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Wouldn't it have been good if the money wasted on the so-called "Millennium" rip-off (not even the right year) Dome, had been spent on the symbol of our national heritage. Instead it was wasted on more government hype, and paid for by the people, plus the so-called National Lottery "charity".
I said above, "It's stating the obvious I know but whatever is done in the end (for Stonehenge) will be first and foremost based on costs - not on what is the best for the site. I could understand it if the country was broke but millions of pounds are wasted every week by bungling bureaucrats, and the obscene plan to spend 25 billion pounds (and the rest) on upgrading the country's 'nuclear deterrent' just illustrates where the true priorities of those in power lie."

The amount of our money flushed down the drain on a daily basis in this country is mind-boggling. The Millennium Dome, within easy reach of Stratford, could be a wonderful venue for indoor events at the 2012 Olympics - instead our Dome has been bought by an American consortium for use as a casino! And the profits from that? You tell me, sure as hell most of it will go to the owners of said consortium, not to cash-strapped causes like Stonehenge.

Enough is enough. Politicians in this country are walking a knife-edge. The knife-edge is public opinion, and the tipping point is getting ever closer....

L'alStone,

Littlestone wrote:
[quote]]our[/i] Dome has been bought by an American consortium for use as a casino! And the profits from that? You tell me, sure as hell most of it will go to the owners of said consortium, not to cash-strapped causes like Stonehenge..
The mention of American investment is very worrying. Beyond the Dome, I can see a Stonehenge theme park coming on.
Shite,
TE.

Not to cash-strapped causes like Stonehenge....

I know you know, but its not cash-strapped its deliberately cash starved as the allocation to heritage has been unilaterally fixed at a low level and most people, truth to tell, approve.

The result, the appearance that we "can't afford" not to damage the view of Stonehenge is untrue, we can if we wanted to. Easily.

And even if we couldn't, we could find new ways of raising money for it if we really wanted. We got £21 billion out of selling the ether to mobile phone companies, selling nothing for loads merely because its said to be nationally owned. Damn good business. Fine, now lets sell advertising space on banknotes. That'd raise enough to finance heritage forever....