Summary
IF the last few weeks have taught us anything, it is that we have not yet established a system of local government capable of defeating the forces of nature.
I can't help thinking we should have picked up on that lesson a little earlier. We could, after all, have spotted the signs a while back when large parts of the North East got flooded and there was very little that the council's environmental services could do to stop it.See the full content of this document
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My Life
Yet the North East has of late been beset by the worst snow for almost 30 years and still many peopl...
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