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Originally Posted by Itshim

So much better to be levelled down to a 4th rate , socialist, sewage infested, backwater.

Very sad to see what's being allowed to happen to our seaside.

‘Our beaches are full of sewage, rubbish and sanitary products – Brexit is to blame’

Sewage spills considered illegal by the European Union are getting worse in Britain after Brexit, The i Paper has found.

The EU previously acted as a watchdog on water pollution that could impose fines of millions a week if rules were not being followed.

However, the regulator that replaced its role in Britain – the Office for Environmental Protection – does not have the same powers, according to experts.

The bloc has also taken steps to strengthen its wastewater laws as the UK lags behind, analysts said.

The Liberal Democrats said water regulation was “yet another casualty” of the previous Conservative government’s “botched” Brexit.

Robert Latimer, a retired fisherman from Sunderland who monitors pollution in his local area, said that significant sewage issues are being ignored since Brexit.

Mr Latimer, 80, and other residents say the spills have left beaches littered with period products, wet wipes and raw sewage.

The European Commission, the EU’s executive arm that proposes laws and makes sure they’re applied, threatened fines in 2019 – the year before Brexit.

But this year, the European Commission wrote to Mr Latimer to say it was closing the case because of Brexit – even though wastewater spills “remain too elevated”.

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