Thank you and well done everyone who signed and helped promote the petition to call for a referendum to bring water into public ownership which sailed past the two milestones. A debate date has landed. Please get it in your MP's diary Massive thanks also to the celebs and groups and NGOs who helped get it to the public after Feargal Sharkey launched it on Channel 4 news. https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/762640 The first rough Instagram post we did on it has over 470K

A question I am frequently asked is why did I return to work at the Environment Agency, given the risks? The answer is simply that I considered it my public duty. The public had paid me, and trusted me, to protect them and the environment for many years, and I know a lot of frontline officers who will agree that that sense of responsibility doesn’t leave you easily. Environment Agency current leadership team - the people paid to run the regulator with high standards of integr

This is a guest blog, written by Robert Forrester, a former Environment Agency employee who became a whistleblower, played in Channel 4's Dirty Business by Chanel Cresswell, to hide his identity. During production of the factual drama, Rob decided to go public with his identity and remarkable disclosures, and continues to campaign for honesty and integrity to prevail. Robert Forrester - photo extract from The Times Turning on the light. My first meeting with Laura McCutcheo