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Scottish Water dumps sewage on doorsteps of party leaders for 18,000 hours (inews.co.uk)

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Sewage was discharged for 18,674 hours – or 778 days – on Scottish political party leaders’ own doorsteps, i has found.

In total, there were 1,440 spills in rivers, lochs and coasts in the leaders’ constituency areas, according to new analysis of Scottish Water data.

i is urging political parties to get behind its manifesto to Save Britain’s Rivers, amid growing public anger over the amount of sewage dumped in the UK’s waterways.

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[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 16 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Unless they dump it right into parliament, nothing is going to happen.

[–] xfc 10 points 5 months ago

Unfortunately I don't think it was done deliberately in protest, I think it's just more incompetence and greed from the water services. I read the title that way as well but the article is talking about the amount of spillages theyve had into the rivers

[–] fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk 8 points 5 months ago

They need to move on from leaders' figurative doorsteps and focus on emptying sewage onto their literal doorsteps.

That might hurry things along a little.