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Thousands left with no electricity as workers rushed to David Cameron's house so he could watch TV
mirror.co.uk ^ | Jan 25, 2014 | Vincent Moss, Ben Glaze

Posted on 01/26/2014 3:16:08 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper

As thousands of homes were left without power during the recent storms, engineers were diverted to fix a simple problem at David Cameron’s home.

Two workmen were part of a team battling to restore electricity to 11,000 houses in Oxfordshire after storms and floods left families ­shivering in the dark.

But they were suddenly diverted to the PM’s £2million family home after he lost his power while watching the Sound of Music on TV.

George Faulkner and Alan Paton told BBC Radio 4 they were “diverted to a house in ­Chipping Norton” – which was later confirmed by their company to be Mr Cameron’s home.

They arrived after a 17-mile diversion to find the ­blackout was nothing to do with the storms and power could be brought back simply by flicking the trip switch in his fusebox.

(Excerpt) Read more at mirror.co.uk ...


TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: chippingnorton; davidcameron; oxfordshire; unitedkingdom

1 posted on 01/26/2014 3:16:08 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Berlin_Freeper
simply by flicking the trip switch in his fusebox.

That's about right for him.

2 posted on 01/26/2014 3:19:23 PM PST by moose07 (the truth will out ,one day.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

PM of Great Britain and he doesn’t have a back-up power system for his residence? Really? Given all the high-tech info/communications systems he must have there? Huh?


3 posted on 01/26/2014 3:20:57 PM PST by john drake (Lucius Accius-Roman,170 BC - "oderint dum metuant" translated "Let them hate so long as they fear")
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Plan A to defeat the overlords if and when their plans for world hegemony are set to commence. Simply do not help them deal with the mundane tasks of re-setting breakers, refueling their vehicles, cooking their meals, washing their clothes, wiping their a$$e$, stocking their shelves, etc.
When they begin to die off, let them.


4 posted on 01/26/2014 3:22:22 PM PST by Thumper1960 (A modern so-called "Conservative" is a shadow of a wisp of a vertebrate human being.)
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To: john drake

He didn’t lose power, he tripped a breaker and was too stupid to flip it back.


5 posted on 01/26/2014 3:22:51 PM PST by Repeat Offender (What good are conservative principles if we don't stand by them?)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

So Cameron’s like the After-Prince of England. He gets the royal treatment minus most of the pomp. I would say like Obama, but the O and the Mo get royal treatment plus OVER two times the pomp as Queen Elizabeth and Old Philip.


6 posted on 01/26/2014 3:36:19 PM PST by lee martell
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7 posted on 01/26/2014 3:38:45 PM PST by RedMDer (Happy with this, America? Make your voices heard. 2014 is just around the corner. ~ Sarah Palin)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

So he could watch TV? I doubt that it’s that simple.Britain’s Prime Minister has ultimate command of at least one sub armed with nuclear missiles.It could certainly be argued that,given this authority,he must have all means of communication open to him at all times.Thus the need for him to always have power wherever he might be.


8 posted on 01/26/2014 3:44:10 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (Osama Obama Care: A Religion That Will Have You On Your Knees!)
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To: Repeat Offender
He didn’t lose power, he tripped a breaker and was too stupid to flip it back.

The UK PM doesn't have any staff at the house? He doesn't have some 20 year old Army communications guy ensuring he can reach people in an emergency (and who would likely have enough sense to know how to work a circuit breaker even if his idiot boss didn't)?

9 posted on 01/26/2014 3:45:25 PM PST by PapaBear3625 (You don't notice it's a police state until the police come for you.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Why would he need to be in constant communication with his military forces? They’ve only got one big boat and all the land forces are beddy-bye by 9:00 .... who the hell would bother to attack them ... the French in a rear guard action?


10 posted on 01/26/2014 5:23:35 PM PST by RetiredTexasVet (Stalin is smiling in Hell at how well Obama has copied his communist organization.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

how are those windmills working out?


11 posted on 01/26/2014 5:59:31 PM PST by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
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