This is probably the most pertinent point of your post. It belies your true instincts and why you feel the need to ask the rest of the questions you do.But if Thames Water makes £500m to £1b a year in profit, why is our government not seeing any of that?
It's far more important to ask why any government should see any of that. What right do they have to take that money from private enterprise and private investors, wring it through the waste machine and hand out what's left to those who didn't create that wealth?