I blame the rain...
Daily Mirror UK|October 25, 2023
Tory Coffey: Flood chaos is because weather is from the East not West
MARTIN FRICKER
I blame the rain...

ENVIRONMENT Secretary Therese Coffey yesterday blamed the floods chaos on rain from the wrong direction.

The incoming deluge duped planners and weather forecasters, she told the Commons Rural Affairs Select Committee.

She claimed: "We're very good with the Met Office and Environment Agency [at] predicting weather because most of our rain tends to come in from the West.

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