Quote of the day
"Of all the vulgar acts of government, that of solving every difficulty by thrusting your hand into the public purse is the most illusory and contemptible"
(Sir Robert Peel)
(Sir Robert Peel)
Nick Herbert on his visit to flood hit areas of Cumbria
Please note that the post below was published more than ten year ago on 21st November 2009 Nick Herbert MP, shadow cabinet member for the Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs, was in Cumbria this morning to see the areas affected by the flooding. He writes on Conservative Home about his visit. Here is an extract. I’ve been in Cumbria today to see the areas affected by the floods. I arrived early in Keswick where I met officials from the Environment Agency. Although the river levels had fallen considerably and homes were no longer flooded, the damage to homes had been done. And the water which had got into houses wasn’t just from the river – it was foul water which had risen from the drains. I talked to fire crews who were pumping flood water back into the river, and discovered that they were from Tyne & Wear and Lancashire. They had been called in at an hours’ notice and had been working on the scene ever since, staying at a local hotel. You cannot fail to be impressed by the
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Take a look at the proposed tax on soft drinks, to prevent obesity. I have very strong moral objections to this type of tax, but lets look at what happens anyway.
The problem as always comes only a little later, there are massively high taxes now on petrol (to make us use less of it) so we start to buy hybrid and fuel efficient cars (you may think this has worked then) but no, the government starts to look for ways to "pay for the decline in fuel duty" like road mile charging.
every deterrent tax does this, it very quickly just becomes a revenue stream.