Founder/director of @weownit.org.uk Loves public services. Campaigning for public ownership, against privatisation.
Andy Burnham stood up for passengers in Greater Manchester, fighting private bus companies in court Now he must end privatisation - not kowtow to fat cats 👇 Taking back natural monopolies is GOOD for the economy - businesses need public services too www.ft.com/content/47e4...
Andy Burnham wants partnership with private sector, says UK business secretaryJonathan Reynolds tells FT that Starmer government dropped focus on economic growth because of ‘so many priorities’www.ft.comGross, gross, gross Raw sewage on holiday beaches 🏖️ Illegal sewage leaks harming Atlantic salmon 🌊 Spills affecting watersports 🏄♀️ Andy Burnham, TAKE BACK SOUTH WEST WATER Totally affordable - make them pay to clean up their mess until they go bust www.hellorayo.co.uk/greatest-hit...
South West Water faces court sentencing for years of pollutionSouth West Water's legal troubles continue as the firm awaits sentencing this...www.hellorayo.co.ukWhat on earth is there to "um and ah" about? Why on earth is there no immediate plan? Water privatisation is a state sanctioned rip off Thames Water has been in breach of its licence conditions for 2 years @andyburnham.bsky.social TAKE IT BACK inews.co.uk/news/politic...
Burnham: No immediate plan to take over Thames WaterThe Prime Minister is 'umming and ahhing' over what to do with Britain’s biggest water companyinews.co.ukPUBLIC OWNERSHIP not just public control Andy can’t fudge on insourcing wave or re–taking key assets He faced down bus companies in court, so he can do it! That would show whose side he’s on Important analysis @labourlist.bsky.social @tombelger.bsky.social 👇 labourlist.org/2026/07/labo...
Labour's quiet in–sourcing revolution – and where Burnham could take it - LabourListIf socialism is ‘what Labour does’, this government’s has often been watered down and whispered. This is certainly…labourlist.orgAbsolutely disgraceful @andyburnham.bsky.social please look at this and stand up for the UK against Trump
The BMJAround £45bn in NHS funding will be diverted from other NHS care by 2036 to pay more for new medicines under the UK-US trade deal agreed last December unless more funding is made available to cover the additional costs, suggests new Analaysis in The BMJ
This is incorrect Welsh Water is not in public ownership, it's a 'not for profit' which loses 41% of bills to finance costs, same as Thames Water Publicly owned Scottish Water on the other hand has finance costs of only 8% - and 50% more investment www.theguardian.com/business/nil...
‘Complicated and expensive’: Burnham is right about the risks of nationalisation | Nils PratleyTrack record of Welsh Water shows public ownership is not the answer to all the woes in the utilities sectorwww.theguardian.comAgree with @owenjones.bsky.social vibes won't be enough AND even current vibes won't last long Patriotically standing up for British public against shareholders around the world by ending failed 40 year privatisation rip off = vibes that bring voters together www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Good vibes from PM-in-waiting Andy Burnham today – but vibes won’t be enough. I hope he knows that | Owen JonesStarmer failed to fix a broken economic model; Burnham must not make the same mistake, says Guardian columnist Owen Joneswww.theguardian.com"Britain’s current model of privatised essential services is not protecting the public finances...it is actually jeopardising our fiscal sustainability" @chrismwhayes.bsky.social for @cmmonwealth.bsky.social explains public ownership is a good deal 💰 www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
How Burnham can do public ownership without scaring the bond marketsDuring months of speculation about his return to Westminster, the presumptive prime-minister-in-waiting, Andy Burnham, has made comments that have ...www.politicshome.comPrivatisation has FAILED Good start: Andy Burnham talking about "not leaving everything to the market" and an "insufficiently accountable, outsourced state" But he must commit to public ownership for ALL PUBLIC SERVICES Add your name to our open letter weownit.org.uk/act-now/sign...
Andy Burnham needs to deliver public OWNERSHIP of the essentials 💧💡🚌🚄📮🏥 Not "public control" - essentially just more regulation With natural monopolies, we don’t have choice as consumers, so we need accountability as citizens @guardianheather.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Will Andy Burnham ‘go big’ in expanding the role of the state?In the first of a series on nationalisation, we look at the critical tests ahead for the PM-in-waiting, from choosing a chancellor to the future of Thames Waterwww.theguardian.comGovernments need to "get their mojo back" "I don’t know any government in the global north that has ever been penalised by the bond markets through a smart strategic investment strategy" Brilliant piece about @mazzucatom.bsky.social by @fionaharvey.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Make people dream’: how to build an economy for the common goodEconomist Prof Mariana Mazzucato says governments must ‘get back their mojo’ and believe they can change the worldwww.theguardian.com📮We could and should TAKE BACK ROYAL MAIL Why should this 500 year old institution with a universal service obligation be owned by a Czech billionaire? It's failing to fulfil its statutory duties Use special administration process to bring it into permanent PUBLIC OWNERSHIP
Prem SikkaRoyal Mail boss’s pay package triples to £6.9m. Cost of postage stamps rocketing RM hasn't hit delivery target for 1st-class post since 2017, 2nd-class mail since 2020. Ofcom continues to reduce targets. Bosses rewarded for fleecing people.