{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/61926927b481c700126c2eb2/660f26071f60a6001873f223?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Fallen Angels: Thames Water Circles the Plughole","description":"<p>A natural monopoly delivering an essential service, Thames Water was privatised in 1989 with no debt. Now it's on its knees, crushed by more than £15bn of borrowings. Neil and Jonathan talk to Feargal Sharkey about what this&nbsp;says about Mrs Thatcher's most controversial privatisation,&nbsp;whether incentive regulation works, and whether we should&nbsp;just scrap the whole private structure and start again.</p><p><br></p><p>Presented by Jonathan Ford and Neil Collins.</p><p>With Feargal Sharkey.</p><p>Produced and edited by Nick Hilton for Podot.</p><p>In association with Briefcase.News</p>","author_name":"Jonathan Ford and Neil Collins"}