Interesting interview on R4 this morning. They interviewed a Farmer from Lincoln whose farm land is now under several ft of water.
He categorically blamed the Environment Agency for not dredging rivers . He said the EA was rightfully blamed for the debacle of the flooded Somerset Levels a few years back and that now the Somerset Levels have NOT flooded because the Government removed the EA there and put in place a “River Authority”.
Very interesting interview - the Farmer - Henry Ward from Lincoln said that the EA fines him if he uses river water to irrigate his crops and hassles him with rules and regulations but ignores sensible long standing experience that rivers need to be dredged.
His recommendation is to follow what has now been done on the Somerset Levels.
Interview - Today Programme - about 06:55am
|