Quote of the day 10th April 2015
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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what makes politicians think they are leaders?
They are supposed to be elected servants.
To a Christian a would-be leader is required to be the servant of those who he or she aspires to lead. I see no reason why someone who does not share the Christian faith could not agree with that particular idea.
A politician is elected to represent the people of their constituency. Not to lead them. They are supposed to do that which their constituents tell them to do, they are not there to vote how they see fit, and then try to justify that position.
This is why when we have "world leader summits" i wonder why have they sent politicians, it would have been more productive to send scientists and private sector business leaders
A person who holds office should regard himself or herself as the servant of the people he or she has been elected to represent. Any other view leads to arrogance and intolerance. But any office holder who thinks that excuses him or her from exercising leadership will be bad at the job for the opposite reason.
Do you remember the old joke about the politician who supposedly said "Here are my principles - and if you don't like them I have a different set in my briefcase?"
That's what a politician who never tries to exercise leadership would sound like.