Quote of the Day
"If you have ten thousand regulations, you destroy all respect for the law."
(Sir Winston Churchill)
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...
Comments
So instead we remain part of the EU, and enforce ten million regulations instead, like, that will solve the problem.
This kind of explains why I find it hard at times to resist banging my head repeatedly on the wall.
If we stay in the EU we need to try to get the European institutions not to pass too many regulations.
Whether we leave or not, we need to fight against the temptation for British legislators and those who can impose other rules such as statutory instruments to impose too many rules made right here in Britain.