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Apres Mai le deluge!
AFTER the floods that devastated much of the country, Environment Minister Lord Rooker, former MP for Birmingham Perry Barr, insisted there was no way the government could have expected so much rain to fall.
In fact, he predicted a little rain earlier this year - and nobody believed him.
He told the House of Lords: "I can remember standing at this Dispatch Box a few months ago, giving a report about the fact that we had had no rain in April.
"I was assuring the House that the reservoirs and aquifers were full and that we did not foresee having standpipes.
"I was got at in the corridor outside by noble Lords saying 'You've really put your head on the block there, sonny. Are you really sure we'll have enough water?'."
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