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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I really dont know, but then if its the political class who are judging then i really don't care either.
I just simply want to move from a system where by on a day to day basis I am allowed a say in the events and decisions that unfold, a method of accepting or rejecting that which I must pay for, or laws which I must live by.
I want to move away from a system where by I am told "what i will get" then then be classed an idiot for not voting for it as its not what i want, but the other lot "told me what i would get" which is worse.
Democracy, come on, lets try it.
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