Fuelling Concern

Despite having been represented in Parliament by a Conservative MP, and by no less a Conservative MP than Jeremy C Hunt, some six hundred households in Surrey appear to have fallen victim to corporate negligence and crumbling infrastructure. Those efficient Thames Water people have warned against drinking their tap water, which has been contaminated by a leak from a supermarket petrol pump. Residents have been complaining about the leak for the past three years; fortunately this year an election has been called, so the Chuntcellor has now deigned to notice it. On the bright side, the presence of petrol in the water may kill off a few parasites, provided they are smaller than the Chuntcellor or the average recipient of a Thames Water executive salary.