SIR - The reason we've received no EU flood funding is simple - we've not requested any.

But let's not ruin a chance to get people thinking "rotten EU".

If we pulled our troops out of Iraq, Afghanistan, Germany, Cyprus, Gibraltar, Ireland and Sierra Leone, we'll have more money and more manpower to fight floods and crime.

But what people should really be thinking is, considering that the entire British Isles and most of north western Europe have had the same torrential rainfalls, why has only England suffered the severe floods?

Regarding our giving, truth is we're well down the list of givers, and the US is lower still.

Denmark, Japan and Finland are the most generous, but we are good at boasting, shouting and complaining.

Eric Firth, Wellington Street, Wilsden