'People are incandescent?' How sewage spills became a vote-winner for the Lib Dems

Polluted chalk streams in England's South Downs infuriated voters in Chichester, a seat that had been Conservative for a centuryThe River Lavant, one of the world's rare chalk streams, is a precious and much-loved habitat in the South Downs, but has been blighted by hundreds of sewage spills.Its chalk-filtered waters rise in East Dean, West Sussex, described by locals as the "quintessential English village", flow south to Lavant and carve a route to Chichester. It flows out to sea via Chichester harbour. Continue reading...