On our television news this morning they said that he was also going to visit a village cut off by the floods and share their problems.
If he, his entourage and protection squad – and probably a bunch of journalists – are about to go there, it isn't cut off.
If his farms were flooded and looters had ransacked his home and stolen the heating oil, he would still have no idea about the extent of their problems.
Donating money is fine – poncing around on a visit, holding up whatever practical help people are providing seems daft to me, but perhaps the gracious presence of a balding, ugly, middle-aged, bad-tempered, socially awkward, over-privileged man really does lift the spirits of over-tired emergency workers. It takes all sorts…