#public-ownership — Public Fediverse posts

Remember 2022? 4,950 people #died in cold #homes

People chose between #heating and eating. #Corporations posted record #profits. Nothing changed.

Here we are again.

A private corporation owns the backbone of #Britain's #energy network.

They’re making billions, and we’re all paying for it.

Sign the petition.:

https://the.organise.network/campaigns/Bring-National-Grid-into-public-ownership-petition?utm_source=mastodon_fediverse

#electricity #privatisation #nationalise #PublicOwnership #WeOwnIt #PeopleNotProfits

In his paper, @johnquiggin proposes a carve up of the NEM based on the following principles:

“Markets are used where they add value, regulation is tightened where monopoly persists, and public ownership is deployed selectively where it lowers costs, improves accountability, and reduces systemic risk.”

It is a well argued position and given current emphasis on the on-going electrification required for climate actions, it make perfect sense. A long read (as papers generally are) but written in a way to be accessible to the public and form the basis for a rigourous public discourse. One which must be had if we are to relieve the cost of living and meet our 2050 targets.

I commend this paper to you all.

https://australiainstitute.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/P2004-Beyond-Patchwork-Reform-Web.pdf

#AEMO #NEM #PublicOwnership #PrivateOwnership #EnergyMarkets #EnergyTransmission #RetailEnergyMarket

#Water #privatisation has failed

#SouthEastWater spent more on #shareholder #dividends than on infrastructure

Now the taps aren't working in #Kent and #Sussex

Emma Reynolds and #Ofwat bring South East Water into public ownership immediately

Sign the petition

https://weownit.org.uk/act-now/south-east-water-public-ownership

#England #sewage #greed #CorporateGreed #PublicOwnership #WaterOutage

Beating Capitalism: 16-Hour Workweek, AI for People & Medicare for All Explained

Capitalism is failing working people. Explore solutions like job guarantees, public AI, and universal healthcare to build a fair economy.

Just in time for #UK #Election Day

Which political parties support public ownership?

A matrix comparing each party’s stance on issues that affect most people every week (even every day)

https://weownit.org.uk/why-public-ownership/which-parties-support-public-ownership

#voting #Green #Tories #Reform #YourParty #Labour #LibDems #SNP #PladCymru #politics #PublicOwnership #WeOwnIt #elections

America Had Free Electricity Before 1900 — Then One Family Bought the Grid

#nikolatesla #energy #capitalism #publicownership

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpZz2iMQkDU

Hold a referendum to bring the #water industry into #PublicOwnership

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 should decide who owns and controls it.

#Petition:

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/762640/

#sewage #greed #PeopleNotProfits #WeOwnIt #CorporateGreed

Email #Ofwat - the public have said NO to illegal #sewage until 2040

In order to maximise their #profits, #Thames #Water's creditors are asking Ofwat and the government to pollute illegally until 2040.

Members of the public, MPs and #anti-sewage campaigners have all spoken out about how outrageous this deal is, urging Ofwat to say no.

Take half a minute to sign the letter:

https://weownit.org.uk/act-now/email-ofwat-the-public-have-said-no-to-illegal-sewage-until-2040

#PrivatisationFails #corruption #greed #PublicOwnership #WeOwnIt #PublicHealth #pollution

Zack Polanski of the Greens tells us that water should be nationalised. I don't disagree, but he needs to break free from the compulsion to present English stories as UK stories, something the main English parties do all the time. Some information for Zack, the other main parties in England and the press, Scotland's water and sewerage services are already publicly owned.
#Greens
#PublicOwnership

End #RoyalMail #privatisation now

Regulator of Royal Mail, #Ofcom, is again talking about hiking stamp prices

When Royal #Mail was privatised in 2013, we were promised this would help to keep prices down

Price of 1st-class stamps has DOUBLED in last 4 years

You have until 2359 on Thursday, 4th December, to demand they take Royal Mail back into #PublicOwnership and give households a seat on the board to run it in the #public interest.

https://weownit.org.uk/act-now/end-royalmail-privatisation

#greed #CorporateGreed #ToryLies

Renationalisation of train operating companies will be complete in 2027 (Louise Haigh's legacy) but it's important to note that the profitable rolling stock leasing companies will remain private, continuing to leach money out of the system.

Most of Great Britain’s major rail operators are back in public hands – is it working? | Rail industry | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/business/ng-interactive/2025/oct/13/most-of-great-britains-major-rail-operators-are-back-in-public-hands-is-it-working (! tracking cookie alert)

#Transport #rail #PublicOwnership

Which political parties support public ownership?

- Do you want #NHS that works for patients not profit?
- Water in public hands to end #sewage in your rivers, seas?
- No more #profiteering from #energy #bills?
- Public #transport & Royal Mail should be publicly owned?

Answered yes? You’re in the majority. But politicians NOT listening

You can find out below with our easy overview of where the main political parties stand on #PublicOwnership

https://weownit.org.uk/why-public-ownership/which-parties-support-public-ownership

#PeopleNotProfits

Spoiler: of the existing parties (i.e. not including Your proto-Party), the #GreenParty wins by a league.

Which political parties support public ownership? | We Own It
https://weownit.org.uk/why-public-ownership/which-parties-support-public-ownership

#PublicOwnership

My comment:

Any fool should have known that this is a lethal think to do. Waste managment in the UK, of course is a multi-million pound business, run for profit. A natural monopoly that should be in #PublicOwnership.

Get your rocks off Ventnor roads now

#Ventnor on the #IsleOfWight is a beautiful, unique Victorian #seaside resort much loved by locals and visitors alike.

Currently six of #Ventnor's #roads are blocked unnecessarily by minor rock debris that take a distressing average of 14 months for #PFI (for profit, contracted #corporation) Island Roads/County Council to clear.

#Petition

https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/get-your-rocks-off-ventnor-roads-now?source=Fediverse

#Privatisation #PrivatisationFail #PublicOwnership #WeOwnIt #PeoplelNotProfits #ToxicLabour

Now, more than ever, we need to rethink nationalising infrastructure.
Ireland has the highest electricity prices in Europe, driven by overreliance on imported gas, underinvestment in the grid, and soaring demand from data centres. Private markets chase short-term profit, but public ownership could focus on resilience, affordability, and accelerating renewables.

#Ireland #Energy #PublicOwnership #Renewables

https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2025/0820/1529121-ireland-electricity-prices-europe-production-natural-gas-infrastructure/

#hosepipeBan now in force in #Oxford and beyond. Of course it's raining too.

and by the way, take #ThamesWater into #publicOwnership now

🚨8 in 10 of us back full public ownership of rail. 🚉 But if @Heidi_Labour doesn't impose a moratorium on @RailandRoad approving more open access applications, they can lock in privatisation for decades! 🤬

Please step in & sign the #petition URGENTLY! 👇 @we_ownit open letter: https://weownit.org.uk/news/stop-private-firms-in-our-railway/

#Railway #Trains #PublicTransport #PublicOwnership #WeOwnIt #UKPolitics

Public ownership of England’s water companies could cost close to zero, says thinktank

Govt could use a process known as special administration to take over failing Thames Water. The figure of £99bn is based on an estimate from a thinktank paid for by water companies.

The analysis from another think tank 'Common Wealth' shows that it matters who is framing & costing problems & their solutions.

#Water #ThamesWater #Privatisation #England #Public #PublicOwnership

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jun/09/water-companies-public-ownership-could-cost-close-to-zero-says-common-wealth-thinktank