Quote of the day 5th April 2016
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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Athens chose freedom of responsibility and was never free again, what does that say?
The people of the UK have never chosen freedom of responsibility, never ever, not once. The only ones that seem to get away with doing so are the political class for example HWSNBN, who doomed us, yet walks scott free whilst the rest of us pay the bill.
The reality is that the people of the UK have never had the opportunity to have to wish for any sort of freedom, let alone that of responsibility. Until now.
we are sick of it, sick and tired of it.
So unlike Athens we choose responsibility, we choose freedom from being led, we choose to make our own choice, we will pay when we mess it up, but at least its us who messed it up, not some other idiot who runs off and leaves us with the bill. we will reap when we get it right, but again at least its us who will reap.
So we never have chosen freedom from responsibility, we have always been denied the ability to choose.
However imperfect our society may be, however, we have more freedom in many ways than the citizens of Rome or Athens at the height of their powers. The challenge is to ensure that we do not lose it.