Comments by "TJ Marx" (@tjmarx) on "Weather chaos: More than 1,000 UK homes flooded" video.

These aren't solutions to the actual problem being faced, and aren't realistic actions at any rate. Sewage isn't being risen into the streets because of lack of trees and beavers somewhere else. It's happening because storm water run off flows directly into the victorian era sewage system with no disconnect between the two and a lack of capacity to cope with the volume. The solution is to update the sewage and storm water systems and bring them into the 21st century, including with backflow valves on the drains to prevent rising sewage from ever coming up through drains in the first place. But that's been estimated to cost £3 Trillion over several decades of work, and no one knows where that money might come from. The country is broke, and borrowing money annually just to keep basic services going. There's no money for necessary large scale infrastructure upgrades.
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He said "I don't know" because he knows that flooding caused by poorly maintained and woefully unfit for purpose sewage and storm water systems has nothing to do with climate. But he wanted to imply to those without a mind that it did, so people don't demand action on the actual problem.
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@craigdonald551 False. Do you understand what a budget deficit is? The UK has had a consistently growing budget deficit since 2000 and the Blair government. That deficit isn't created by new programs or major infrastructure spending. The deficit is created by base level government programs, particularly the NHS, social care and social housing. Public sector wage growth has only worsened the problem. A deficit means you do not have that amount of money to cover everything in the budget. In 2021/22/23 that amount was close to half a trillion pounds. The country then takes a loan with interest to fill that budget deficit and must do so every year that a budget deficit exists. It's gotten so bad that the UK is taking loans to pay JUST THE INTEREST on existing loans it has, that is the country is borrowing from peter to pay paul. That is broke. It's so broke the UK simply can not afford to borrow money necessary to undertake large scale infrastructure upgrades. That's why both labour and tories have been privatising things, in hopes private investors will make those necessary upgrades without government assistance, and cut government costs in the process. It's also why labour want to slash, break up and reduce services offered by the NHS which they refer to as "reform" if they win the next election. The NHS alone is 23% of the annual budget, that's almost a quarter of the budget. Add in social care and social housing and we're close to a third of the budget and growing. There is no money to spend on infrastructure
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lol. The EPA aren't doing their jobs. That's what it comes down to. They want it every which way but having them be accountable. • We don't want to build too many flood defences because that will change the visual look of the area But also • We want people to install their own flood defences at their own cost for their own properties But also • We're installing flood defences as fast as we can But also • We're trying to install "natural" flood mitigation solutions to slow water down 😂😂😂
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What a very silly comment. Firstly, how do you think you're able to drive up and down the country? Secondly, there's a physics problem. There's a confined amount of space and a growing population. Where do you expect the new housing to go?
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@alanglasgowbassist The irony of telling me to "try reading" in a reply that has failed to comprehend the content of the comment it is responding to. 🤣 What a clown
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@alanglasgowbassist Are you a kid in primary school? What a ridiculous reply. Grow up mate, try reading what I actually wrote. The reality is your brain fart comment wasn't well thought out and your replies have been even worse.
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