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340,000-signature petition pushes water nationalisation debate in Parliament

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  • Danny Dyer and MP Kevin McKenna delivered a water-company nationalisation petition to Downing Street.
  • The petition, signed by over 340,000 people, will be considered for debate.
  • Dyer floated a poo sculpture down the Thames while handing in the petition at 1 pm.
  • MP Kevin McKenna said public is sick of sewage pollution and wants water firms nationalised.
  • Prime Minister Andy Burnham warned that failing water firms could be taken back into public ownership.