WATER. Without it, we as human beings would cease to exist. That’s not a political viewpoint, it’s an unequivocal fact. Whatever a person’s political stripe, we can all at least agree on that, just as we can agree no-one should be deprived of access to clean water. Or can we? Apparently not as far as the UK Government is concerned if the latest leaked memo is anything to go by. Once again, here we have the Tory Government behaving true to form, lashing out at the poorest and most vulnerable by slashing overseas funding by more than 80% for the lifesaving water, sanitation and hygiene projects that exist across developing nations.