Paths from education & training to better employment, action 3): Careers
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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If you want to play that particular disgusting game, don't do it on my blog, especially if you are also a coward who hides behind anonymity in the process.
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I'm not accepting any further anonymous posts on this thread. If you want to have anything stay up here, sign at least part of your name as Jim does or at use a consistent pen-name.
If I was scared of what you have to say I could simply block all further comments on this thread or switch on comment moderation and refuse to allow critical posts.
I don't do that because I'm perfectly willing to engage with people who have the courage to be open about who they are and where they are coming from, even where they disagree with me, provided they are reasonably constructive. But both I and the other readers of this blog have better things to do with our time than wasting it reading childish insults from anonymous trolls.
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