I must say if I lived in a flood-hit area and either Boris or Jezza knocked on my door I'd hold their head under the water. For decades both Tory and Labour governments have allowed building in massive scale on flood plains and failed to properly maintain rivers by dredging etc. I can remember back in the 70s a workmate who commuted into London from his new Barratt home in Sittingbourne, the 2nd year he lived there he was flooded out and there are similar stories from others I have known down the years in Sussex, Hampshire and Surrey. Those areas are not as badly hit as the Severn and Avon regions but the lack of attention to these problems over the years is coming home to roost now, it's a problem that won't be going away...