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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"You cannot have your cake and eat it, and enjoy the benefits of the European Union such as the benefits of the single market and free trade if the nation votes to leave the European Union." - Lord Hill
followed by Owen Patterson :
"My deepest respect to Jonathan, who I served in the Cabinet with ,but he is totally and utterly wrong. He is a member of the establishment, we all know where they are coming from. We need time to make the case that there is an incredibly optimistic destination.
This idea that trade is synonymous with the European Union is complete and utter tosh, We would under any sane solution continue very active membership of the market."
Anyway back to todays war and off on yet another tangent (good at that) you see for most of my life I have been, as you know an atheist, not really a problem even though i went through an RC school, I cant tell you when it happened as i dont really know myself, I only know i joined St benedicts school as an 11 year old Roman Catholic and I left as a 16 year old atheist.
where are you going Jim?
well, its just today that i found out none other than "Tony Blair" has announced that he is to campaign to fight to keep the UK in the European Union. Yes thats the same Tony Blair as is involved in the complete mishandling of the Iraq situation.
just thinking, hmmmmm, perhaps, just maybe, just on the off chance, as a very outside bet, there may be some sort of God, somewhere.............
every one knows that "showed real leadership" is policitical jargon, which when translated means "done something no wanted or asked for", well every one except Tony Blair knows that everyone knows that.