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United Kingdom: Flood crisis: dredging simplistic response to complex problem
2014-02-12 15:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Across the country, we have seen our neighbours' homes and farms devastated by the floods. We understand their anger and frustration. We also understand their demands for swift action, but what they have been given is political gamesmanship: blame-shifting from party to party and from minister to minister, late responses, dramatic reversals of opinion. This reached its well-publicised nadir at the weekend with Eric Pickles's appearance on the Andrew Marr show: "I apologise unreservedly and I'm...
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