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Old 7th Aug 2006, 10:39
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iank
 
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Originally Posted by Tombstone

Sorry chaps, I'm dead against more public money being poured into this badly run project.
...and next month when Lottery grants are announced for Gay Tibetan Guinea Pig farmers, Traumatised Dutch mountain cllimbers and so forth will you still feel that the Lottery shouldn't have helped out a bit further?

I'm as sceptical as anyone about management of the project but the HLF did think the business plan (which incorporated the display phase of the aircraft) made sense - and I'm sure they subjected it to accountants not enthusiasts. What's happened so far are supplier cost overruns - Eurofighter, Army communications systems, the first Nimrod re-vamp all suffer it, look at UK Gas bills and petrol prices for a simple view. Someone has to pay for those price rises...
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