Quote of the day 9th October 2017
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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governments have created a culture where by people are dependent on the state, and done so deliberately. Delapaded education to the point a person that I went to asda tonight and bought a pork joint for £4.83. I paid with a £10 note, the till operators screen wasnt working so asked me to spin mine so he could see how much change to give me.
I mean come on
We need to give everyone a genuine opportunity to earn a stake in society.
That does not have to mean something for nothing in either direction: we most value what we have worked to get, we must not create the situation where people are expected to work all the hours God sends and get nothing for it.