A reflection on a week of snow

One of the most damaging legacies of the postwar consensus in this country, and one that regrettably survived the Thatcher revolution, is the collective conviction that all problems can be blamed on government and solved by government.

,as the Spectator looks to the events of earlier in the week when

the nation could not make its mind up whether it was on the set of a huge Richard Curtis film, congratulating itself on its social cohesion and snowball-throwing geniality — or whether we were all suddenly locked in a post-apocalyptic nightmare in which no amenities worked, no schools were open, the roads were hauntingly empty, and a phalanx of plague-ridden zombies was probably just round the corner

Yes it is easy to critise for our seeming lack of being unprepared,but let's be honest.How often do these events take place?Is it economical to have a snow plough parked up for 364 days a year and why should local authorities hoard supplies of salt that will often never be used.