Newsnight · SEASON 45

Is the Tide Turning Against Privatisation?

Episode 63 · 2024-03-28

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As shareholders of Thames Water refuse to put up half a billion pounds towards a rescue plan, could it - and other utility companies - be renationalised? With Victoria Derbyshire.

42 minutes

Season 45 episodes

1. The Eve of the Longest-Ever NHS Strike2024-01-02 2. 2024's Political and Economic Outlook2024-01-03 3. An Autumn Election...Probably2024-01-04 4. US Election Speeches2024-01-05 5. Post Office: will justice be delivered?2024-01-08 6. Post Office scandal fallout2024-01-09 7. The Post Office Scandal2024-01-10 8. Will UK and America bomb Yemen?2024-01-11 9. The Red Sea missile war2024-01-12 10. Who wins the first race to become the US 2024 Republican candidate?2024-01-15 11. Rebels with a cause2024-01-16 12. Rishi and Rwanda: The Big Vote2024-01-17 13. Doug in a Hole?2024-01-18 14. Paying For Net Zero2024-01-19 15. Hostage Families Meet UK Leaders2024-01-22 16. Grenfell: The Long Fight for Justice2024-01-23 17. 700 days of war in Ukraine2024-01-24 18. Fresh Post Office Allegations2024-01-25 19. Will ICJ Ruling Change Anything?2024-01-26 20. Drone Strikes: How should the US respond?2024-01-29 21. Done deal in Northern Ireland?2024-01-30 22. Donaldson's Big Gamble2024-01-31 23. Manhunt Underway After 'Acid Attack'2024-02-01 24. The alkali attack manhunt2024-02-02 25. King Charles Announcement2024-02-05 26. 'Scandal Bigger Than Thalidomide' Payout?2024-02-06 27. A Defining Moment For Labour?2024-02-07 28. Labour's £28bn U-turn2024-02-08 29. Jailed Imran Khan 'wins' Pakistan Election2024-02-09 30. Labour Ditches Rochdale Candidate2024-02-12 31. Rafah Assault By Israel Looms2024-02-13 32. Antisemitism in politics2024-02-14 33. Polls Close at Two By-elections2024-02-15 34. Alexei Navalny Dies in Jail2024-02-16 35. Navalny's Widow Vows to Fight2024-02-19 36. Gaza Ceasefire Back on the Political Menu?2024-02-20 37. Chaos in the Commons2024-02-21 38. Can Commons Speaker Keep His Job?2024-02-22 39. Is Ukraine Losing Its War?2024-02-23 40. Do the Tories Have an Islamophobia Problem?2024-02-26 41. Where is Post Office Compensation?2024-02-27 42. PM Warns of 'Mob Rule'2024-02-28 43. How Police Failed Sarah Everard2024-02-29 44. Sunak: Galloway Victory 'Beyond Alarming'2024-03-01 45. On the Road: 04/03/20242024-03-04 46. Budget Eve2024-03-05 47. Budget Day2024-03-06 48. America Steps Into Gaza2024-03-07 49. Is More Defence Spending a Luxury?2024-03-08 50. On the Road: 11/03/20242024-03-11 51. Tory Donor's Alleged Remarks 'Racist'2024-03-12 52. Sunak's Plans to Curb 'Extremism'2024-03-13 53. New Definition of 'Extremism'2024-03-14 54. Giving Russia's $300 billion to Kyiv2024-03-15 55. On the Road: 18/03/20242024-03-18 56. 19/03/20242024-03-19 57. Can the Rwanda Bill Save Sunak?2024-03-20 58. Labour's Deputy Leader and the Tax Row2024-03-21 59. The Princess of Wales's Cancer Announcement2024-03-22 60. On the Road: 25/03/20242024-03-25 61. Baltimore's Key Bridge Collapses2024-03-26 62. What a Mess2024-03-27 63. Is the Tide Turning Against Privatisation?2024-03-28 64. British Aid Workers Killed in Gaza Strike2024-04-02 65. Is Israel Now Heading For Early Elections?2024-04-03 66. An Arms Embargo on Israel?2024-04-04 67. A Turning Point in Gaza?2024-04-05 68. Police Unprotection2024-04-08 69. Wragg Resigns2024-04-09 70. Transgender NHS report: 'A system failure'2024-04-10 71. The Death of OJ Simpson2024-04-11 72. Rayner under investigation2024-04-12 73. Iran ups the stakes2024-04-15 74. A 'smoke-free generation'?2024-04-16 75. Rwanda: When Will Flights Take Off?2024-04-17 76. Sturgeon's Husband Charged2024-04-18 77. A critical vote on Ukraine2024-04-19 78. Parliament's late-night Rwanda votes2024-04-22 79. Ukraine: Is Money Enough to Win the War?2024-04-23 80. Should the Trains Be Renationalised?2024-04-24 81. Scotland's coalition collapses2024-04-25 82. King to Resume Public Duties2024-04-26 83. Wanted: A New SNP Leader2024-04-29 84. Sword Killing Renews Ban Call2024-04-30 85. Student Gaza Protests Turn Violent2024-05-01 86. Election Night Starts Here2024-05-02 87. The Morning After: Elections and Sunak?2024-05-03 88. 