[news] Exploitation on tap

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Why is Britain using aid money to persuade South Africa to privatise its public services? George Monbiot | Tuesday October 19, 2004 | The Guardian No one could have accused the Conservative government of breaking its promise to bring back Victorian values. When, in 1992, it permitted private water companies to install pre-paid meters in Birmingham, the people who couldn't afford to flush their toilets started defecating into pots, which they then emptied out of the windows of their tower blocks. It made one quite nostalgic.

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