More issues at stake than just water in government talks
As somebody, perhaps a coward, who tries to be as compliant as possible with the law of the land, I paid the charges, despite my pressurised financial situation at the time, and despite the very strong opposition to those charges from predictable sources.
In the event, the protesters won the day and those of us who had obeyed the law and paid up, were the unlucky ones, whereas most of those who refused to pay walked away.
