Rainfall above twice the normal average and no let up in sight, 52 severe flood warnings in force, hundreds of householders evacuated from their homes, billions of pounds worth of damage done to livestock, property and buildings, livelihoods ruined.
India? South America? Eastern Europe?
Nope, this is Britain.
We're a country under a watery deluge at the moment, and things could get much worse.
But hang on a minute...where's our relief aid money? You know, the stuff we shovel over to just about every other country in the world by the bucketload the moment they hold out their begging cups.
Well, now we're in a spot of bother, and we'd like some of it back please - a bloody lot of it actually, if you don't mind!
Hmm, I can't actually hear anyone asking for it, let alone see anyone digging deep and coughing it up.
Am I being cynical? Are we a soft touch nation? Does anyone even give a toss about us unless they want something?
It's An Outrage!!
It's beginning to feel like we're the parents to a world full of teenagers; throwing good money after bad here, there and everywhere but getting nothing in return.
It's about time we started withholding privileges and smacking arses then...!!
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