Normally when there is a disaster it gives Politicians at all levels the chance to attack. This does not seem to have happened this time. The obvious question is "why".
Serious widespread flooding like this year happens about five times in a century but flooding on a smaller scale happens almost every year in some coastal areas. Coastal towns normally have sturdy sea walls to protect their inhabitants.
Flooding this year has been caused by exceptional overspills from rivers and streams. Building permits for some houses were granted by councils even when the land was known to be at risk of flooding.
Are Local Councillors not elected to alert people at higher echelons when something must be done to protect inhabitants ? Were complaints like this acted on ? At what level was nothing done ?
The Prime Minister is now wasting money on a "mopping-up" exercise. If money had been properly invested in the previous 20 years or more to prevent flooding there would be less problems now !
The Opposition does not attack the Government because the last Socialist Government was in power for 15 years ! Is it not time that flooding problems are taken seriously and that long term plans to act, are jointly drawn-up by Socialists and Conservatives and updated by all future Governments ?
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