On 28/02/07, Neil Arlidge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Barry bl00dy Gardiner is still going on about how much investment the Labour > govt. put into the canals. > I suppose that shows that the Labour govt. controlled the Millenium > Commission! ;-) > --
I hate to spoil a good rant, but BW did well in the early to middle period of this government (not including lottery funding) - dealing with much of the maintenance backlog for example was hardly glamorous, but also not very cheap. Part of the problem is that the current cuts are being made to a bigger network. That's not to let them off the hook for current cuts or policies, but the waterways community is more likely to be effective if it doesn't approach decision makers on the basis that nothing they have ever done has been any good (hard as that may be with the current minister!). -- Nigel Stanley
