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Lord Smith’s PR disaster in Somerset

The government’s apparently clueless response to the flooding in the Somerset Levels continues.

Not only does the government’s response to the actual flooding seem to be chaotic, likewise they appear to have no thought out and co-ordinated communications strategy. This wonderfully awful appearance from Lord Smith sums things up nicely.

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