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Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 20:15:32 +0100
Subject: Re: [canals-list] Re: Future Waterways Organisation and Funding
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On 23 Oct 2006, at 17:52, Nigel Stanley wrote:
> I still think that we should concentrate on the campaign to stop the
> DEFRA cuts, so I won't set out in detail why I think Adrian is mostly
> wrong (though I tend to agree about Oxford).
>
> But if you want a clue, I think BW is not just a business - of course
> it has business activities that should be run in a business-like way,
> but it is also the custodian of something that is a public good that
> cannot be simply inserted as values in a business balance sheet.
>
>
Hmmmm... I agree and disagree with both sides of this in equal measure=20
(it can be Hell being a Libran). Maintaining thrust behind the main=20
campaign is very important (we must all hang together and all that) but=20
showing that we are open to reasoned debate about the issues=20
counteracts the "Well they would say that wouldn't they?" dismissal=20
gambit to which the simple stop-the-cuts message is vulnerable.
And I do believe the taxpayer should continue to contribute to the=20
maintenance of a system which has both public safety and heritage=20
claims on the Exchequer. The memorial plaque at Cheddleton Lock=20
(through which we worked twice today) refers amongst others to Sir=20
Frank Price - now there was a man who fought the good fight in far=20
tougher conditions. And there was none of this "BW should not have to=20
rely on Treasury money" cr*p either.
ATB
Bruce
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