And the rest of the world laughs AT, not with, us...

The floods over here have dominated the news over here for at least a couple of weeks now. Not sure how much of it has been televised internationally but, it seems, enough to make people go, "what the f*ck?" Seriously, we are probably the wettest little island IN THE ENTIRE WORLD, and yet although England conquered, uh, let's see, most of the world and pretty much pioneered civilization they still cannot DEAL WITH THE WEATHER. It drives me absolutely crazy. So, basically, hundreds of thousands of people have lost their homes, farmers have lost their livelihoods and many people are sick* and yet a lot of this trouble seems needless. I mean, WHY did Labour reduce the Environment Agency's flood defence budget by £15million? (In fact, the budget was cut by £1m MORE than the Government has given to help the people in the North of the country who have lost EVERYTHING). And where are the flood barriers? When this weather has been predicted for days and days now, why were there no flood barriers in place, or even nearby? We've had a dry couple of years, so the Government chose not to keep the drains clear and chose not to dredge and clear debris from the rivers, and now look what's happened. And to top it off (and this is what I find HILARIOUS!) is that this is of course! all due to climate change. Dude! Wake up and smell the Joe for crying out loud. Our storms and pour weather have been caused by LOW PRESSURE IN THE ATMOSPHERE, not from glacier melt - but this 'theory' means that (no doubt) another stealth tax from Gordy will appear, helping us (the country with (probably) the tiniest(!) little carbon footprint) to halt climate change.

Give over.

*Oh, yes, guess who's area had their tap water contaminated in the flooding? And guess who drank such tap water? And guess who was even more ill (having just gotten over a virus anyhow) after drinking above-mentioned tap water because although the contamination happened on Friday the water company didn't issue a boil-your-water order until SUNDAY?? Seriously, my insides have taken a beating the past 5 days.