Juggling With Eggs<p>The <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labour</span></a> Treasury has no long term consideration of risk…it’s putting <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Defra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Defra</span></a> in a financial headlock to make it accept US private equity firm KKR take over of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ThamesWater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThamesWater</span></a>.</p><p>‘However, some economists and industry experts question whether there would be any long-term cost to the government at all in a temporary nationalisation, with many noting the example of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Bulb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bulb</span></a>.’</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/may/03/treasury-threatens-defra-with-4bn-bill-if-thames-water-nationalised" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/business/2025/</span><span class="invisible">may/03/treasury-threatens-defra-with-4bn-bill-if-thames-water-nationalised</span></a></p>