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'Our beaches are full of sewage, rubbish and sanitary products - Brexit is to blame' (inews.co.uk)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Sewage spills considered illegal by the European Union are getting worse in Britain after Brexit, The i Paper has found.

The EU previously acted as a watchdog on water pollution that could impose fines of millions a week if rules were not being followed.

However, the regulator that replaced its role in Britain – the Office for Environmental Protection – does not have the same powers, according to experts.

The bloc has also taken steps to strengthen its wastewater laws as the UK lags behind, analysts said.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

This was foreseeable:

https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/what-does-brexit-mean-for-the-uks-beaches/

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

according to experts

WE'VE HAD ENOUGH OF THOSE

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago

Honestly I can't think of a more insulting metaphor for Brexit than "we're going to dump raw sewage in your waterways and beaches". Well done Brexiters. Brutal.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

Who would have thought that Brexit meant shitty beaches? https://fuckingtoldyou.com/#54

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

Trust the Tories to use Brexit as a chance to declaw water regulations. Would be great if Labour would do something about that, but I don't have high hopes

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Who knew you needed a law to prevent people from shitting in the water supply.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

I'm going to remember this next time I'm developing a civil society:

Rule 1: nobody's allowed to shit in the water supply

Rule 2: Hookers and blow are optional

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago

Another Brexit dividend, I see.