On 30/06/07, bloovee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > One local MP got this from Barry Gardiner, Minister for Biodiversity, > Landscape and Rural Affairs: > > The Government has no plans to privatise British Waterways.
There never was a plan by the government. It was BW who raised the spectre of privatisation, simply so as to be able to knock it down - the oldest trick in the book. What BW want is financial independence, the ability to be to raise money on the markets and speculate in property away from waterway sites which to an extent they've done already) Personally I can't see Brown and his sidekick Prudence ever allowing this: consider how they reacted when the Post Office came to it with a similiar request to be able to raise its own finance. But sadly - apart from screwing us for every last penny - Robin Evans appears to have no Plan B. He is a remnant of old-style Thatcherism which is why Sir Adrian supports him so wholeheartedly. IMO the sooner he's gone the better. Come on Gordon, this is the time for change. Steve [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
