So the Environmental Agency, is embarrassed to reveal the true state of our environment...
They find it difficult to answer prescient questions from NGOs with significant expertise (the implications being, better informed that the EA staff) & (it would seem) would like the NGO's Q.s to be more simply put to help EA staff offer better answers?
If you wanted a picture of a failing regulatory agency this would be it....
Ofcom and ofwat are equally useless
@zleap @ChrisMayLA6 indeed - I’d argue the whole system of external regulation is fundamentally flawed by design.
But especially when a) we have a government that despises any curb on business practice, however toxic, so starves regulators of the resources to function and b) there is a revolving door between the regulator and the industry they are meant to police, with staff moving seamlessly between the two
Indeed I guess one example is Meta saying they are committed to user safety then reducing the age a person can join instagram from 16 to 13, despite what has happened with children such as Molly Russell who killed herself after seeing self harm / suicide content.
