Use International Aid To Help Flood Victims & Defences.

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-england-cumbria-34973832

Since no offers of financial aid seems to be incoming from those we are so often keen to help, should the government now delve deeply into the international aid budget, so as to help those poor people of Cumbria in their hour of need?

[trt]

## Ok. I will re word my last. I am embarrassed that this "rich country" has food banks operating in it!! ##

And soup kitchens for the homeless living on the streets, including War Veterans.

[lady-janine]

joeluke - the arts a waste of money . . . . . . . . I thought that was the government.

[sandyRoe]

By the same token the money spent on our frail and elderly is ultimately wasted. If they were put out on a hillside to let nature take its course there'd be plenty of money to help the flood victims.

[lady-janine]

sandy - why help at all. just leave them to get on with it. give it as a bonus to the mps.

[sandyRoe]

Indeed. There must b MPs who need their moats dredged to ensure their castles aren't inundated.

[lady-janine]

exactly sandy. we must get our priorities right. they (MPs) must be allowed to claim extensive expenses or they might feel deprived.

[waterboatman]

Absolutely. That money, OUR money, is needed here!

[lady-janine]

I feel so sorry for the flood victims. if I remember correctly it a long time for them to get back into their homes last time and the insurance companies were very reluctant (as usual) to pay up.