Quote of the Day
"Free trade, one of the greatest blessings which a government
can confer on a people, is in almost every country unpopular. "
(Thomas Babington
Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay)
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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A government conferring it suggests it is a gift from a government, its not, its just what happens in a law abiding society when government keeps its neb out of things.
It is true you can make a very good argument (one i would fully support, if i did not propose it) about a government providing means in which to uphold laws which prevent anarchy, like a police force of some description. But that is a far cry from free trade being a gift from any government.
As if the chancellor concerned, of whatever party, was actually giving people money instead of taking less of their own away from them.