07/05/20242024-05-07 89. Tory Defection: A Problem for Labour?2024-05-08 90. Will Stormy Daniels trial help or harm Trump?2024-05-09 91. America and Israel at loggerheads2024-05-10 92. Unpaid Carers Asked to Repay Benefits2024-05-13 93. Protests in Georgia2024-05-14 94. Who Shot the Slovak Prime Minister?2024-05-15 95. The Schoolchildren Killed by Infected Blood2024-05-16 96. What went wrong with UK water?2024-05-17 97. Infected blood 'day of shame’2024-05-20 98. What went wrong on Singapore Airlines flight SQ321?2024-05-21 99. Sunak gambles on summer election2024-05-22 100. Day one on the campaign trail2024-05-23 101. Gove Quits Parliament2024-05-24 102. Is Abbott barred?2024-05-28 103. The Diane Abbott Row Deepens2024-05-29 104. Trump found guilty2024-05-30 105. Trump fights the law2024-05-31 106. 03/06/20242024-06-03 107. Election debate: who won?2024-06-04 108. The election campaign gets dirty2024-06-05 109. Is the Farage Effect a Thing?2024-06-06 110. Mordaunt Defends Sunak2024-06-07 111. Will Rishi Sunak Make a Manifesto Gamble?2024-06-10 112. 11/06/20242024-06-11 113. Starmer v Sunak Round 22024-06-12 114. The Return of the Magnificent 72024-06-13 115. Don't Mention Brexit2024-06-14 116. Reform in the Spotlight2024-06-17 117. Major Tory Donor to Back Labour2024-06-18 118. Health Special: Live in Birmingham2024-06-19 119. The election betting row grows2024-06-20 120. Are politicians ignoring young voters?2024-06-21 121. How Damaging is the Gambling Row?2024-06-24 122. Election Date Betting Scandal Deepens2024-06-25 123. Starmer v Sunak2024-06-26 124. Biden and Trump face off in the big rematch2024-06-27 125. Live in Glasgow2024-06-28 126. Election week begins2024-07-01 127. 02/07/20242024-07-02 128. The night before the big day2024-07-03 129. After the Political Earthquake2024-07-05 130. Labour’s prisoner dilemma2024-07-08 131. Joe Biden Fights For Political Survival2024-07-09 132. Biden meets Starmer2024-07-10 133. The Pressure Mounts on Joe Biden2024-07-11 134. Biden on the Brink?2024-07-12 135. Trump Picks Former Critic as Running Mate2024-07-15 136. Rebellion Brews over King’s Speech2024-07-16 137. Can Labour deliver?2024-07-17 138. Is time up for Biden?2024-07-18 139. Biden: Digging in or getting out?2024-07-19 140. Who is Kamala Harris?2024-07-22 141. Starmer's First Rebellion2024-07-23 142. Who will lead the Tories?2024-07-24 143. Manchester Airport Kicking2024-07-25 144. Paris Olympics: Sabotage and Spectacle2024-07-26 145. Two children killed in Southport attack2024-07-29 146. 30/07/20242024-07-30 147. What Did BBC Know About Huw Edwards?2024-07-31 148. Edwards: Did the BBC Do Enough?2024-08-01 149. Police brace for further disorder2024-08-02 150. How Should We Respond to the Riots?2024-08-05 151. Who is Tim Walz?2024-08-06 152. Police Fear Disturbances Across England2024-08-07 153. Why Did the Riots Happen?2024-08-08 154. Will Starmer Toughen Social Media Laws?2024-08-09 155. What Went Wrong in the Calocane Case?2024-08-12 156. Middle East on the Brink?2024-08-13 157. Ukraine Incursion: How Will Putin Respond?2024-08-14 158. Can Middle East peace talks deliver?2024-08-15 159. Is Labour Caving to the Unions?2024-08-16 160. Multimillionaire Goes Missing on Yacht2024-08-19 161. 20/08/20242024-08-20 162. 