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"I think that is going to be my lot and I'm going to retire now. Having one is enough for me."

The journalist, who left the BBC earlier this year, said the media was often guilty of ‘normalising’ populist views in the name of balance.

"The whole thing is quite simply an organised rip-off, it's a crime being perpetrated upon all bill holders, that should fill all of us with an almighty righteous anger and fury."

The former Newsnight presenter highlighted the role of Sir Robbie Gibb who was appointed to the BBC board by Boris Johnson.

"Many broadcasters fear discussing the obvious economic cause of major change in this country in case they get labelled pessimistic or unpatriotic."

In the last decade, there had been a reduction in investment in sewage infrastructure in England and defunding of regulators, with water companies left in charge of self-monitoring,

"Can we charge Boris Johnson for every day he’s living at Chequers please. Absolutely sick of him sponging off taxpayers."

It joins Welsh Water,Southern Water and South East Water and South West Water in implementing bans, with Yorkshire Water following suit soon.

"I simply refuse to engage with Matt Hancock’s curséd metaverse avatar," said one person after seein Hancock's new digital form.