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Whilst I was out today I overheard some people discussing the amount of sewage being discharged and affecting bathing on Cornish beaches (80% of beaches reckoned to be affected in Cornwall) and this group were agreeing it was the fault of leaving the EU.
Has anyone any comment on this?
Has anyone any comment on this?
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I have tried to find the story I read several years ago.This is part of the story from another source . It is regarding overcrowding without the means to cope with extra human waste.
//German government officials have compelled a small town with just 102 people to take in approximately 750 migrants from Syria and other countries, The New York Times wrote Saturday.
Sumte, a small town at the western fringe of the former East Germany, was informed earlier this month by its municipal government that it had been assigned to accept over a thousand of the asylum seekers that have poured into Germany over the course of 2015. The number was so high that mayor Christian Fabel first thought it was a joke, but after a storm of local protest, the figure was lowered to 750, not out of sympathy but because it was believed a thousand would overwhelm the town’s sewage system.//
//German government officials have compelled a small town with just 102 people to take in approximately 750 migrants from Syria and other countries, The New York Times wrote Saturday.
Sumte, a small town at the western fringe of the former East Germany, was informed earlier this month by its municipal government that it had been assigned to accept over a thousand of the asylum seekers that have poured into Germany over the course of 2015. The number was so high that mayor Christian Fabel first thought it was a joke, but after a storm of local protest, the figure was lowered to 750, not out of sympathy but because it was believed a thousand would overwhelm the town’s sewage system.//
This is what we have got having left the EU.
TTT would argue that I could write to my MP demanding the government take action on this appalling situation.
If my MP was to reply, he would likely point out that the local water company had given him a bung of £10,000 and the hospitality of a private box for every home game of the Premiership team he supports - but regrets that by taking no action he might lose my vote.
But that’s the way politics operates in the UK.
TTT would argue that I could write to my MP demanding the government take action on this appalling situation.
If my MP was to reply, he would likely point out that the local water company had given him a bung of £10,000 and the hospitality of a private box for every home game of the Premiership team he supports - but regrets that by taking no action he might lose my vote.
But that’s the way politics operates in the UK.
hymie; "TTT would argue that I could write to my MP demanding the government take action on this appalling situation. " - then you have learnt nothing from our interactions on here. I have never advocating writing to anyone about anything ever. Not my style and history has shown it doesn't work. I do however understand why the water companies are pumping sewage out, because they are allowed to. Gromit is correct this is ultimately about privatisation, a policy I agreed with for some things, not for utilities. Here we see the inevitable result. Money is given to share holders rather than the public infrastructure. I will concede to you that brexit has effectively relaxed some rules to make it easier for them to do that but essentially the conditions have always been there when the primary function is generating income for shareholders then corners will be cut elsewhere.
