I1L2T3 Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 So, it was the maximum allowed, by who, whose treasury. for whom? What other agencies? How much did the EU put up? Where did the pitiful £400k come from? What was the Massive £400k spent on? Apparently it is not the sole responsibility of the EA to dredge the levels rivers. It's a joint responsibility with 4 district councils, a county council and something called IIRC the local inland drainage board. So seven agencies/authorities had to get together to execute the plan. EA provided the max it could according to Treasury rules. £1.7m in total was needed. Obviously £400,000 was nowhere near enough. Whose responsibility it was to bang heads together to make it happen I don't know. Quite possibly nobody had responsibility, meaning nothing happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psynuk Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 Yeh he could tell it to go back where it came from. And every low tide would be paraded as a ukip policy victory, Every high a tide, a reason for a tougher stance on foreigners on our shores! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcoblog Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23370270 That's good then ... just a loss of around 14 billion! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Manager Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 Why cant we sort our own ppl out (England) instead of sending god knows how much to other places out of England !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dosxuk Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 Why cant we sort our own ppl out (England) instead of sending god knows how much to other places out of England !! If anyone thinks we can prevent flooding entirely, they are deluding themselves. In the next few decades we are going to have to surrender parts of the coast line to the sea. No amount of money will stop this from happening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anywebsite Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 Just out of interest who is responsible for the repairs of the rail tracks down there, seeing as I thought Network Rail was a private Ltd company. Will taxpayer money be needed to help out? I also note that it is planned for Network Rail to be brought back into the public sector. "The Office for National Statistics (ONS) announced today (17thDecember 2013) that it plans to reclassify Network Rail Limited and its subsidiaries (together referred to as Network Rail)to the public sector from 1st September 2014 when new EU reporting rules come into force. The effect of this reclassification will be to bring the company’s debt and any future borrowings onto the public sector balance sheet. " Network Rail has always been public sector. It was privatised as Railtrack & then renationalised as Network Rail when Railtrack failed. It's just a reclassification under EU accounting rules to clarify the current situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Manager Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 If anyone thinks we can prevent flooding entirely, they are deluding themselves. In the next few decades we are going to have to surrender parts of the coast line to the sea. No amount of money will stop this from happening. Im not saying We can Prevent flooding , However im sure more money spent would have helped in some places Rather than sending to africa or where ever like we seem to do. I would like to see more help to the familys that have lost there homes. some of the ppl i saw on the Tv tonight seemed to be begging for help and still waiting!! Really does seem the goverment does not really care !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anywebsite Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 If anyone thinks we can prevent flooding entirely, they are deluding themselves. In the next few decades we are going to have to surrender parts of the coast line to the sea. No amount of money will stop this from happening. What about Holland? No floods for 60 years or something, are they deluded? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Hans Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 Im not saying We can Prevent flooding , However im sure more money spent would have helped in some places Rather than sending to africa or where ever like we seem to do. I would like to see more help to the familys that have lost there homes. some of the ppl i saw on the Tv tonight seemed to be begging for help and still waiting!! Really does seem the goverment does not really care !! There's only a certain amount money can do. You can't throw a load of banknotes in the water and tell it to subside, that's not how it works. As Cameron has said, the help is there but this is nature and they can't work miracles...the resources are there for as and when they stop getting battered by the weather. They're not starving money from Somerset and sending it to Africa, the money is there but it's useless until the weather improves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anywebsite Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 There's only a certain amount money can do. You can't throw a load of banknotes in the water and tell it to subside, that's not how it works. As Cameron has said, the help is there but this is nature and they can't work miracles...the resources are there for as and when they stop getting battered by the weather. They're not starving money from Somerset and sending it to Africa, the money is there but it's useless until the weather improves. You can throw a load of money at some Dutch engineers, get them to come over here, build us some dykes & windmills or whatever they do these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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