Guardian: Where is God when He is needed? In the old days, floods were called "acts of God". He has now been supplanted by Lord Smith, the environment agency, the Treasury, Owen Paterson, the National Farmers Union (NFU) and global warming.
The current floods have shown British government at its worst, reaching a nadir yesterday in an "apology" slung in the face of the Environment Agency (EA) by the bombastic local government secretary, Eric Pickles. This followed the prime minister overruling the Treasury...