As a reminder, the British water treatment system was privatised in the 1960s and has been a huge joke ever since. When they were still in the European Union, common environmental and health regulations prevented the worst from happening.

But as an example, one of the first actions taken after Brexit was to stop monitoring and treating sewage discharges into the English Channel.

- https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-62670623

- https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-62626774

- https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz9kz8ydjpno

Another major success for the privatisation of services such as the postal service, railways and electricity in the UK.

It was privatized in the 1980's not 1960's.