Posted on 10/16/2025 8:00:14 AM PDT by lowbridge
Eight female activists claim to have attempted a citizen’s arrest on Anglian Water’s chief executive at a railway station in south London.
British Transport Police were called when the group surrounded Mark Thurston, who earns a reported £720,000 salary, at Coulston South around 7am on Wednesday.
They held hands in a circle to prevent him from leaving the scene while one woman read Mr Thurston “charges” they accuse Anglian Water of including environmental damage from illegal sewage spills.
Anglian is one of five water firms given approval by the Competition and Markets Authority to land customers with inflation-busting bills from 2025-30.
In a filmed confrontation, Citizen’s Arrest Network spokeswoman Isobel Rock said: “I’m here to hold Mark Thurston to account for the crimes Anglian Water is committing everyday against our environment and pockets.
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“Officers attended and the members of the public dispersed.”
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Someone tried this with Dick Cheney. Dick has a mean right cross
The UK - where the neo-marxist weaponization of political feminism is the worst in the world.
It would be rather easy to bash his way out of this, if he chose to do so. All it would take was to break two of those clasped hands, raise the ‘gate’ and walk under the bridge.
In reality, he was likely so surprised at being approached in this manner, he hadn’t thought of using direct force for the first minute or two. All members of that group should be prosecuted for their little Street Theater skit.
A wee can of MACE would have been the icing on the cake!
> Mark Thurston, who earns a reported £720,000 salary <
That around $967,000. So if this guy does get arrested, I’d be very interested in his job.
I don’t know anything about running a water authority. But how hard can it be?
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