On 29/01/07, Will Chapman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Steve, you are sounding more like a troll everyday. You must be > niaive if you think that my only point of reference in BW is > Eugene. Having said that, I did check with Eugene and I know what > he told you and it was certainly not what you are trying to spin > here
Will, I am hoping that once you have had the opportunity of considering more carefully what you have written here, that you may come to regret on this list (of all lists!) intimating the behaviour of a 'troll' to someone merely because they disagree with your interpretation of facts. Be that as it may, my major concern here, if what you say is correct, is that you seem to have been made party to a professional conversation I had with a contact. If this is the case, it is entirely inappropriate, and indeed highly embarrassing to the party concerned. As I hope you now know, I have made representations about this. On your other point, no, I did not make, nor am I intending to make, any select committee representations regarding my views on BW funding. These views are well known, and I have had the opportunity of raising them, and I have been invited to raise them, on a number of occasions recently in a political context. Besides, what limited time I can afford to spend on waterways affairs at the moment is being used making representations on the re-organisation of the IWA. This is so that the next time something like the DEFRA cuts happen, there will be a leaner, fitter democratic membership-based organisation ready to fight for the rights of waterways users in a way consistent with its long radical tradition. My views on this are pretty public too. Steve [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
