London Dispatch: Storm clouds gather

MATT CARDY/Getty Images News I can report that it is now raining again in London, and the government is getting nervous that, like the Bush administration after Katrina, it may come in for criticism as the floodwaters rise. Gordon Brown’s team has been enjoying a good beginning, but perceived hiccups in the official response could ...

By , a professor at Indiana University’s Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies.
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MATT CARDY/Getty Images News

MATT CARDY/Getty Images News

I can report that it is now raining again in London, and the government is getting nervous that, like the Bush administration after Katrina, it may come in for criticism as the floodwaters rise. Gordon Brown’s team has been enjoying a good beginning, but perceived hiccups in the official response could quickly take some of the shine off the new regime.

Incidentally, one of the British officials in charge of flood response—and getting some harsh reviews—is Baronness Young of Old Scone. You can’t make this stuff up. 

David Bosco is a professor at Indiana University’s Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies. He is the author of The Poseidon Project: The Struggle to Govern the World’s Oceans. Twitter: @multilateralist

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