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‘Poo titles for Boris’ trends – we got our hands dirty looking for best reactions

'The Origin of Faeces' was one suggestion, while 'Reservoir Bogs' and 'One Poo Over the Cuckoo's Nest' were also touted.

Joe Mellor by Joe Mellor
2021-10-26 13:42
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Boris Johnson became the subject of a rather unfortunate hashtag today as sewage-gate continues to escalate.

Campaigners have said they are “disappointed” that MPs failed to back a campaign to put a legal duty on water companies to stop raw sewage from being poured into waterways.

Last week, MPs voted by 268 to 204 to disagree with an amendment to the Environment Bill tabled in the Lords which sought to place a new duty on water companies to reduce raw sewage discharges into rivers and demonstrate reductions in the harm caused by the discharges.

Sewage can be pumped out of the sewerage system and into rivers through combined sewer overflows – otherwise known as a storm overflow or release valve. The overflows are designed to release excess water following heavy rain or a storm to stop sewage backing up into homes.

Thames Water

Thames Waters’ chief executive has branded her own company’s performance as “unacceptable” while taking questions from the river water quality inquiry.

The Environmental Committee (EAC) on Wednesday quizzed bosses from five of the largest water and sewerage companies in England on the issue of river contamination.

Under questioning from EAC chairman Philip Dunne MP, Thames Water chief executive Sarah Bentley admitted that her company’s performance is “unacceptable”.

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“Thames (Water’s) performance is unacceptable, our customers find it unacceptable to contact us.

“Our ageing infrastructure, whether that’s on the water side with leakage, or on the sewage network in terms of the capacity we are treating, needs addressing.”

Ms Bentley said that Thames Water has a “broad range” of performance metrics that “need to change”.

“Since I joined 12 months ago I have been accelerating the money that we have got during this regulatory period”, she said.

“When I started I went out, I listened to our customers, I listened to environmental groups and members of this House, and of this committee, and it is clear that we have a broad range of performance metrics that we need to change”.

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Footage of untreated sewage being pumped into Langstone Harbour, Hampshire for 49 hours straight appeared on social media today as the crisis continues to escalate.

You were saying Zac Goldsmith?

Untreated sewage was released into Langstone Harbour, Hampshire for 49 hours straight. https://t.co/eKAHS2eAbP pic.twitter.com/vPdkiAxvS4

— Haggis_UK 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (@Haggis_UK) October 26, 2021

Reactions

And reactions elsewhere were hardly favourable.

It appears the legendary author and poet Micheal Rosen has led a charge across social media with amusing ideas for #pootitlesforBoris.

As ever a lot of other people jumped in and here are the dirtiest ones we could find, so you can keep your hands clean…

1.

Reservoir Bogs 💩 #PooTitlesForBoris

— ^^Fall is Calling^^ 🍂🍁 (@Aimz_1987) October 26, 2021

2.

https://twitter.com/RLDTx/status/1452957555412676608

3.

Slurry on Camping #PooTitlesForBoris

— Dave Marchant (@Marchad1) October 26, 2021

4.

Lord of the ( brown ) Rings #PooTitlesForBoris pic.twitter.com/pb3NTbsSmS

— Neddy Edwards 🦟 (@Natschick) October 26, 2021

5.

A Tale Of Poo Shities.#PooTitlesForBoris

— Tracy Kemp (@TracyKe66522488) October 26, 2021

6.

#PooTitlesForBoris
The Origin of Faeces! https://t.co/H3yZq6K4Id pic.twitter.com/NzFTgtEyuB

— Jane Ayee💙 (@ayee_jane) October 26, 2021

7.

#PooTitlesForBoris
Shite Of The Navigator

— Stu Robson (@Roppa77) October 26, 2021

8.

Money’s Too Shite to Mention #PooTitlesForBoris https://t.co/DYvjHFKZpk

— Michael Rosen 💙💙🎓🎓 (@MichaelRosenYes) October 26, 2021

9.

Boney M's Brown Turd in the Ring (with the line 'Show me a motion, la-la,la,la,la…')#PooTitlesForBoris

— Mark Blacklock 💙 #JoinAUnion (@MarxMedia) October 26, 2021

10.

Don't forget REM's classic Shite Swimming #PooTitlesForBoris

— Mark Blacklock 💙 #JoinAUnion (@MarxMedia) October 26, 2021

11.

I Turd it Though the Grapevine.

— Sarah Murray (@MrsSarahMurray) October 26, 2021

12.

Champagne Poopernova? #PooTitlesForBoris

— Diarmaid #LongCovid #Rejoin #FBLC #FBPE (@Diarmai61755227) October 26, 2021

13.

Poo Order, Poo Monday

— Katie_Watkins💙 (@KatieWat21) October 26, 2021

14.

The Brown cliffs of Dover

— Chuck cat (@Chuckcat4) October 26, 2021

15.

Silent Shite

— Keeyanko (@keeyanko) October 26, 2021

16.

Dirty Dumping #PooTitlesForBoris

— Jennifer Forbes (@Jen4TruroAndFal) October 26, 2021

17.

Motions 11#pootitlesforBoris

— Michael Rosen 💙💙🎓🎓 (@MichaelRosenYes) October 26, 2021

18.

Shit me with your Rhythm Stick #PooTitlesForBoris

— Sarah Sanders💙 (@SarahSanders58) October 26, 2021

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