Quote of the day 24th July 2019
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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Parliamentary democracy, rule by elected Presidents, direct democracy.
All different - the only rule which invariable works is that any country which has "Democratic" in its' name isn't.
Of the countries which really have adopted one form or other of open democracy, none of them are perfect but as Winston correctly argued, all of them worked better than absolute monarchy, aristocracy, oligarchy, dictatorship, or a "people's republic."