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February 10th, 2014 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda The head of Britain’s Environment Agency has criticized government ministers for “playing politics” amid the flood crisis that has gripped the country in recent weeks.
Chris Smith said Sunday that his agency’s work in flood-risk management “is being used as a political football for a good media story.”
Smith also accused the government of getting in the way of vital work to deal with rising water levels in many parts of the country.
“In a lifetime in public life, I’ve never seen the same sort of storm of background briefing, personal sniping and media frenzy getting in the way of decent people doing a valiant job trying to cope with unprecedented natural forces,” said Smith.
Furthermore, he blamed the government’s budget cuts and the Treasury’s so-called “value-for-money” rules for curbing the agency’s response.
Prime Minister David Cameron’s coalition government has slashed flood defense spending by almost £100 million, and by October this year, the Environment Agency’s staff will be reduced by 25 percent.
Smith’s remarks came in response to a storm of criticism by cabinet ministers, who have blamed the agency for mishandling the flood crisis.
Critics, including Conservative MP for Bridgwater and West Somerset Ian Liddell-Grainger, have said the Environment Agency has failed to dredge rivers in the area.
However, the agency’s Secretary Owen Paterson has dismissed the criticism, saying the measure would not have prevented the widespread flooding.
Several villages in Somerset Levels in southwest England have been engulfed in flood waters, as the area is experiencing the worst floods in 20 years.
Meanwhile, more severe storms are expected to hit Britain in the week ahead. Last Sunday, the agency gave 16 severe flood warnings, saying that lives are at risk.
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