21/08/20242024-08-21 163. Kamala Harris takes the stage2024-08-22 164. A pensioner revolt? Starmer feels the heat2024-08-23 165. Has Starmer Signalled Austerity 2.0?2024-08-27 166. Can Starmer's Brexit 'reset' work?2024-08-28 167. Harris and Walz give their first big interview2024-08-29 168. 30/08/20242024-08-30 169. What do the Tory contenders believe?2024-09-02 170. Horror in the Channel2024-09-03 171. Grenfell Tower Report: Who Is to Blame?2024-09-04 172. Can Keir Starmer Win the First 100 Days?2024-09-05 173. Can Labour Handle the Unions?2024-09-06 174. No U-Turns on Winter Fuel or Prisoners2024-09-09 175. 10/09/20242024-09-10 176. Govt's NHS report: First reaction2024-09-11 177. Will Starmer take on the unions?2024-09-12 178. Putin threatens war2024-09-13 179. Huw Edwards: Sentenced2024-09-16 180. Diane Abbott: Political Survivor2024-09-17 181. Hezbollah and the Exploding Pagers2024-09-18 182. Will Hezbollah Hit Back at Israel?2024-09-19 183. Economics of fear2024-09-20 184. Chancellor: ‘Best Days Ahead’2024-09-23 185. The PM pleads for patience2024-09-24 186. Remembering the Nova Festival Attack2024-09-25 187. Can the UN stop a wider Middle East war?2024-09-26 188. Labour's Budget Briefing2024-09-27 189. Tory leadership race hots up2024-09-30 190. Iran attacks Israel2024-10-01 191. Amanda Abbington Talks to Newsnight2024-10-02 192. Britain Hands Back the Chagos Islands2024-10-03 193. Where's the Middle East Conflict Heading?2024-10-04 194. 07/10/20242024-10-07 195. 08/10/20242024-10-08 196. Hurricane Milton Hits2024-10-09 197. 10/10/20242024-10-10 198. Starmer's Reset2024-10-11 199. Can Starmer Be Pro-business and Pro-worker?2024-10-14 200. US Election: Harris v Trump – Why So Close?2024-10-15 201. Anxiety Over Budget Spending Cuts2024-10-16 202. Hamas Leader Killed - What Now?2024-10-17 203. Is Starmer a World Leader?2024-10-18 204. Trump: Two Weeks to go2024-10-21 205. Trump campaign accuses Labour of election interference2024-10-22 206. Trump 'Admires Dictators'2024-10-23 207. Harris Wheels Out Celebrity Backers2024-10-24 208. Harris v Trump: The Gender Split Between Voters2024-10-25 209. Backlash After Trump Rally2024-10-28 210. Can Kamala Harris win on the economy?2024-10-29 211. Will Reeves's first budget succeed?2024-10-30 212. Harris v Trump: the Final Stretch2024-10-31 213. Harris v Trump on 'violent rhetoric'2024-11-01 214. US Election 2024: Eve of Poll Special2024-11-04 215. US Election 2024: Is It Harris or Trump?2024-11-05 216. How Did Donald Trump Take the White House?2024-11-06 217. The power of Musk2024-11-07 218. Israelis attacked in Amsterdam2024-11-08 219. Crisis in the Church of England2024-11-11 220. Fall of an Archbishop2024-11-12 221. 13/11/20242024-11-13 222. Trump Picks RFK Jr for Health2024-11-14 223. Free Speech Debate Reignited2024-11-15 224. Farmers' Revolt2024-11-18 225. Starmer v Farmers2024-11-19 226. Debate on Toxic Cultures in UK Institutions2024-11-20 227. P. Diddy: The Trial2024-11-21 228. Martin Lewis Energy Bill Advice2024-11-22 229. How will MPs vote on the assisted dying bill?2024-11-25 230. Are pushy parents gaming the exam system?2024-11-26 231. Will Chagos Deal Damage Trump Ties?2024-11-27 232. 28/11/20242024-11-28 233. MPs vote for assisted dying - what now?2024-11-29 234. France in Crisis2024-12-02 235. 03/12/20242024-12-03 236. Gregg Wallace 'sexually harassed me'2024-12-04 237. Starmer vs. Whitehall?2024-12-05 238. Trump Returns to World Stage2024-12-06 239. 09/12/20242024-12-09 240. Labour's Prison Plan2024-12-10 241. The failure to protect Sara Sharif2024-12-11 242. Reset on Brexit?2024-12-12 243. What Next for Syria?2024-12-13 244. 16/12/20242024-12-16 245. Backlash to Starmer's Waspi decision2024-12-17 246. 'Gaslit' After Operation by Disgraced Surgeon2024-12-18 247. Mandelson Returns2024-12-19 248. 2024 review, 2025 predictions2024-12-20