Floods have hit the South of England this week, causing almost as much devastation in almost as large an area and to almost as many people as they did in the North.

But with ten times as much media coverage and even more official response.

I’m sure it is all justified: Tewksbury is far prettier than Hull; the flooded properties in Berkshire are worth far more than those in Mexborough (come to think of it, has anyone in the South even heard of Mexborough?)

They did say, last month, that if Chelsea had been flooded instead of Doncaster and Rotherham then more concern would have been expressed and more would have been done. Shame they were wrong about the Chelsea bit – that would have been impressively prophetic.