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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Matthew Weaver

‘I won’t vote Tory again’: Water crisis in blue-wall Surrey could tip balance at election

Drinking water trucks in Cranleigh, Surrey.
Drinking water trucks in Cranleigh, Surrey. Photograph: Graeme Robertson/The Guardian

The water crisis in Surrey is threatening to turn lifelong Tories into revolutionaries.

“The whole thing needs stirring up, but short of storming the gates what do you do?” asks exasperated retiree Mary Barnby after days of on-off water supplies in the village of Cranleigh.

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