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November 2009
MPs start to talk a language everyone can understand
What is Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition on? A colleague of the great man was at the Terrace Pavilion overlooking the... ...more »
The wisdom of ages
Disconnector is intrigued to see the verbal sparring prompted by a Utility Week web story about a poll for EDF... ...more »
Thames Water finds things aren't going to plan
Thames Water is currently digesting a second knock-back over its plans to obtain planning permission to build almost 100 new... ...more »
National Grid pins its hopes on Boris
Will bike-riding, Latin-spouting and tousled-haired mayor of London Boris Johnson ride to the rescue of National Grid? The great man... ...more »
How the other half doesn't live...
Bet you don't recognise these. They are, in fact, the public toilets at Hyde Park Corner in London. Last week... ...more »
In honour of Olympic rings... some ringers!
To celebrate 1,000 days to go until London 2012, EDF Energy, the sponsor of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic... ...more »
Hook, line and stinker
A routine inspection of a settlement tank at Yorkshire Water's South Elmshall treatment works near Pontefract revealed 18 fish (chubb,... ...more »
The Lady ain't for playing it safe
Serial director Lady Barbara Thomas Judge (around 30 and counting) was embroiled in a bit of a stand-off recently when... ...more »
Shining examples
An innovative "surgery" was held recently on a housing estate in Crewe, Cheshire, to encourage residents to think green. United... ...more »
Never work with animals...
End of an era. One of Southern Water's longest-serving employees is moving on. The current incumbent, whose public persona is... ...more »
Methinks you protest too much
You win some, you lose some. The great man muses thus after learning that the Advertising Standards Authority has been... ...more »
Went hunting - had a stinking time
Pictured is one lucky owl. Out hunting recently, it dived into a 4m-deep tank full of sewage sludge at Abbotsbury... ...more »
Flushed with success
Next Thursday is World Toilet Day, and those wags at charity WaterAid are working overtime to increase awareness of the... ...more »
Air bubbles stop the traffic
Now, here's a weird tale. There has been a bit of traffic chaos in Belfast this week because Cromac Street,... ...more »
House humour
The wit and wisdom of Lord Hunt (number 137 in an occasional series). Recently, during exchanges in the Upper Chamber,... ...more »
There's no smoke without ire...
Understandably, most of the media coverage of this week's publication of National Policy Statements has concentrated on the naming of... ...more »
Up, up and away!
This is Northumbrian Water's H2O gang, a group of superheroes whose mission in life is to promote health and a... ...more »
Some things grow better with time
Nuclear power stations, like those of a more conventional ilk, are not generally aesthetic or pleasing to the eye. Bloody... ...more »
And a fat lot of good it did them...
Disconnector has absolutely no idea whether it works, but notes that Scottish Water has become the latest company to use... ...more »
Anyone seen Anna?
Strange but true. Some bottles of wine turned up at Nobel House, headquarters of the Department for Environment, Food and... ...more »
Electrician sparks Scottish and Southern Energy 'fantasy'
Red faces should be the order of the day at Scottish and Southern Energy. Last month, the company failed in... ...more »