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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Its not like over the years that Copeland council have had enough money to duel carrigeway the entire A595 and pave it with gold six times over is it..............erm ok leave that there and try this
its not like cumbria county council have had enough money to duel carrageway the entire A66 and pave it with gold six times over is it..............oh, erm.
well there are far too many cars and none of them are paying their way to create better roads in things like fuel duty and road tax................oh wait, hang on
Its called rush hour because no one wants to not rush by standing and waiting forever for a train or a bus.
Robin Williams
Dead Poets Society
Unfortunately however your comments relating the issue t Cumbria and Copeland have a great deal of resonoance ..