Thursday, June 27, 2024

How Tory neglect flooded Britain's rivers with sewage

From The Guardian 


As the election campaign rolls on in the UK, our colleagues have been producing a bunch of great data-driven reporting.

This feature traces pollution along the Thames, and reports that for voters, including many in Tory heartlands, the polluting of Britain’s rivers is among the most egregious legacies of 14 years of Conservative rule.

There’s also some great visualisations on which high-profile Conservatives might lose their seats, and how the Lib Dems might double their seats despite fewer votes.

Some of these stories also feature a lovely approach of hand-designed collages, which you can read about here.


The Conservative Party (The Tories, from the Irish word tóraidhe, modern Irish tóraí, meaning "outlaw", "robber") privatised the publicly-owned water authorities, with the consequences we see today.



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