# Hosepipes and Buses

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Podcast: [Talk Breakfast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/talk-breakfast-1131001)
Published: 2026-07-22T09:58:08+00:00
Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/independentrepublicmikegraham/episodes/hosepipes-and-buses
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## Resource

Thames Water has rolled out yet another hosepipe ban at a time when reserves at supposedly full of water waiting to be treated. Is it time to reverse privatisation? Prime minister Andy Burnham's bus fare cap is ruffling feathers, with some saying it is a mere sweetener with relatively little impact on the lives of many living and working in the UK. How long will the drip-feed of policies go on? Didn't Burnham devise a plan whilst plotting to get the top job? Jeremy Kyle talks about these pressing issues with: Political commentator, Charlie Rowley, shadow chancellor, Mel Stride, former deputy speaker of the House of Commons, Nigel Evans, Conservative peer, Lord Kempsell, Talk's international editor, Isabel Oakeshott, and retired Scotland Yard detective chief inspector, Mike Neville. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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