Wish People Would Stop Being Silly

[teacake44]

Complaining about the PM not visiting flood areas, He can see what's happening the same as we all can. What purpose is it going to serve by him going. Flying from A TO B TO C all day in an expensive helicopter with also a police helicopter as security. The police have enough to do as it is, and the cost of such can be better spent. Just let him do his job as he see's fit, from his office.
We saw David Cameron do this a few years back, and it don't achieve anything at all.

[dannyk13]

Well said Togo.

[Cloverjo]

Apparently Prince Charles is going to visit flood victims. What’s he going to do? Bring a big bucket?

[retrocop]

TD
My brother in law lives in a suburb of Manchester.His brand new 5 bed house was flooded to 1st floor level on Boxing day in 2015.He and his wife lived out of suit cases for a year in a Holiday Inn.The River Irwell burst it's bank again during Storm Dennis.His house is again flooded and after the last flooding his house insurance was unaffordable. He tried to sell his relatively new house after the 1st flood but it is unsaleable due to flood history.
The last thing he want's or would appreciate is a visit from any Prime Minister. He would rather someone visit it him with some form of compensation for the local authorities failings.Incidentally. I doubt he would appreciate a visit from the likes of you with your inane comments. Not sure ,at the moment, if he is suicidal or homicidal.
Yes I know someone who has been flooded TWICE.

[anneasquith]

Boris Johnson will not visit anywhere where there is a chance of a negative reception . A bit like coming to Scotland !!!

[Deskdiary]

"DD, as ZM has said, many people cannot get flood insurance."

The vast majority of houses in flood areas qualify for protection via Flood Re. Only houses built after 2009 do not qualify - this was to deter developers building on flood planes.

Therefore, if people have no insurance because they've made a conscious choice not to buy it, why the hell should they be compensated?

[retrocop]

Togo @1306
Exactly correct
My BIL in Manchester has been flooded twice because the local environment agency will not dredge the R. Irwell despite promises.

[dannyk13]

If people cannot afford to pay exorbitant insurance fees(due to previous flooding) why should they not be compensated? Your lack lof sympathy for these unfortunate people is astounding.

[dannyk13]

^ that to TD^

[Deskdiary]

Affordability is relative.

What you are stating is that if somebody cannot afford insurance, and they suffer something that would normally be covered by insurance, that they should have the 'claim' paid from the public purse.

That's mad.

I would 'get it' for people where insurance just simply isn't available, but for people to be compensated where they have made a conscious decision not to buy insurance, for whatever reason that may be, is nuts.

[retrocop]

//You'd think insurance would be good enough.
Where is the compo coming from? Tax payers money?//

TD
You have the bloody nerve too ask ,"Have you ever been flooded ?"
You obviously haven't with a typically moronic statement above.
Insurance can never compensate for family heirlooms,photographs and other precious mementos that have been either swept away,irreparably damaged. How will insurance or compensation alleviate that heartbreak. My BIL can no longer get affordable House Insurance and cannot sell his house due to the inept handling by the environment agency who should have managed the R. Irwell and dredged it periodically.

[Togo]

Ta Teacake. My blood boils Retro as I begin we begin to find out(not from the officials responsible mind) what has gone wrong in a number of cases. Besides the dredging issue there is also the failure to clear culverts and water courses after the summer growth has died back or clear up debris after high winds. We have had landslides where relatively minor streams have backed up due to being blocked. Culverts that have recently been enlarged not cleared and therefore still causing flooding and misery. I remember here in N.Wales when the Conwy, Clwyd, and Elwy estuaries were regularly dredged, as they had been for centuries to allow large boats to get a distance inland. This all stopped in the 70s and the flooding gets worse and wider every year but they are still in denial. As I said earlier the ineffective so called minders of our waterways have had the EU as a handy get out of jail free card to hide their incompetence behind. Time we dredged their cosy offices of the dead wood and fetid sludge that has settled there.

[TheDevil]

Togo, the flood is the natural disaster. The Pm is known to visit victims if tragedy. Grenfell for one. Im not saying the Pm is respomsible for the floor or welsh water ways at all.

So, nice try at trying to mock me, but you just highlight the fact that my point went completely over your head.

[dannyk13]

DD, what I am saying regarding compensation, is that this flooding is a catastrophe caused by unusual weather conditions and the insurance companies have hiked up their premiums after previous floods and some people cannot afford to pay.

[TheDevil]

“Insurance can never compensate for family heirlooms,photographs and other precious mementos“

Then compensation can? Lol how?

Tip, don’t keep precious items on the floor of the downstairs.

[Togo]

More drivel from the usual font. You, just you, would have to stand on Everest and jump as you were speaking for any thing that you jabber to go "over my head".

[Cloverjo]

Husband told me of people he knew who were often flooded.
‘How do you cope?’ they were asked.
‘We just move upstairs’ they said.

[TheDevil]

Well evidently not, because I made a point, and you missed it.

[vulcan42]

Thedevil, you're here again telling people they shouldn't comment unless they have been in the same situation. You constantly comment on situations where you've had no experience, why the double standards ?

[TheDevil]

Also, if it's all about air miles and the environment, why has Environment Secretary George Eustice been tasked by Johnson to go to the affected areas?

[weecalf]

Will all the money we are not gonna save by Brexit go towards the relief from the floods Boris ?