Those of us on the left should ignore the tempting siren calls from Zack Polanski to nationalise Thames Water. If we actually care about fixing our rivers and keeping bills low, it’s much more progressive to make privatisation work.

The conventional wisdom in Whitehall is that we should "wait and see" before doing anything about rising energy prices, and then only help with "targeted measures” for the most vulnerable people. That is advice for a different world than the one we are in. It All Begins Here