Is This Right?

[TWR]

Cutbacks to Sea / River defences, I'm sure the Government's to blame, why should the poor people that's suffered through this trauma have their Household Insurance Increased, I think the Government should contribute or intervene in this matter.

[-Talbot-]

Yes it is right.

[viv41]

They should.

[Baldric]

Might be a con tributory factor here
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3380694/Britain-s-flooding-crisis-worse-EU-Green-Brussels-bureaucrats-banned-river-dredging-allows-water-drain-faster-say-farmers.html

[fiction-factory]

It never rained this much under Blair.
But yes, I agree that where flood risks are high so insurers charge a premium, that's an indication to me that more needs to be done to offer protection.

[Baldric]

Seems they have been doing something for a while now

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/flood-insurance-agreement-reached

[viv41]

Isn't it damn annoying that we have to do as we are told by Brussels ??! Surely in this instance after all the flooding, Cameron can ignore them ...

[dannyk13]

It might be that after the referendum they will be totally ignored.

[TWR]

I'm sure if the people in Brussels said I would have to walk with my finger up my bum, I would tell them where to put their rules if it effected our peoples live's

[Baldric]

Does that mean you would do it if it didn't Affect our peoples lives?

[viv41]

What would happen if he ignored them now ??

[TWR]

The Cows gone out of the field now Viv, the damaged to people's homes /Business's has been done.

[BRIGHT SPARK]

More migrants..more breeding...more houses....more floods...defences generally move the floods elsewhere.

[Baldric]

///The Cows gone out of the field now///

sounds like something the British Airmen in Hello Hello would say!

[Mosaic]

Pickering seems to have planned well - seems the answer lies in being proactive if possible, rather than waiting for the bureaucrats
http://www.itv.com/news/tyne-tees/2016-01-04/pickering-hailed-as-flood-defence-model-to-follow/

TWR - how did the Whalley hydro plant fare during the flood?