Hammond says we've had just had a dump of political opportunism. "I will take no lectures from her on the question of preparedness," says Hammond of his opposite number, claiming that the local authorities were better prepared for winter this year than last year, when Labour was in power. Hammond denies that the government was caught off-guard, but concedes that it did not ancicipate the weather's severity.

Source: UK snow disruption - live updates | News | guardian.co.uk

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FFS, if you did not anticipate BIG time then you were caught off guard!

And this man is responsible for HS2 train line!