Well the labour leader:

[Broadback]

Has at last said something with which I wholeheartedly agree. that is the flooding up North had been down South there would thrown money and loads of publicity at it before now!

[simon mitchelmore]

In general that would be a perfectly sensible risk prioritisation given that London has a pop. of about 10 million whereas Doncaster is ~300k.

However the argument 'Up North' receives no (flooding) help is false: Meadowhall SC survived this time because expensive flood defences were installed following the 2007 floods, so Corbyn's argument does not make sense (not for the first time).

[John Rumm]

Or you could say it doesn't hold water? ;-)

[Dave Plowman (News)]

Now tell us where that diverted water ended up. ;-)

[whisky-dave]

Wasn;t there some bad flooding down south in boswell some years ago cornwall/dorset way, thats in the south, well south.

[Marland]

Are you thinking of Boscastle in Cornwall ? And in the early 1950?s Lynmouth in North Devon was badly damaged

Parts of East Anglia were also badly flooded around that period. Lewis in Sussex got hit in 2000. In 2007 it was Tewkesbury that had exceptional floods.

More recently it was the Somerset levels so many areas have suffered and most residents will at the time be blaming lack of investment in flood protection wether they live up North or not, only when it does happen up North the sound level is louder as Northerners are only happy when they are moaning and perpetuation the myth that its grim up there even when things are normal, its part of the natural order like Africans walking for miles to carry water on their heads for centuries when others races had long invented the wheelbarrow or pipes but primitive peoples like their old ways.

GH

[Brian Gaff (Sofa)]

Personally, I'm not so sure, everyone is so damned fixated on the EU problem that stuff is off the radar unless somebody shouts very loudly. Brian

[Brian Reay]

Surely the flooding being ?up north ? (well not the South, the North starts at Sunderland and we aren?t sure about Sunderland) is more to do with weather and rivers etc than politics. Then Corbyn and the left aren?t that bright.

[The Natural Philosopher]

I rember Surrey flooded out. The government did nothing and it took years before a temporary and very dangerous bridge was replaced.

Northerners are whiny wimps. They have been told for years by Labour that the reason their lives are shit is 'because of the Tories'.

Naturally this excuses them from having to accept any responsibility for gettting up off their backsides to change any of it. So they whine and vote labour.

What a sad excuse for a life.

[Pent]

Was that before or after Cameron pledged ?Nothing is more important than dealing with these floods. Whatever money is needed for it, it will be spent. We will take whatever steps are necessary."?

"Costing £640 million, the scheme represents the largest investment in flood risk in the UK to date."

Ditto

[Bob Eager]

Not to mention Yalding on the Medway.

[John Rumm]

"For instance, planned spending in the South East comes out at over £180 per person, compared with £32.80 in the North East.

But here's the thing: those numbers are dramatically distorted by the inclusion of a big chunk of spending on the Thames Estuary, which covers London and the South East.

That spending is due to be spread out over the next eight decades while all the other regional spending only covers the next two years, until 2021."

[Andrew]

I wouldn't be drawn on that though :-)

[Andrew]

Hmmm. How did the village of Fishlake get its name ?

[whisky-dave]

Well less people live there, the land is cheaper as are the cost of housing and beer.

Is it really worth spending the well earned money from the south to protect the north, sure have a whippet sanctuary or whatever they need but there are limits ;-)

[nightjar]

ITYM Watford

[Robin]

Bits of Yalding have flooded for decades. But that doesn't stop some people (eg the BBC's Louise Cooper) banging on about it being astonishing it's even legal for insurers to decline flood protection cover for anyone - even someone who sets up a business in The Watermeadow, Flood Lane.

[charles]

1968. I recall one railway bridge and one road bridge collapsing and the centre of Guildford beingunde a few feet of water. One of my work colleagues, living in East Molesey, had a clll from his wife "The floodwater is lapping at the doorstep - I'm going to mother's. Don't bother to come home tonight."

[Tim Streater]

The Wey, I assume. Actually looking at the map all that between Guildford and Weybridge and the Thames looks a bit low-lying. As does a lot of land south of Guildford, on into West Sussex. I remember a lot of floods in those areas as a child.

[Andrew]

July. The BP plastics factory and its environs in Barry had about a foot of floodwater throughout its huge site. Not good with all the processing equipment in use.