Only months before the Portsmouth MP, Mordred’s ‘Rats with Rickets‘ Scotland campaign, the Portsmouth News had:
MP Stephen Morgan criticises ‘Tory Sewage scandal’ as figures show 10 sewage spills per week in Portsmouth area 2022.
Responding to data released by the Environment Agency which showed the extent of sewage spills last year, the Labour MP has asked for people to sign a pledge of support for his party’s plan to tackle the issue.
Analysis of Environment Agency data shows that in 2022, raw sewage was discharged into Portsmouth’s waters for 1,809 hours, the equivalent of there being a continuous flow of sewage taking place for over two months of the year.
https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/business/mp-stephen-morgan-criticises-tory-sewage-scandal-as-figures-show-10-sewage-spills-per-week-in-portsmouth-area-2022-4094450
Why did Mordred ignore Scotland’s sewage spills scandal?
See this from reader Bob Lamont on May 19 2023:
The “shocking” BBC Scotland headline is on instruction from London, “make smoke”, to cover increasing Tory embarrassment as public anger in England rises.
James Cook has now helpfully posted an article “Scotland’s river sewage must be more closely monitored – charity” https://archive.ph/m6bpv – Worth reading for the mischievous interplay and context and numbers between UK and Scotland –
“The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) says raw sewage was known to have been flushed into rivers and seas for 113,000 hours last year.”
Then further down-
“But analysis by the MCS suggests each of the 123 monitored overflows – out of a total of 3,617 – dumped raw sewage 114 times in 2022”, this is the Scotland context.
And yet further down –
“In addition, the MCS found less than 2% of storm overflows within the same distance of designated bathing waters – four out of 177 – are monitored, yet they released sewage for more than 600 hours in 2022”, this the Scotland context.There are NO discharges of “raw sewage” or “dumping” into rivers or seas in Scotland, none, zero, zilch, nada – However, the authors rely on public ignorance to peddle the propaganda.
Normal foul flow is referred to as Dry Weather Flow or DWF – Most sewage treatment plants in Scotland have capacity of 6 DWF, 3 DWF to full treatment, 3 DWF to part treatment.
So if CSOs trigger above 6DWF, that’s >5 parts storm water for 1 part diluted and screened sewage, discharging to waters equally if not more swollen, so one part in >= 12, “Raw sewage” ?Almost all the storm discharge events recorded in Scotland are from priority monitoring of CSOs, mainly to keep track on how often fine screening has been activated for follow up maintenance, so very far removed from “raw sewage”.
Beaches and receiving waterways are monitored regularly by SEPA and any problems followed up with the polluter to remedy, rarely is this ever SW.Scotland’s water-borne pollution is a very far cry from the mess inflicted on England’s waterways by Tory dogma over the last 24 years…
The only shite Scotland suffers from is the BBC in Scotland.
For the 450 000 rats,see: https://www.hampshirelive.news/news/hampshire-news/portsmouth-rat-population-soars-more-4731603?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar
Talking-up Scotland 'Albatraz' 
As this article demonstrates , Tories like Mordaunt are so full of Sh*t !
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