who is to blame?

the search for answers to the flood question is an interesting one and we have included 5 of the main possible culprits or depending on your POV, scapegoats. It doesn't take a detailed fishbone analysis to point the finger first at the Environmental Agency, whose own web-site puts our village at a low risk. From speaking to some of the men manning the pumps that helped clear the village, their concern is directed at the central government funding who allegedly reduced the flood defence budget last year.

It is way too easy to scream and kick about, what strikes anyone with half a brain (phew! just in), the target driven bonuses of Lady Young and her Environmental Agency cronies. Sure these are just target based bonuses that are triggered automatically - will have to sometime look up how these bonuses are set up - sure they tick all the corporate responsiblity boxes but hope that somewhere along the line there is a customer satisfaction portion in the pay formula and that we are asked about our customer satisfaction!

The poll does not include a " it is just one of those things" or "maybe the villagers could have done better" because I did not think of them at the time! In more reflective times, it is way too easy to say "it was just one of those things": there are lessons to be learned for all parties in what we hope is once in a lifetime event. As long as it is never again.