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A 1.2bn supercomputer for the Met Office is no substitute for effective planning and proper wildlife management

Here we go again. It rains in Britain and an emergency is declared. Nearly 600 flood warnings are issued in England on a single day and the environment secretary, George Eustice, declares it impossible to “protect every single household”. But he can protect the Met Office. It is to get another 1.2bn of public money for a “supercomputer”, just six years after getting 97m for a...