“The government has not understood the scale, gravity and severity of what has happened” the rescue effort is the “biggest in peacetime Britain”(Fire Brigades Union, General Secretary Matt Wrack).
But heck, the Government is in London, and they were busy playing their political games and glad-handing each other.
Bearing in mind we have had not one, but two Prime Ministers this week, one would rather have thought that one of them might have bothered to turn up to look important and shake hands in South Yorkshire. Couldn’t Bliar have stopped off on his way to his constituency (he went through Doncaster on the very main line which had been shut by flooding) to smile at some of the poor sods who have lost their homes?
No, of course not, because, well let’s face it, these poor disillusioned sods don’t bother voting, so there really isn’t much point bothering with them is there?
I was also rather amused by this commentary on Quentin Davies As A Local Labour MP
BBC News’ 12 o’clock bulletin didn’t notice the flooding until 12:18, and that was just a mention of the quote (above) from Matt Wrack. It took until 12:22 before they could be bothered to provide any more coverage.
I wonder how long it will be before the new Home Secretary, Jacqui Smith, manages to saunter up this way.
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