Mike Stevens wrote: > On Friday, May 18, 2007 1:26 PM [GMT+1=CET], > Will Chapman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> Steve Haywood wrote: >>> Personally, I can't say at this stage whether it's true, that BW's >>> presentations on the whole of the cuts issue has been devised to >>> hide the fact that they've been getting more from their property >>> portfolio than they have declared; I can't say whether they have >>> 'wilfully withheld information' from the government; that they have >>> done this 'with the intent of deceiving the general public.' All I >>> know is that the government believes this, and >> >> Wrong..government don't necessarily believe this - we will have >> to wait for the EFRA sub-Committee report before we know what >> they believe. At the moment all you can say is that Gardiner >> appears to believes that he has been misled; > > I'm not even convinced of that. What we know is that Gardiner, or the > spin-doctors behind him, curently find it convenient to claim that he > has been misled. That's not the same thing at all. It may be a > stratagem to prepare the way for a change of approach without losing > face (by no mean unknown in negoatiating situations - remember,I > was a professional negotiator for some years). > > Or it may not.
>From what I have heard, BW have their "paper trail" presented....DEFRA have not come up with their's yet. One could start the conspiracy theory that Gardiner has been set up by his own (rather small) Inland Waterways department....we live in hope ;-) -- Neil Arlidge - NB Earnest - Shannon Reg 7410...not here anymore... Follow the truly independent TNC at : http://www.tuesdaynightclub.co.uk Visit this site and help save our waterways from the DEFRA cuts http://www.saveourwaterways.org.uk/
