One is who's going to be supplying water to London very soon if Thames Water fails, as some are now seriously talking about. New investigations into Thames Water suggest that it is running the company on the basis of software first written in 1989. It may be that Thames Water has, in fact, got totally robust IT systems. We, therefore, face the real prospect that Thames Water could financially fail but simultaneously fail to deliver water to our capital city. There won't be water to sustain life, and without that ability to sustain life, people are going to have to move.

Source: The Guardian November 21, 2024 14:29 UTC