Tom Hark Preston Park
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- Jul 6, 2003
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Pitiful? In Dec 2015, after Storm Desmond, Cameron could have applied for money from the EU to help with flood relief and to build up flood defences but he had to do it within 12 weeks of the flooding.
The leader of the LibDems, Tim Farron, even reminded him before the end of February 2016, but Cameron failed to do so.
Maybe the victims of the floods, hearing how the EU millions could have helped them, have been influenced to vote Remain in June of that year.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/feb/22/uk-days-from-losing-125m-eu-flood-fund-aid-tim-farron
The UK government can no more control flooding than the Aussie government can control bushfires. No matter how much money you chuck at the thing, it'll never be enough.