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If David Cameron can't get the floods right, all his hopes will wash away

He's right to be on alert. Governments that don't look competent get no credit when things go well

15 February 2014

9:00 AM

15 February 2014

9:00 AM

It is all hands to the pump in Downing Street. The entire No. 10 operation from the Prime Minister down to the Policy Unit is focused on the floods. ‘We are all on a war footing,’ declares one official. David Cameron is spending his time poring over maps of the affected areas.

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