Quote of the day 21st October 2022 (Trafalgar day)
"England Expects that every man will do his duty"
(Horatio Nelson)
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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At one point one of the characters in the strip makes an apparently ridiculous comment, and Dilbert throws up his hand in horror and says "Aargh - I can't tell if you're serious."
At the moment if someone leaves an anonymous political comment, it's just about impossible for anyone else to tell whether they are serious or not.
This doesn't just apply to Boris. I saw a tweet the other day from a Labour councillor suggesting that if Keir Starmer had any integrity he would resign. I think he was being ironic. But I'm not quite certain ...