Apres la Merde?

The UK government continue their quest to turn England's rivers back into sewers. They first facilitated the privatised water companies with their unnecessary raw sewage releases. It's now reported that the Housing and Environmental Secretaries are colluding to 'rip up' water pollution rules, largely to satisfy their house building company donors (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/28/uk-rivers-at-risk-as-michael-gove-rips-up-rules-on-new-housing). The house builders have blamed the 'too stringent' water pollution rules, for making them unable to build new homes in some locations. They wail that this is an important factor in England's housing crisis. Perhaps, the climbing current mortgage rate and the 'cost of living crisis' have no role here? Most house building companies are only interested in their bottom line. 'Idyllic' properties, along river banks might be highly profitable, even if they are more likely to flood. The government claim that 'millions' will be made available to 'mitigate' river damage. It seems highly likely this money will go to house builders to carry out an assortment of schemes with very dubious environmental benefits.