If you turn up to a dinner party hosted by a friend's new squeeze in Chiswick, and the story du jour concerns a tory, a bottle of poppers, an orange, various items of lingerie, and a ligature, don't mention it.
Water bills are going up.... to fix exactly what you want fixed, after a long period when Ofwat (with the connivance of governments) kept the bills relatively low. They don't get fixed for free just because you nationalize it. The "no matter how you regulate it" is embarrassing stuff.