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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He was a very naughty boy, who led the UK blind side into the European Union, selling at as a trade deal, which of course it never was. Something that later went on to be known as "The Great Deception"
so naughty - yes
someone who bent the truth beyond breaking point - yes
a child abuser - no, not that I have seen any evidence for anyway.
Unless of course you commit his crime of bending the truth beyond breaking point, then you could argue that he abused all the children of the UK by his great deception, something that did indeed effect every child in the UK, then you may have a point, as children were indeed just as much a victim of it as the adults were. But like I say its rather a silly way to label him as a "child abuser".
- neither would I