are we so bad, quentin at managing bad, quentin letts at managing floods . floods. >> uh, it's been thislong time. two thousand and we got flooded where and seven we got flooded where i live. each area, uh, it live. uh, each area, uh, it depends. local rainfall. uh, one of the problems the past has of the problems in the past has been, area . it was been, uh, in our area. it was the failure of local council and the failure of local council and the parish council to empty the ditches. and then there was the refusal of the environment agency to allow people to clear stream and to dredge , uh, in stream and to dredge, uh, in a reasonable way and to remove fallen trees . uh, the fallen trees. uh, the environment agency are a bunch of, uh, complete ninnies , in my of, uh, complete ninnies, in my view, who obsess about wildlife. uh, we had a case in herefordshire of a farmer who was sent to prison for a year for clearing a stretch of river, which, since he did that work, the area has not flooded. so he plainly knew what he was doing. um, uh, there are there are, you know, various reasons for f