Steve Coogan has described sewage pollution at Lake Windermere as a 'national scandal' as he and fellow funnyman Lee Mack spoke out to raise awareness of the issue. The Middleton born actor and comedian joined forces with the Would I Lie to You star, with the pair also due to appear at an event later.
The pair appeared on TV this morning to demand that privatised water companies remove sewage from Windermere in the Lake District, England's largest lake. The Alan Partridge star told ITV's Good Morning Britain: "It is a national scandal.
"The privatised water companies, since they’ve been privatised, United Utilities, who is the biggest wastewater polluter in Windermere by a country mile, have paid out £72 billion in investor dividends whilst basically not maintaining the integrity of the lake. They’ve been polluting it since its inception.
