WindrushWaspAug 26
The brilliant Paul Whitehouse promoting the water referendum petition - this one - please sign and share petition.parliament.uk/petit…
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Windrush WASP
@WindrushWaspAug 26
The brilliant Paul Whitehouse promoting the water referendum petition - this one - please sign and share petition.parliament.uk/petit…
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Jenny Jones
@GreenJennyJonesAug 26
Please sign!
Windrush WASP
@WindrushWaspAug 26
The brilliant Paul Whitehouse promoting the water referendum petition - this one - please sign and share petition.parliament.uk/petit…
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Zack Polanski@ZackPolanskiAug 26
Is politics for profit or the people? “The public won’t forgive us [Labour] if we miss this chance” - even those within Labour can see it's shocking that Burnham is rowing back on another key promise. Democracy should not be for sale. theguardian.com/politics/202…

Burnham drops support for political funding cap aimed at curbing mega-donors

PM said he would set bar at £500k, but trade unions say funding reforms could undermine their ability to donate to Labour

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Ashley Smith retweeted
Windrush WASP
@WindrushWaspAug 28
Government is going to let the privatised water owners keep polluting and scamming us unless enough of you good people stand up against it. It is that simple. Please sign and share to take control of your future petition.parliament.uk/petit…
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Windrush WASP
@WindrushWaspAug 26
The brilliant Paul Whitehouse promoting the water referendum petition - this one - please sign and share petition.parliament.uk/petit…
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RT @Feargal_Sharkey: Sage like advise I tell you....
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Windrush WASP
@WindrushWaspAug 25
Government won't save our water industry from predators and parasites, it will be the public. That's you. Please sign and share. Don't be a victim. petition.parliament.uk/petit…

Petition: Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership

Hold a binding national referendum on whether the water industry should be returned to public ownership. Water is a basic human necessity; we believe our privatised system has failed, so the public...

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I'm rather liking this I have to say.....
Burnham-On-Sea.com@burnham_on_seaAug 24
Burnham‑On‑Sea beach becomes canvas for giant message to PM from environmental campaign group burnham-on-sea.com/news/burn…
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Ashley Smith retweeted
Windrush WASP
@WindrushWaspAug 3
Burst water main - Burford, Cotswolds Thames Water leaking 570M litres a day, would like you to cut down on your waste so it can keep your cash flowing to creditors and bosses and the rest of the privatised gravy train. Please do cut down, but help us get rid of the parasites feeding on our water industry. youtu.be/uMkfCQQ3VuA?si=hfx8…

Burst water main - Burford, Cotswolds

How years of underinvestment by water companies who siphoned out bi...

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Can’t argue with this message, no poo in the river! #DirtyBusiness @Feargal_Sharkey @WindrushWasp @CleanIlkley @UnderwaterMedia @ashsmith43 @watervole3 @HenleyMermaids @saveourswale @Hudsonweather
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