Quote of the day 21st March 2019
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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the whole situation is very frustrating. A lot of people tell me they want MPs to get on with it and deliver Brexit.
The government has asked - in line with the instruction from parliament which does matter - for a short delay and this has been granted.
So, subject to a one line amendment to the relevant law (in which the votes of MPs will again be something we DO have to care about) Britain will not be leaving the EU on 29th March. But there is a significant possibility that we will be leaving on 12th April without a deal or 22nd May with one.
And I am praying now that one of those two things happens because the country just cannot carry on like this.
This does not demonstrate anything about our parliamentary system - it merely demonstrates that choosing between three or more options none of which is the first preference of more than 50% of either MPs or indeed, it is my impression, the country as a whole is not a straightforward matter.