Quote of the day 9th Sept 2013
"Truth is generally the best vindication against slander."
(Abraham Lincoln)
(Abraham Lincoln)
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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A young boy and his father are in a park. The boy swallows a 10p coin and begins to choke. Te father is frantically trying the father is frantically applying back slaps and Heimlich thrusts, but nothing is moving.
Just then a stranger in a suit calmly walks up, grabs the boy by the privates and squeezes hard. The boy yelps in pain and coughs up the coin. The stranger catches it in mid air and calmly walks away.
The father checks his son is ok, and sure enough he is making a fine recovery. The man runs after the stranger, catches him and says "thank you so much for what you did back there, you must be a doctor right?". The stranger says "No Sir, I am your tax inspector, and I will be back to see you at home for the rest on Tuesday"