Cameron - Money No Object Re Floods

[Zacs-Master]

I do hope he means for prevention schemes and not for Mrs Miggins to have her carpets renewed otherwise I shall be very very cross.

[Zacs-Master]

http://news.sky.com/story/1210044/money-no-object-cameron-pledges-flood-aid

[craft1948]

Do you not like Mrs Miggins?

[Zacs-Master]

Not if the b**ch gets free carpets out of my taxes, no!

[mikey4444]

I have just heard Cameron at the news conference and he did indeed say that "money is no object" But I have a funny feeling that his words are going to come back to haunt him.

[emmie]

maybe it won;t, however why has it taken anyone so long to get adequate help to those that need it.

[Zacs-Master]

So do I mikey.

emmie - 'adequate' is the key word there.

[emmie]

sure those flooded out would have welcomed some help early on, those who are months down the line not remotely recovered because the rain keeps on coming.

[Zacs-Master]

Ah well emmie, it's hit the home counties hard now hence the response. I really do think DC should clarify (or qualify) his statement, if he hasn't already.

[emmie]

i think he would have found some fans early on if he had led from the front and said this, now it just seems like he has discovered it's raining.

[Peter Pedant]

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The majority probably arent insured - esp if they have been flooded before. This is not an argument to open the coffers for fluffy carpets.... but
flooding involves being inundated with sewage - or worse but I cant think of worse - and so a public health hazard is also involved.

Towyn - which I think no one recalls - 60% were uninsured.
And so they just closed the doors and abandoned the houses......
which were uninhabitable

I would be happy to certify that children shouldnt live in a house that had its plaster soaked with human sewage up to waist level....whether or not people did it in the 16th century.

[Canary42]

Odd how the gesture came only after the wealthy stockbroker belt suffered.

[ChillDoubt]

Is it only now being deemed a proper crisis because it's started affecting London and the Thames Valley?

It certainly appears so.

[BRIGHT SPARK]

Money is no object....especially if its not your money!

[naomi24]

He's said the right thing - money is no object - and still he's wrong. I don't think anyone could have envisaged the extent of the flooding.

[Peter Pedant]

Odd how the gesture came only after the wealthy stockbroker belt suffered

nope - reality

I always said that the govt would act when Kent started flooding - OK Henley is Oxon but you know what I mean

[Zeuhl]

/Is it only now being deemed a proper crisis because it's started affecting London and the Thames Valley? /

Possibly

and probably correctly

Though the situation for some people in Somerset is dreadful and they should be assisted, it is a relatively small number compared with the impossibility of flood prevention in that area in the current weather conditions.

A major flood in the Thames Valley would affect many thousands of people and preventative defences are viable.

[gness]

Perhaps if the government had worked closely and honestly with the Environment Agency we could have limited the damage these floods are causing.

[mikey4444]

PP...I remember the Towyn floods only too well ::

http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/northwestwales/hi/people_and_places/history/newsid_8516000/8516287.stm

I was working for BT at the time and we had requests from the local Council to provide men and vehicles for emergency aid. It was a terrible time and made worse because of the average age of the residents effected, most of which were really quite elderly. But I also remember the relief fund that was set up afterwards, to help those who had no insurance. It was said at the time that most of these people were just feckless but it transpired that a lot of them were not able to get or afford insurance. People really show their kindness after a disaster like Towyn.

I also have noticed a none-too subtle change in the Governments attitude over the last 24-48 hours. If I was a cynic, I might think that its because the flooding has now spread to nice middle class areas, like Surrey and Berkshire, with lots of Tory seats in Parliament. But of course, that would be far too cynical, wouldn't it ?

[ChillDoubt]

As has just been shown on Sky News, the majority of areas and regions affected the most that have recieved a visit from Dodgy Dave today just happen to be marginals.

Cynical? Moi? You bet your bloody life I am....!

Where has Nero been for the past 3,4 even 5 weeks?

[gness]

Where, Chill?....Ignoring the EA unless telling them to make cuts is where..x