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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"You can't meet with another person from outside your own family with an A or an R in their name unless its a Wednesday. You can meet with some but not all family members unless its the third monday after pancake Tuesday. People under 5 foot 11 are not allowed to go to a pub unless they have brown hair. All cat owners are exempt from the above unless the cat is ginger. Obviously"
Whilst people are joking about the current advise and even'laws', realilty is often portraid though humour. Time for a rethink maybe?
Hence we need to improve our track and trace arrangements which is what the government is trying to do.