So now the water companies want to put our prices up again.

Andy Burnham has had something to say about this,  and although I don't usually get involved with Politics,  I must say I agree with him entirely over this, and hope he does something about it and is not just a big bag of wind like all the  others have always been.

He is quoted as saying:   

Mr Burnham hit out at the plans, saying "customers cannot be treated as a blank cheque", while campaign groups said most households were already pushed to "breaking point" by soaring bills.

The PM said: "I understand why people are angry – I am too. The truth is customers have been asked to pay more for years, yet serious pollution incidents are at record levels and the pipes are still leaking.
"None of which is the bill payer's fault, who should not be treated as a bottomless source of funding for other people's failures."


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I think he is absolutely right. 
I had to drive to the other side of Bedford today,  so I avoided the main roads and went through the villages.
I had just crossed a little  stone bridge over a very 'low level'  river and about half a mile up the road, water was pouring out of a drain hole and running  down the road.   
On my return journey about hour & half later,  it was still the same.  No workmen,  nothing coned off, no road signs,  nothing.     It may still be like it now for all I know.

Glad you're on the mend again,  Alex.   

Such a simple idea Muddy,  but it may have saved a little life today.  

I put fresh water in a large bowl outside the back door for the dogs .
Five minutes late a fat pigeon  was having a bath in it !
I have put out a shallow tray for the sparrows they love it ,

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I have no biological waste it all goes into my compost bin .
The bins all have black bags and the bin men just wheel them about 2 ft to the grab that heaves them into the truck .

It's going on for five o clock and the temperature here is 35.5.

The very plants are gasping .

Was Bert melting?  He was stuck to the chair
His skin was all damp and so was his hair

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36°  here.    Another awful night for sleeping.   
I just don't want to do anything I should be doing.

I think they did.