Locals afraid that the Government will allow parts of the east coast to flood are threatening to cloud Prime Minister Gordon Brown's summer holiday. Mr Brown, his wife Sarah and sons John, four, and Fraser, two, are taking a break near Southwold, Suffolk, after leaving London on Saturday. But locals say the choice is ironic because the Department for Food, Environment and Rural Affairs (Defra), may allow parts of the nearby coast to flood as part of long-term sea defence plans. Protesters say they will stage a demonstration in Southwold on Wednesday to underline their concerns and call for more Government cash to be spent protecting the Suffolk coast. "Isn't it ironic that Gordon should choose to come to a place that his Government is abandoning to the sea," said a spokesman for the Blyth Estuary Group.
Locals afraid that the Government will allow parts of the east coast to flood are threatening to cloud Prime Minister Gordon Brown's summer holiday.
Mr Brown, his wife Sarah and sons John, four, and Fraser, two, are taking a break near Southwold, Suffolk, after leaving London on Saturday.
But locals say the choice is ironic because the Department for Food, Environment and Rural Affairs (Defra), may allow parts of the nearby coast to flood as part of long-term sea defence plans.
Protesters say they will stage a demonstration in Southwold on Wednesday to underline their concerns and call for more Government cash to be spent protecting the Suffolk coast.
"Isn't it ironic that Gordon should choose to come to a place that his Government is abandoning to the sea," said a spokesman for the Blyth Estuary Group.
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