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> In a message dated 14/10/2006 10:22:50 GMT Standard Time,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
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> Save Our Waterways first and argue the detail later.
>
>
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>
> Well said Will!
>
> I have been watching developments closely and am cheered by the enthusiasm,
> publicity, media attention and 'reasonable' action that has already been
> generated. However things might quickly descend into an internal squabble
> about
> what is strategically important and what are detail (though non-the-less
> important tactical) issues. If we can't get our own act together we will soon
> fall
> out with fishermen and cyclists whose priorities might be slightly different
> from our own.
>
> We must put forward a united front with the right clear message if we want
> to get wider support for the cause because, you can be sure, there will be
> supporters of many other areas where the financial axe might have fallen
> instead
> of on the Waterways, breathing a sigh of relief. We must also get our facts
> correct (it appears that the media has already been told that we have made
> assumptions - but not whether these assumptions are correct or not).
>
> If we are seen as a disorganised rabble squabbling amongst ourselves it
> would be easy for those who were better organised to put forward to the
> media
> credible 'spin' saying, "Over the last few years more than its fair share of
> money had been poured into improving the waterways, which was still not
> enough
> to satisfy a small elitist group of mainly wealthy pensioners, it is now
> time
> to give other more deserving groups a turn."
>
> Remember about the swamp and the alligators!
>
Some very good advice in there Arthur! I'm increasingly coming around to
the idea that Defra is the wrong target. Even if we convince them, they
don't have muscle to reverse the cuts and if they did they would only
have to slash some other organisational budget.
The target is Brown. He has the power and the most to lose.
----
Will Chapman
Save Our Waterways
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