Zip2@feddit.uk to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 4 个月前Thames Water fined £122.7m in biggest ever penaltywww.bbc.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square23linkfedilinkarrow-up171arrow-down10
arrow-up171arrow-down1external-linkThames Water fined £122.7m in biggest ever penaltywww.bbc.co.ukZip2@feddit.uk to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 4 个月前message-square23linkfedilink
minus-squareNaichlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30arrow-down1·4 个月前So they recoup the fine from customers and carry on as before? Fuck, just nationalise it already.
minus-squarejonne@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·4 个月前They’ll nationalise it and make the government pay the fine to itself.
minus-squareOfficer_Pickles@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 个月前They can’t increase prices to pay off the fine.
minus-squareTheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 个月前They aren’t allowed to raise their prices.
minus-squarecook_pass_babtridge@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 个月前They’re not allowed to raise prices, so they’ll just get in more debt and we’ll have to bail them out again, giving a bunch more UK taxpayer money to US hedge funds.
So they recoup the fine from customers and carry on as before?
Fuck, just nationalise it already.
They’ll nationalise it and make the government pay the fine to itself.
They can’t increase prices to pay off the fine.
They aren’t allowed to raise their prices.
They’re not allowed to raise prices, so they’ll just get in more debt and we’ll have to bail them out again, giving a bunch more UK taxpayer money to US hedge funds.