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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Lets face it the £60 fine is hardly a dent in the salery of a cabinet minister, and 3 points, I mean. OK he may have had a mention in the papers, but no one would really have batted an eyelid. I would be surprised if anyone even remembered after a week or so.
He should be banged up for planting thousands of wind turbines around the country, paying people a fortune (of tax payers cash) to do so, while the country is headed for a severe power shortage.
His cell mate should be Gordon Brown, across the way Blair could share his cell with Ed Balls.
Perhaps Blunket and Smith should be on community service.
There is the law thats needed, never mind gagging the press so expence claims are not reported. We need a law by which we can prosecute politicians for severe maladministration.
Currently, after totally ******* our economy, pensions and giving away our gold. Brown enjoys a full MP salary (whilst hardly ever attending Westminster) and will retire to a full pension and a life of comfort. Now thats a real perversion of the course of justice.