15 June 2023 , 21:16
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Ranvir Singh 's hack to save water has divided Good Morning Britain viewers.
Preston born broadcaster Ranvir, 45, was hosting the ITV show alongside Ben Shephard on Thursday morning when she shared the environmentally friendly tip.
Replacing usual host Susanna Reid on the Good Morning Britain sofa, Ranvir was chatting with weather presenter Laura Tobin, 41, and Ben about reservoir water levels and taps running dry as she revealed her hack.
"I don't know what we were talking about last year but I said, in our house, if it's a wee we don't flush it during the day," Ranvir confessed to co-host Ben.
"If there's no people - if it's just us at home. No we don't."
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Good Morning Britain viewers have some strong thoughts when it comes to Ranvir Singh's tip (ITV)She went on to add: "And then it was interesting because a couple of my friends said, 'That's a bit weird but we have stopped doing that as well.'
"Because as you hear ... just flushing the loo.
"It is a sort of change of thinking, it's something we take for granted which we think is always going to be there."
Cathryn Ross, strategy and regulatory affairs director at the UK’s biggest water company, Thames Water, suggested in April that Britons should consider not flushing the toilet after urinating and take shorter showers to secure future water supplies.
When if people should adopt the mantra of "if it’s yellow, let it mellow, if it’s brown, flush it down", Cathryn replied: "Absolutely, yes."
She went on to add: "The biggest thing that everybody can do to reduce their water consumption day-to-day is shorter showers and not flushing the loo every time."
But while Ranvir has been following Cathryn's advice, it seems not all Good Morning Britain viewers are too keen to skip a few toilet flushes.
Following Ranvir's admission on Thursday morning, one fan took to Twitter to claim: "Ranvir's house must stink of p**s in this hot weather..."
"Erm, yeah I'm not doing that Ranvir," another admitted, as a third quipped: "Now she's telling us not to flush the sh*tter."
Another ITV viewer begged for water to be nationalised as they tweeted: "Our precious water must come back under our control asap."
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The 1989 Water Act saw water in England and Wales privatised, selling it to private water and waste water firms for £7.6 billion.
"Thirty years ago our water – something we all owned – was sold off. Privatisation has largely enriched private shareholders who have done little to invest in this essential public service," Labour MP John McDonnell said on the 30th anniversary of the sale.
"When the water companies were sold off, the government took on their historic debts. Since, they have accumulated over £45bn of debt that is ultimately the responsibility of billpayers or governments.
"We were told privatisation could do things more cheaply but water bills rose by 40 per cent in real terms, according to the National Audit Office."
The former shadow chancellor of the exchequer went on to add: "Thirty years on from the Conservatives’ historic mistake we can’t wait for the chance to reverse it."
McDonnell was speaking when Jeremy Corbyn was leader of the Labour Party, who then wanted to bring water back into public ownership. Under Sir Keir Starmer, the Labour Party today has no plans to nationalise water or energy.
*Good Morning Britain airs weekdays from 6am on ITV and ITVX