Quote of the day 26th November 2017
I think I'll go back to quoting historical figuresand deceased authors - unlike Channel 4 they can't update their words and force me to make umpteen rewrites to the post! So how about
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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It's the idea that you can keep putting those duties up year after year without consequences that is a good example of something so stupid that only a very clever person could believe it.
And funnily enough, every utility to which this applies is vastly more efficient than it was when it was nationalised. Even the ones we most moan about. (I'm just old enough to remember the old nationalised British Rail - it was far worse than Virgin Trains.)