Desalination Plant Shut Down Before It Starts

The Government's newly appointed Efficiency Tsar, Donald Dukk, has hit the ground running after a brief visit to Folkestone and Dover today. His morning itinery was a visit to new desalination plant under construction near the Kentish coastal towns which is being built to meet increasing demand for fresh water, especially in drought conditions. Afterwards he enjoyed a lunch with the mayors of both towns at a local fish and chip shop.

Upon returning to London he had clearly been thinking, because he immediately ordered the halt to contruction work on the water plant. Instead he has ordered that the nations taps be plumbed directly into the English Channel. Explaining the shock move he said, "what is the point of taking all the salt out of the drinking water only for everyone to add it back on their fish and chips?"

"It's completely inefficient," he ranted, "people might as well get their salt from the water and stop putting it on their food."

Salt makers, Saxo, complained about the threat to jobs, but they were ignored.