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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So here would be my quote of the day:
"Let me offer you my definition of social justice. I keep what I earn and you keep what you earn. Do you disagree? Well then tell me how much of what I earn belongs to you and why?"
Walter E. Williams
To all those lovely English people reading Happy St. Georges day
yeah, some of us still live in England, despite what the EU would like us to do, or the government of the "UK-Plc" would like us to think.
Yes. you're quite correct, I should have wished everyone a happy St Georges' day but was dashing around Cumbria like a mad thing and forget until it was too late.
And it says something about how certain parts of society are embarrassed by St Georges' day that it is possible to forget. You could not possible miss St Patrick's Day in Ireland or St Andrew's day in Scotland, and that is not a criticism of Ireland or Scotland.