Storm Arwen: Army called in after a week without power

Speaking in the Commons, Westmorland and Lonsdale MP Tim Farron called for the Army to also assist engineers in Cumbria.

But spokesperson Paul Bircham said he was "not sure the Army have the engineering capability to work on high voltage electricity networks". Nurse Joanne Wiig, who lives in Harbottle in Northumberland, is without electricity, hot water and phone signal and has been forced to sleep in her living room to keep warm.Her neighbour, Ann Randall, said she was worried about how people would call the emergency services without a phone signal."You are going to have dead people out in the villages.

I still don't get why power lines can't be run underground and not overground. More extreme weather is going to become commonplace. Government priorities clearly are not there.

Sturgeon keeps banging on about her successful vaxine programme! The vaxine programme the British army had to be brought in to sort out. No thanks from Sturgeon & her mob.of gravy train ponces.

One of the worst government that UK has ever have ....

Looks like they're about to sing carols.

In addition to Future-Proofing our infrastructure against the Effects Climate Change, we require an investment into MOD including ramping up recruitment, increasing salaries, and increasing equipment to ensure readiness as they respond to non combat taskings.

Next storm will be called Galadriel?

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Good job we dont all have electric cars eigh?! 😳🙄. Or we be up a creek without a battery charge!! 🔋

After a week, that says it all about this governments priorities.

Meanwhile at 10 Downing Street..

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It’s not just northern householders that suffer these problems. Why do you neglect the real problem. Homeless people are dying daily. Entrenched privilege is a cancer on society.

BBCWorld Army around the world should move urgently and be available if necessary to help the people, not only move to fight.

‘Northern’ Power Grid. The clue’s in the name. Pensioners freezing is a key delivery item in the government’s levelling up agenda. LevellingUp

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Why? Have they brought power with them?

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