"Steve Haywood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On 27/03/07, Adrian Stott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> "Brian Holt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >But I thought "The others" were going to sell it all off as well >> >> They are reported to have reversed that policy. > >I say again, there is NO way that ANY government will keep its hands off >this stash.
That is your belief. It is not a fact, no matter how often you repeat it. OTOH, a different way of "securing" the property as a formal endowment to BW could make it very politically difficult for a government to try to seize it later. >Robin Evans' efforts would be much better directed towards >ensuring a regular annual grant at appropriate levels. IMO this is the >proper way for a national resource of this sort to be financed in a >civilised country. "Proper" only by your definition, I fear. Anyway, what you suggest is exactly what we've got now. Great success, isn't it? AIUI, BW has given up trying to get a "contract" with the government to assure that BW gets a previously-determined grant each year, because: (a) The government won't sign such a contract, and (b) If it did, it wouldn't be worth the paper it is written on. Adrian Adrian Stott 07956-299966
