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Floods and blame shifting

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Brendawymms Wed 05-Feb-14 13:33:18

The West pier in Brighton has been split in two.

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Brendawymms Wed 05-Feb-14 13:29:17

The pictures from Dawlish show what the lack of defence against the waves do. The flooding in Somerset, made worse by the lack of dredging and ditch clearance is down to the Environment agency. Our farming neighbours are prevented from ditch clearing in case they harm some wildlife.

The weather here today is just dreadful, the wind and rain is amazing I am surprised that we still have electricity!

Hope everyone along the south coast from Cornwall to Kent stay safe and away from sea walls.

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whitewave Wed 05-Feb-14 12:30:16

This government is getting really good at the blame game.
A whopping 30% cuts to the Enviroments Agency's budget has been made since 2010. They were "advised" by the government to reduce the budget for maintenance to existing flood defences like presumably dredging etc and use the money instead for headline grabbing new flood defences. But who gets the blame now it is going pear shaped and who sits back keeping schtum?.

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