The Wettest Drought

It is bizarre that the rain keeps falling and for the first time in about 15 months ponds in Richmond Park and adjacent areas are full and yet we still have a hosepipe ban. Even more rain is forecast for tomorrow but what do we mere mortals know as only if you are an optimist can you feel disposed to rely on forecasts. If the weather men are so often wrong about their short term forecasts what makes them think their long term forecasts any more accurate? What therefore makes them think that global warming is a given or that it will be a malign factor if it's true. We know the climate has not got warmer over the last decade. We know the the climate changes as a result of all sorts of natural phenomena and has done forever. So why are we spending so much money on wind farms, CO2 emissions and the like and why perversely, despite the 10% increase in the population in the South East of the country, haven't we insisted on the Water Companies mending water leaks and building new reservoirs. Christopher Booker believes it is because the Government is pursuing some crazed EU Communication that wants us kept short of water to make us use water more efficiently so that we can get used to the water shortages that will follow global warming as the night follows the day.You can read Christopher Booker's article on this issue here. It is simply incomprehensible that even our Government would pursue such a course of action, such a scam, against its own people and surely any Government would not want water to be wasted whether or not at the same time it is promoting a policy of reducing water waste. If contrary to one's instinct Christopher Booker is right then this is a scandal of epic proportions and likely to lead to a lot of very angry voters and a surge in support for the global warming sceptics that Lord Lawson can only wish for. God, I hope what Christopher Booker has written is true.